Serving up a house and garden that holds all the aces

FANCY making it into the semis of some fancy tennis tournament, thanks to all the back garden practice in your very own domestic semi-d? If so, come courting to Killowen.

This seemingly standard enough semi-detached home in Cork city’s Ballintemple has a surprisingly long garden, long enough for an off-standard Astroturf tennis court at its lower half.

Deceptively large, says selling agent Timothy Sullivan, the house alone has up to 1,800sq ft of space thanks to a 22’ by 13’ rear conservatory extension and a side garage conversion, with four bedrooms overhead in the traditional layout and floorplan.

But, it is the garden that is probably the real scene stealer, as along with its neighbours here at the Ballintemple village end of Beaumont Avenue, the west-facing back gardens stretch on and on.

So, Killowen has what’s probably a standard size back garden rolling out first, including decking and a shed, and then after that there’s the fenced-in Astroturf tennis courts, probably half to three-quarters the size of a regulation tennis.

It has been used for family fun, and if you’re not that into tennis, can as easily be pressed into service for football or other uses ... and never needs to be mown.

Asking price for Killowen, aka No 19, Beaumont Avenue, is €395,000 via Mr Sullivan.

There are two reception rooms with old style fireplaces, the hall has a guest loo and separate closet off (there’s a shower room in the garage conversion, which is divided into two small rooms) and the kitchen is by the rear, full-width and lean-to sun-room.

The four overhead bedrooms (three are doubles) have built-in robes, and the bathroom has a jacuzzi bath, while central heating is gas fired.