HOUSE OF THE WEEK

EVERY bit as genteel now as it was a century ago when built, the Edwardian semi-d Villa Nova is a big Cork city home buy, full of pleasant original features, and standing proud.

Located directly across the College Road from the Bon Secours hospital (with major investment plans still in the offing) and 200 yards from UCC’s main gates, this should be a seller to those who want a period home, and a great location — and at a big price reduction from the last successful comparable sale on the row.

Last year, agent Brian Olden of Lisney sold the nearby Edwardian/Arts and Crafts home, 2 Carrig Fern, in immaculate polished order, for an unconfirmed €800,000 (he’d been asking €850,000) and now he has the quite similar Villa Nova to sell, and it too has been owned for years by a family working nearby.