Tucked away property has old city charm

No 5 Fitzgerald Place comes at an affordable price and also has some privacy, Tommy Barker reports

There seems to be something just a little bit special about the location of Fitzgerald Place — or, maybe it’s just the way the trees grow up in the middle of the roadway here.

The trees make it a bit hard for cars to get in and out, sometimes, but that’s probably no harm — it kinda says ’stay away, private:’ that could be handy given the sheer proximity of the South Infirmary hospital complex to this tucked-away enclave on Cork’s Old Blackrock Road.

Here, agent Timothy Sullivan is selling No 5, a mid-terraced extended house in good overall condition, and with a nice open ground floor layout.

At its €175,000 guide, it’s the sort of price level you might have got an apartment at a year or so ago, but this option has its own front door, residents’ on-street parking, and an enclosed private west facing back garden/yard that gives that all-important sitting out space.

Despite the fact it has been recently done up, the heating options right now are confined to back boiler/fireplace in the kitchen with electric storage heating, so about the only thing a new owner looking for controllability might want to do is put in a gas boiler for the rads.

Rooms inside include a sitting room with fireplace, a kitchen linked through an arch to a breakfast room, and a ground floor bathroom with shower. Upstairs are two spacious bedrooms (one is full width of the front of the house, with two windows).

VERDICT: The location has a bit of old city charm, thanks to the trees.