Very tasty and original

SO YOU’RE a buyer who likes old properties, something stylish, a bit different — definitely not the suburbs?

And perhaps you’re a first timer with limited funds?

Well then a look at No 2 Hollymount House, on Cork’s Lee Road, might be in order because it’s the kind of house that isn’t off the conveyor belt — it’s an individual kind of property.

It’s full of period features, is in the right price bracket, has a west-facing garden with parking and is in move-in immaculate condition — better still, it’s very tasty and very original in its layout.

No 2 combines the flexibility of an apartment with the grandeur of a period house and while it’s semi-urban with great views, it has a ploughed field behind and the odd cow over the ditch. And it’s right on the edge of the University Quarter — UCC is within walking distance, CIT a good trot and the hospitals, particularly the Bons, are close.

The property’s quirkiness is down to the fact that it’s part of a big old house which was sub-divided and is now comprised of four dwellings.

No 4, the home of an architect and ceramicist, graced these pages last year and is believed to have sold at around €260,000 — well above the €245,000 asking for No 2.

No 2 has a glossy front door leading through to an open-plan living area with deep sash window overlooking the graveled garden to the front and facing due west.

The house is very lucky because the kitchen and dining room window faces east, as does one of its two double bedrooms and the master and main living room face west.

And while it’s a love-nest, there’s plenty of space with a living room, dining room, galley kitchen, (with new cream units, glass tiles and a very expensive radiator), fine main bathroom with limestone floors and two big bedrooms overhead.

There are working shutters, etched and stained glass double doors, high ceilings and Pia Bang light fitting.

No 2 Hollymount House, is being sold through Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing.