Trading up: Boreenmanna Road Cork €465,000

Size: 210 sq m (2,250 sq ft)

A good, corner site of about a quarter of an acre comes with Coolgréine, an accommodating four-bed family home within a walk of Cork city centre, along the Boreenmanna Road.

And, as it’s on a corner next to the steep Willow Lawn which runs up to the Ballinlough Road, with a creche and a medical centre across the way, there’s a chance it too could end up being used for a mix of commercial and/or residential, suggest selling agents Kevin O’Sullivan Estates.

Right now, it’s a very decent 2,250 sq ft, with high-ceilinged extension built at the city side, and it’s more or less in the middle of its large site, with a full-south facing back garden. Unusually, it was built at a slight angle on the site rather than directly square to the road, and that’s because it was built originally to get maximum available light, in most rooms, note the vendors, who have since added a large, multi-purpose steel garage/workshed.

Coolgréine is in very good order, with a very usable ground level floor plan in particular, three reception rooms, sunny kitchen/breakfast room and large utility.

The skew-shaped family room in an extension has a very large Stanley range. There’s a guest WC by the entry hall, and overhead four bedrooms, main bathroom, and a stairs to a wood-panelled attic room.

VERDICT: Strong location, one to view.