Room for expansion in Montenotte residence

THIS is a bit of a bargain — a detached house on a large site, in Montenotte, for €350,000. Not bad.

It does require work, and while it has three/four bedrooms, there is the attached garage with potential and the option to create a two-storey extension at the rear, which would allow a bigger kitchen/dining room and an en suite master on the first floor.

Mount Carmel, at Clifton Road Montenotte, is in good structural condition and is set in a quiet cul-de-sac to the north of Cork city in a good, mature location.

Properties like this rarely come up, says Robert O’Keeffe of Irish and European, which makes it a good opportunity for buyers looking for a solid, detached house in Montenotte, he says.

Mount Carmel has a sitting room of 11’ by 13’ with slate fireplace and a similar sized lounge, also with original fireplace, a galley kitchen and playroom/fourth bedroom.

There are two doubles and one single room at first floor level, along with a main bathroom.

The house has original cornicing, doors and flooring and good gardens all around. It also has two garden sheds and comes with gas heating: windows are double-glazed PVC and there’s secure access at the side, says O’Keeffe.