Duplexes on the double

DUPLEXES on the double are on offer on Cork city’s southside, with agents Sherry FitzGerald.

Right in the heart of the city, on South Terrace, they’ve got an upside down duplex of 1,100 sq ft, with a good top floor open living space, and underneath are two double bedrooms, plus bathroom.

Effectively a duplex penthouse, No 22 has basement level parking, and lift access, mains services, alarm, 9’-high ceilings, parquet flooring, with a south-facing balcony off the 450 sq ft living space.

“Apartments of this scale and in such a convenient location around the corner from City Hall and near the South Mall are rare enough in Cork,” says estate agent Ann O’Mahony.

The same auctioneer has a new listing a mile away, at 19 Bellair Close, between the Ballinlough and Douglas roads at the St Finbarr’s Hospital end.

This is a three-bed (one en suite), 880 sq ft duplex in a modern, gated scheme of just a couple of dozen apartments, where only a few have even come up for resale.

In smart, clean order, it carries a €245,000 price, has electric heating, and off-street parking.