Great location, ‘Height’ of fashion

Check out this mid-terraced townhouse in a small development, Ballybrack Heights Tommy Barker reports

Set just off a wooded valley dip by the start of the Donnybrook hill, Douglas in Cork is the small development Ballybrack Heights, where the mid-terraced townhouse No 6 is newly up for sale.

The 850 sq ft three-bed has a great location, so close to Douglas’s many amenities, and with the nearby Grange Road giving access to the Airport Hill. No 6 has been smartly updated, with a restful decor and has new oak units in its galley kitchen, while its windows have only recently been replaced as have the fascia and soffits.

Guided at €170,000, it’s a credit to its current owners, says Jeremy Murphy auctioneer who reckons it’s a great first home, or ideal for a single person or a couple.

It’s not overly large, at about 850 sq ft, and the kitchen’s quite narrow, while helping to give the feeling of space is the fact the front lounge (13’ by 9’) links back to the larger living/dining room with slate-grey feature fireplace (there are two fireplaces downstairs, plus gas central heating.)

Externally, there’s a modest sized back garden with shed, and in front a small lawn and shared concrete drive.

LOCATION: Donnybrook, Cork

PRICE: €170,000

SIZE: Sq m 79 (850 sq ft)

BEDROOMS: 3

BATHROOMS: 1

BER RATING: D1

VERDICT: A neat townhouse option.