Dormer surprises with amount of space inside

PICKING up on some of the best feature opportunities of dormer design is this family home Woodview — a pad with a surprising 2,300 sq ft of space inside its bright-side out walls.

The four-bed detached dormer home at Avondale above Passage West in Cork harbour is in smart order inside and out as it comes for sale with Catherine McAuliffe and Clare O’Sullivan of Savills, carrying a €375,000 asking price.

Its dormer format allows the entry hall, for example, to be airy and bright, thanks to its double height space and two Velux windows inset into the front: a string of three Veluxes to the back also serve to draw valuable light into a back bedroom, its adjoining en suite bathroom, and the main family bathroom as well, which features a double Jacuzzi bath. All four bedrooms, incidentally, are doubles and two have en suites, and two have built-in wardrobes.

Joinery throughout is solid oak, with bedrooms floored with semi- solid oak, and the main living rooms (two, plus a dining room accessed both from one reception room and the kitchen) all have oak floors. The 16’ by 13’ kitchen, meanwhile, has Pippi oak units and granite tops.

Decor levels are high, mixing traditional with contemporary, and the private site has electric gates and good landscaped gardens with a large side decked area, plus shed and electric gates.

Woodview (fringed by old pine trees on its boundary) has gas heating, a central vacuum system and a low-maintenance facade, with Liscannor stone front porch.