House of the week

THREE of the five purchasers of the new detached houses at Woodbury have been first-time buyers and one is a certain gentleman, and family guy, rugby star Donnchadh O’Callaghan, who has made his own design tweaks and bespoke rear playroom extension.

Now, just one house in this scheme of six taken on with confidence by Rockforest Homes builder David Walsh is left to sell, with completion on all six expected for early spring after a smooth build process, on site since September.

Selling prices are €397,500 via Sam Kingston of Casey and Kingston, jointly with Jean O’Donovan of Trading Places, and finish levels are high, judging by work to date and a visit to two others he completed last year across the Boreenmanna Road (pics top left). It’s nearly a sign of the times the construction sector is only slowly emerging from, that his eight houses were the most active sites for new-builds in the flat of the city in 2013. It’s also Mr Walsh’s first house ’scheme’ (though his firm Rockforest Homes has been building 12 to 14 one-offs in Cork, Kerry and Tipperary during the downturn) and he’s actively scouting and securing a couple of other sites to continue his roll of sales and on-site momentum.