Rare sale on city’s west side

THERE’s a dearth of second-hand housing stock on Cork city’s western side, says the selling agent for Loretto, a nice, older-style, three-bed semi-d (the end of a terraced trio) on Farranlea Road.

Auctioneer Brian Olden, of Cohalan Downing, prices the house at €295,000. It is in need of work, but has an easy target market – Olden’s 30-plus viewers on a nearby recent sale.

Earlier this year, Elmdene, on Woodlawn, also off the Model Farm Road, went up for sale for €325,000. He had between 30 and 40 viewings, and it sold to a family, for over that €325k AMV. Also swiftly sold by the same agent, on the western side of the city, was a three-bed semi-d in Greendale, off the Glasheen Road, for a sub-€300k sum, while a modern, 1,400 sq ft, four-bed bungalow nearby went over its €395k guide.