Residence in walk-in condition and close to the heart of the city

ALREADY extended to the back, the handily-placed 5 Rochelle Park is a walk-in job for a new owner. They can even walk into the heart of Cork city from here, without breaking too much sweat.

The four-bedroom, end-of-terraced house is part of a small scheme of early 1990s-built houses built by O’Brien and O’Flynn off Victoria Avenue. Walking and commuting routes back to the city centre can include the Old Blackrock Road, the Boreenmanna Road or Victoria Road back towards the quays and new City Quarter business district.’

It is new to market with Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald, who calculates its square footage at 1,350 and seeks €345,000 for the chance to buy the well-kept home.

The rear extension is a single storey sun-room, 11’ by 9’, just behind the dining room, and with raised glazed gable; both rooms have wide plank oak floors.

To the front is a 17’ by 11’ living room with a country-style stone fireplace, the rear kitchen has units in oak, and there’s a guest WC.

Upstairs, one of the four bedrooms is en suite, with built-ins, but the downside of these facilities is that fact that the main room’s floor area is reduced a bit as a result. Two other bedrooms have built-ins, and there’s a main bathroom as well.

The bulk of No 5’s space is downstairs, and beyond the walls is a paved front drive with off-street parking, and side access to a south-facing back garden and patio, with storage shed. A neat, well-placed package for a family is No 5.