Cover story: Love this house? That’s Madore

Ballintemple, Cork €640,000

THIS Georgian house hidden behind greenery on the Blackrock Road is one to view, and one to covet. Its current owners tried to buy it around 2000: however, they were outbid, and felt the pangs of longing over the next two years when passing by. “We were stalkers,” they cheerfully admit.

They noticed the 1792-built house hadn’t been re-occupied, and contacted the estate agents, once more. That inquiry triggered a call to the Dublin-based owners, whose plans had changed. Lo and behold, it came back for sale: they gleefully dived in, and secured it.