Trading up: Whitechurch, Co Cork €280,000

Size: 120 (1,300 sq ft)

The property mix at the dormer home Avonmore, 10 minutes north of Cork City at Ballinvarrig, Whitechurch, is more than capable of working for a living. It includes a c 1,000 sq ft workshed, and rear yard with handy hardcore surface for vehicles.

Two entrances help to separate the home from the working areas, and the gardens have a private patio and a sunny BBQ area, so it’s all very adaptable, notes estate agent Gillian McDonnell of Sherry FitzGerald, quoting a €280,000 guide price.

She adds the site with its two entrances is deceptive from first appearance at the road, as it’s deep and has a rural aspect and field views to the back, and as well as the garage/workshop with roller door there’s a garden shed.

The 1,300 sq ft Avonmore has three doubles and one single bedroom, two reception rooms one of which is full-depth at 22’ by 12’, smaller kitchen/breakfast and guest loo. All four beds plus family bathroom with jetted bath, are upstairs, and water comes from a well, so there’s no water metering to worry about. Home business doing car washes?

VERDICT:

Rural, but not remote, and scope to have home business, or storage for hobbyists.