‘Upside down’ views of Lee Valley

A quality, one-off family home built with the best of materials. Tommy Barker reports

IF you can stretch to the €495k asking price for this Lee Valley one-off, you’ll only have a little more to spend on finishing it off inside and out — it’s probably 95% complete.

Built “upside down” to get views from its largely open plan upper level, this is a quality family home, filled with the best of materials, from wide plank mahogany flooring to Donegal quartz on the facade, and with lots of salvaged old timbers from Britain inside.

On a half acre lawned site, it’s brand new to market with Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald, who says this Aglish, Farran, home (with Lee Valley views) is near schools and montessori, and is just a ten-minute spin to the main Cork-Macroom road and on to the Ballincollig bypass.

Centrepiece is a lofty hall, done by Cloghroe Joinery, and the dormer upper level of this architect-designed home has huge character, thanks to things like hefty exposed beams, contrasting with a contemporary kitchen.

Outside, there’s a lofted four-car garage, suitable for upgrade upstairs to granny flat, au pair’s, home office, etc.

One of the four ground floor bedrooms is en suite, and the main first floor is a mix of living/dining room, library/study, and kitchen with utility and guest WC.

VERDICT: With just a few finishing matters, a new owner can put a personal stamp on this great home.