Like its house number, 321 Blarney Street is ready, steady, good to go

Tommy Barker reports on this all done-up city townhouse

Looking every bit as good as new is No 321 Blarney St, a contemporary-looking home on a traditional, venerable, old Cork City street.

An easy walk to and from the city centre, the 830sq ft home has been reworked, from top to tail, inside and out, and punches in with a highly respectable C2 BER, says agent Michael O’Donoghue of REA O’Donoghue Clarke.

Location is mid-way along Blarney Street, just where Sunday’s Well Avenue scythes down toward St Vincent’s Church in Sunday’s Well, and that opens up pedestrian routes too toward Fitzgerald’s Park and UCC via the Shakey Bridge.

Inside, it’s a just-completed makeover, with virgin white walls, walnut-style floors, and brand new kitchen, plus there’s zoned gas central heating.

In the order of its street number, No 321 has three bathrooms, two bedrooms and one large living room, at 22’ by 15’, reached by an entrance vestibule, while behind the kitchen looks out on the stepped and walled-in back yard, with decking and old stone wall painted white.

Upstairs one of the two bedrooms is en suite, and windows are low down, almost at floor level.

VERDICT: Huge amount of work done sets it up for years of easy city living to come.