Solid family home offers peace and quiet close to the buzz of the city

“YOU wouldn’t hear a peep here,” says the selling agent of 14 Glencoo Lawn, an already extended three-bed semi-d off Cork’s Boreenmanna Road.

Glencoo is one of those mid-1900s-built estates between the Boreenmanna Road and Ballinlough Road — the latter only approached via a very narrow lane, which nicely cuts down through-traffic, to residents’ delight.

There’s around 1,400 sq ft here, says agent Garry O’Donnell of ERA Downey McCarthy, saying the owners extended to the side some years ago creating, in effect, a granny flat. Now, that extra space on the side has been more or less assimilated back into main family living/playroom space, and it also provides for a guest WC with shower.

Mr O’Donnell seeks offers around the €350,000 asking price, and notes they had a late 2010 sale in this price bracket of a four-bed house in Glencoo, which was essentially detached, but linked to its neighbour via its garage.

The owners of No 14 are now trading down, and ERA expect interest because of the house’s very good location, and its quiet setting within a cul de sac section of Glencoo Lawn.

This puts it close to amenities in Blackrock, Douglas and Mahon, ranging from sports facilities to public parks, shops and schools. It is served by several bus routes and also within a good walk of Cork city.

Rooms include two reception rooms, dining room, slender play room, and compact kitchen, ground floor shower room, and overhead are three bedrooms, two doubles and a single, plus family bathroom.

The house, with front garden and drive, faces south. The back garden is on the small side, stepped, with some landscaping, raised gravel beds and a decked BBQ space. Heating is via gas, and the house has dark wood effect PVC double glazing.