Old-style semi with buyer appeal

No 8 Belmont is situated in a criss-cross grid of suburban parks between Douglas Road and Ballinlough Road in a settled suburb of Cork City. Tommy Barker reports.

A great home to get one’s teeth into — that’s the old-style three-bed at 8, Belmont, in Cork’s Ballinlough.

The three-bed fits the standard format of the type and era, but has a few extras that give it immediate buyer appeal for young families on the move: best of all is the very long and sunny back garden.

No 8 is in that criss-cross and grid of settled suburban parks between Douglas Road and Ballinlough Road, with sports grounds and play areas aplenty, as well as national and secondary schools, swimming pool, tennis court, pitch and putt, and O’Driscolls supermarket for fine dining options.

The whole of this Ballinlough area is undergoing a bit of renewal as a generational change is taking place.

No 8’s new to market with agent Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald, who sold an adjacent home here a year or so ago and which has just completed the extension process over two floors: prospective buyers of No 8 might well follow suit.

This west-facing right-hand semi has two ground floor reception rooms, compact galley-style kitchen and a 13’ by 9’ sun room with polycarbonate roof looking over the fertile back garden.

VERDICT: Settle into suburbia.