Trading up: CROSS DOUGLAS ROAD €265,000

A SMART renovation and good rear kitchen extension has brought a good C1 BER rating to the terraced home at 2 Hillview, at the southern end of the Cross Douglas Road in Cork.

Its €265,000 AMV via agents Frank V Murphy & Co leaves it open to first-time buyers, but it will as equally appeal to those who want to trade-in to an inner suburban location.

Set back off the road (and without off-street car parking) No 2, just two-bedroomed, although both are a decent size, and so might be most ideal for a single or a couple who want to be within a walk of the city, and of Douglas.

Dating to the early 1900s and now dry-lined and upgraded with gas central heating and double glazing, No 2 has most of its space at ground floor level, with a front sitting room with old pine floor and slate fireplace, a rear dining room opening out to 17’ by 17’ kitchen/diner with vaulted ceiling with Veluxes, and double doors in what’s basically a back wall of glass lead then to the 60’ long, east-facing back garden.

VERDICT: A winning combination of older house feel, and modern comforts, personified by things like a main bedroom with slate and cast iron fireplace.