Overhaul means well-located city pad is as good as new

Dillons Cross home has been renovated to a high standard, and comes

Extended, all done up; just finished and ready for sale and new owners, is 28 Balmoral Terrace, a mid-terraced three-bed home up on the Old Youghal Road, by Cork city’s Dillons Cross.

Its overhaul was overseen by architect Paul Nugent, with a feature tall single storey kitchen extension to the back, with four Velux windows in its pitched roof. There’s access from this brightened space to a west-facing back garden via double doors, set into the almost entirely-glazed gable end.

Auctioneer Mark Gosling of Behan Irwin Gosling guides at €165,000 and says it’s now “a quality home in a highly desirable residential location, fully renovated throughout to the highest of standards”. The work done includes the extension, wiring, new drains, new plumbing, plastering and decoration throughout.

There’s also a new fitted gloss kitchen with cream/ivory units and porcelain tiled floor, two reception rooms each with fireplaces and interconnecting via double doors and walnut laminate floors, plus a refitted bathroom, all in white, with shower over a bath. The first floor has three bedrooms, with original wood floors.

No 8 has PVC double glazing, gas central heating, and a small walled-in front garden, which is gravelled, whilst the tiered back garden is also low-maintenance, finished with patio slabs and decking.

Old Youghal Road, Cork

€165,000

Sq m 83 (890 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 1

BER Rating: D1

VERDICT: Fresh, enlarged and with a good ground floor plan but relatively compact bedrooms, No 8 Balmoral Terrace is well worth a look.