Spacious family home built as a B&B

SALE agreed last year, but a victim of a selling chain that resulted in a vital link breaking down, so the six-bedroom, detached house, Brackendale, on a quarter-acre Douglas site, in Cork, is being re-offered, at a reduced price.

Built off the South Douglas Road, on what was, at one time, market-garden lands, Brackendale is a 25-year-old, timber-framed home on a fantastic, quiet site within a short walk of the city centre.

It has 2,400 sq ft of space, and, initially, went up for sale at €650,000, going ‘sale agreed’ to a trading-up neighbour at a sub-€600k sum. Now, coming back into a new season, it is selling for €510,000, via TJ Cronin, of Irish and European auctioneers. It was built as a B&B, but is identifiably a family home, and the amount of space and the very decent, quiet site off the road give it extra appeal. A new owner will make some modernising changes and redecorate, but the essentials are all here, from location, to size, aspect, and garden — all within a walk of Cork city centre and a range of schools. There’s scope for an extension to the side, and the rear looks out on the still-green former playing fields of GAA club, Nemo Rangers, now owned by Fleming Construction — and a great residential development asset for whenever the market picks up.