Trading up: Boreenmanna Road Cork €465,000

Sq m: 210 (2,250 sq ft)

Described as a substantial family home, the mid 1900’s four-bed called Coolgreine also scores on the location front; it’s just half a mile from the south city link road along the Boreenmanna Road, and less than a mile from City Hall.

Set on a corner site at the foot of Willow Lawn on the Boreenmanna Road, this 2,250 sq ft detached two-storey extended home also has a 350 sq ft steel work shed, and the back faces south. Agent Kevin O’Sullivan Estates guides at a sold €465,000, with early interest already shown.

Coolgreine has a number of extras and individual touches, as well as a wood-burning stove (plumed into the dual-fuel central heating), in the quirky, off-square family room in the side wing add-on, with overhead Velux to boot.

There’s a dining area off this family space, plus two other reception rooms, each with fireplaces, and the modern kitchen with large grey tiles as splashbacks by the oak Shaker units. The ceiling slopes upwards, with Veluxes for extra light.

There’s a ground floor guest WC, and main bathroom, and three of the four bedrooms are doubles. Coolgreine’s vendor has been in the electrical business, so there’s a good spec including zoned gas heating, CCTV monitor and cameras, outdoor power points and lights.

VERDICT: Location could not be handier.