Substantial semi-detached with hefty price reduction
Having maximised the square footage of this quality semi, on the edge of Douglas village, and bringing it up to a respectable, C1 BER energy rating, its owners are looking to trade up in the same area. They’ve seen the better value for up-market family houses in this suburban, Cork locale, and are prepared to take a hit on their own selling price, knowing they’ll more than make it up in the trade-up differential.
So, what was priced at €495,000 in March of last year (and had been sale agreed in ‘09 for €550k) is down to €395,000 with Frank V Murphy & Co for a determined sale, and for that there’s a quality semi on offer, with up to 2,200 sq ft of living and sleeping space.
The owners (one’s an engineer) extended to the side, and to the back, and up into the attic, so now there’s two attic rooms useful for storage, home office or play, four first-floor bedrooms with master en-suite (plus dressing room), and a swathe of ground-floor rooms, which link out the back via a utility room to a large workshop.
Number 65 is in a cul de sac, facing west, just beyond Douglas village, with easy access to the south ring road and shops. Dennis Guerin, of Frank V Murphy & Co, says “in recent years it has been extensively refurbished and extended to a very high standard of finish and specification.”
Rooms at ground level include an oak-floored hall with guest loo, front sitting room with fireplace, rear 22’ by 11’ family room opening to the back patio, a long and slender downstairs home office, and an open, kitchen/dining/living room, with tiled floor and maple units, with a utility off it. Number 65 has a sheltered front garden, with off-street parking, and the back garden (reached via the utility room’s side access) is tiered and paved, with a small pond/water feature.
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