Linaro Avenue’s a hide-away by Cork’s UCC

A setting near Cork’s UCC and several hospitals, as well as sports fields, helps to pitch the home Porres, at the corner of off-radar Linaro Avenue, to family home hunters.

A three-bed semi-d of a certain mid 1900s vintage and still with old electric storage heaters, this 1,110 sq ft house’s best assets are the location near the college, as well as relative proximity to CIT, and a corner site with room to extend to the side. But, it has little by way of private back garden due to site shape.

It’s just at the roundabout where the College Road and Magazine Road meet at their western ends, near Victoria Cross, and stands at the entrance to cul de sac Linaro Avenue, home to just a handful of houses. It’s also close to the more up to date four-bed home Glenlough, also featured on this page today.

Selling agent Michael O’Donoghue of Real Estate Alliance guides the cheaper Porres at €275,000, and says it does need modernising, but will be worth the extra spending because of the many nearby amenities.

A traditional mid-1900s semi-d, it has two reception rooms, a kitchen, three bedrooms and an upstairs bathroom with separate WC.

VERDICT: Extendable to the side.

Magazine Road, Cork €275,000