Extended in Greenfields

DOWN from €850,000 to €660,000, this five-bed, 3,200 square foot house, at Greenfields, Ballincollig, in Cork, has a smart, contemporary interior and is in a great location.

Close to the west end and the new town centre, the house is positioned for access to the bypass route at the end of the road and is a minute’s drive to schools and shops. It has a lavish, kitchen/dining room with integrated sunroom extension at the rear that makes the most of the south/west aspect.

The new extension also forms a sheltered courtyard in Indian sandstone, which adds to the pared-down modernity of the interior.

The kitchen is well-fitted, with modern units in maple, with granite worktop, island unit and American fridge-freezer: floors are in polished porcelain and the look extends into the sunroom, which is a large, light-filled space.

The more formal living room stretches across the front of the house and has picture-frame views of Ballincollig castle.

A large room, it’s finished in Honduran wide-plank pine, with limestone fireplace, and has double-door access to the kitchen/diner, as well as to the main entrance hallway.

The west wing of the house has two large bedrooms, which share an equally spacious main bathroom, again finished to an exemplary standard, and off the main hallway is a dedicated office/study space.

The look in both bedrooms is chic and understated, with clever use of wallpaper, and this continues on the upper floor, where there are three further bedrooms, two of which are en-suite.

The huge master suite, with bathroom and dressing room and plush, deep-pile carpet, occupies one wing of the upper level, with the second bedroom on the opposite side of the landing.

A smaller, fifth room could work as a gym or nursery or den.

Finished to a tee, this house is well worth a look at for families trading up. It comes with electric gates, good external lighting and a perfect, south-west aspect.

Selling agent is Norma Healy, of Sherry FitzGerald.