Big Fella on the Blackrock Road

Knocknacurra on the upmarket Blackrock Road is twice its original size and stylishly refitted, says Tommy Barker.

A JOBS move unexpectedly brings this massively-extended Blackrock Road family home to market, as the last of the work is done.

The couple who bought Knocknacurra, at the junction of Crab Lane and Blackrock Road, opposite Lindville in Ballintemple, made a career move to Cork from Galway at the Irish property market’s peak, buying here in 2006/07. They started on a prolonged — and costly — renovation, mini-piling/underpinning, interior upgrade and extension that doubled the size, insulated to the last, and with under-floor heating in the enormous family room and kitchen.