Urban grain at dock home

FOR those who had prepared themselves to live in the promised brave, new shiny world of Cork’s docklands, but now find the time schedule somewhat elongated thanks to an economic, construction, and property meltdown, perhaps the best way forward to that future is via the past.

A summer 2010 market arrival right on the edge of the southern city’s south docks (with grain mills towering behind) is the 2,600 sq ft period home 4, Park View, on Victoria Road.

It is one of the very closest terraces to the city centre and to City Hall, notes estate agent Hugh McPhillips of Marshs auctioneers, who has a good deal on offer here for someone who wants city living, and isn’t afraid to roll up the sleeves and get stuck in.