Limeworth no lemon

If the €650,000 asking price on 25 Limeworth is out of many family-buying budgets, agents Sherry FitzGerald have another three-storey local offer for exactly half the price - a four-bed mid-terraced home at 35 Leslies Arch, guiding €325,000.

First up though is the burly, detached 2,725 sq ft home at 25 Limeworth (pictured left), developed on old market gardens by the O’Driscoll family, and they’ve consistently been some of more-prized trading up options west of the city and around still growing Ballincollig, easily reached off the bypass road (Ballincollig got two new restaurants this week, a drive-thru McDonalds and a Ramen Asian Street food eaterie to serve its strong employment base.)

No 25 Limeworth has a high spec, five first floor bedrooms two of which are en suite, and the top floor is one super-sized master suite, with another bathroom serving bed no 6. Niamh Moloney of Sherry Fitz has it under offer shy of the guide and says there’s very airy living spaces, with 9’ high ceilings, it’s very well finished, with mahogany floors, solid timber kitchen, has CAT 5 cabling for IT, and an above standard heating and plumbing system with excellent B3 BER.

Meanwhile, dropping down two bedrooms, down to 1,720 sq ft and mid-terraced is 35 Leslies Arch, in the O’Flynn Construction-developed Barracks site. It has living space at ground and first floor levels, with bedrooms (four in all) over first and second levels, with rear patio garden.

VERDICT: How big is your budget?