Practical €285,000 asking price for suburban home

A PRISTINE, four-bedroomed family home in a cul de sac in Cork’s Wilton suburb is a new market arrival with a practical €285,000 asking price via agents Cahalane Skuse.

The 1,250 sq ft family home (towards the front of the Eagle Valley scheme by O’Brien and O’Flynn) is in a great, proven location, says auctioneer Niall Cahalane, who adds that it has been given a quality feel and touch by its now-relocating owner, and its care in maintenance spills over from the interior to the gardens front and back, he adds.

A few years ago prices for such house were well into the €400,000s; now the readjusted market put this great four-bed within grasp, even of a first-time buyer, he adds.

A new opportunity for a family to move to now in the Wilton suburb, with its strong retail provisions and employment base, including the CUH, it has a very good 18’ by 11’ front sitting room with Junkers pine floor and fireplace, the same good floor goes through the rear 19’ by 18’ kitchen/dining room, with tiling by the work area, and the kitchen has Shaker-style units, integrated appliance and twin sinks.

There’s a ground floor guest WC, with shower, and overhead are four bedrooms, two of them doubles, and a main bathroom, fully tiled in pale, restful neutral tones.

No 11 is a walk-in job, with off-street parking and an enclosed rear garden (with shed) mostly decked out in timber decking, with borders of gravel, and ivies softening the boundary walls.

There are country walks up and around the adjacent Spur Hill, while the NRA very recently confirmed that it is to move forward on plans to install flyovers over the Sarsfield Road/Wilton Road roundabout and the Bandon Road roundabout a mile away to improve local traffic flows.