House of the Week

IF you can’t afford this week’s stunning Cover Story property inside this issue — perhaps none too surprising as it’s priced at €2.2m — then maybe our modest ‘House of the Week, at less than just 10% of the cost, might fit the bill and budget.

Welcome to No 3, Arundel Villas, a larger-than-expected home, in a quiet setting, and with a €190k asking price. There’s a secret setting feel to Arundel Villas; it’s a hideaway, leafy and short terrace off Cork city’s Old Blackrock Road opposite the old Rochelle school apartment scheme — blink and you’d miss the entrance.

In fact, the way in to Arundel Villas is a wide pedestrian gate only, where even the address nameplate has gone partly missing, thus adding to the mystery of finding the spot.