Kinsale’s Desmond House features in upcoming Munster Property Auction

Properties ranging in value from €65,000 to over €525,000 are to feature in an upcoming Munster Property Auction, organised by I Am Sold in partnership with a number of agents.

One of the larger lots due under the hammer is Kinsale’s Desmond House, a six-bed quality guesthouse at 42 Cork Street, Kinsale. It’s offered in partnership with local agent James Murphy Auctioneers, seeking bids over €525,000 and is, Mr Murphy says, an exceptional period Georgian residence with five of its six bedrooms en suite. It has almost 3,500 sq ft of accommodation, run to four-star levels and can be run as a business, or private use.

Other lots at the My 7 Rochestown Park Hotel auction will include houses and investments, farm land and commercial properties, says spokesperson Gerry Owens. Among those offered is the long-established Burns Hairdressers, by the bus station on Parnell Place which is currently getting a street make-over courtesy of Cork City Council. The 484 sq ft unit is offered at bids over €87,500 in partnership with Property Partners Matt Fallon. It has been run as family-run gents hairdressers for a remarkable 91 years and so “is a proven location,” comments Mr Fallon.