Starter home: Grange, Cork €230,000

Sq m 97 (1,050 sq ft)

THE back garden alone could be enough to sell 5 Ashford Court, above Douglas village in Cork’s Grange suburb.

Homes up off the main Grange-Frankfield road here are a slightly unusual design, semi-detached with dormer roofs and front gable wall window to the second bedroom. New to market with Gillian McDonnell of Sherry FitzGerald, No 5’s a three-bed, with one of those small, and at ground level to the front, off the side-entered hall. Alongside is a 13ft by 11ft front living room with pale marble fireplace, and behind is a slightly larger (16ft by 11ft) family/dining room with back garden access, and also off the hall is a guest WC with shower over bath.

The kitchen is to the rear/side, and has garden access. It’s deep but narrow at about 7ft wide, with pitched roof out of sight above its ceiling. Anyone with the extra funds to open up to roof height for a Velux or two, or to extend a sun room across the back of the house from kitchen to boundary wall, will end up with a very attractive floor plan.

Asking price is €230,000, and that’s for a 1,050 sq ft home which appears very well presented, with short front garden, off-street parking with cobble-lock drive, and there is side access to a long back garden, nicely broken up in usable spaces with two patios, and a block-built shed with power supply. The house has gas central heating, and double glazing, and condition is excellent, say Sherry FitzGerald.

VERDICT: This home near shops, services, schools, and Douglas village is good, and its garden makes it even better.