Starter home: A property that’s as good as new

No 16, the Ferns in Foxwood has a school just around the corner, reports Tommy Barker.

FIRST impressions count, and in the case of 16, the Ferns in Foxwood, they start at the road, lead you up the garden path, and on through a house that’s as good as new.

The end-terrace home, in mint condition, was built in a latter phase of this Rochestown scheme and so is only few years old.

For buyers starting out, there’s an easy kick-start to family life on offer at No 16, with Scoil Phadraig Naofa literally around the corner, or the back wall.

Selling agent of No 16 is Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing, who pins an even €200,000 price guide to the pristine property, and who notes that the back garden has a very favourable aspect for evening sun, with provision for a barbecue on the patio.

While the front garden is well planted up, the back is pretty bare, but lawned and secure, so really all a new owner will have to do to make themselves at home is to visit the garden centre, and get dug in. There’s even side access to smooth the way

VERDICT: A nice size living room, good location, three beds with one en suite, and a school around the corner? Child’s play.