Affordable three-bed city property ideal for single, couple or small family

No 83 Wolfe Tone Street, Cork, is an easy home to keep warm, Tommy Barker reports

A new house, in an old part of town — that’s 93 Wolfe Tone Street, near the Cathedral in Cork City’s northside, a five minute walk downhill to the North Gate Bridge, and a few minutes’ longer haul back up again.

Built only about eight years ago, the three-bed end-of-terrace house has a modern specification and a good, solid C1 BER rating, making it an easy house to heat and to keep warm in, says selling agent Mark Gosling, who’s just made a job move from one city auctioneer’s firm to join Jeremy Murphy Associates.

Mr Gosling has been lucky to get the sales of the first few houses he went to value for his new firm, and fresh out of the traps so with Jeremy Murphy Associates is No 93, an affordable home for a single, couple or young family: its south-west aspected back garden is ideal for sitting out, or dining out, and has a decked area, raised lawn, stone back boundary wall, and two sheds. There’s side access from Wolfe Tone Street to the back garden, with residents’ parking on-street.

Internally, this well-finished home has a 21’ by 11’ living room with French doors to the back deck, the kitchen is glossy with integrated appliances, and it has a cast iron fireplace too. There’s a hall with understairs storage, and overhead are three bedrooms, two of them doubles, one a single and a fully-tiled bathroom with shower over bath.

VERDICT: Near the city centre, St Vincent’s school, and services, it’s one of a small few modern homes in this convenient settled suburb.