Trading up: Farranlea Park, Cork, €280,000

That estate agency buzzword ‘potential’ will be on the lips of those coming to view Genesta. ‘Potential,’ definitely, and sure you might as well throw in that other professional favourite, ‘location,’ because that’s just as valid. 

More valid, in fact, as the location off the Model Farm Road drives the potential, and this house’s future value.

Right now, this mid 1900s three-bed semi-d in a quiet part of Farranlea Park has dated charms and a sort of honest presentation: what you see is what it has been, a well-lived in home, what it next becomes is down to its news owners, and their extra budget.

It went to the open market mid-week, with agent Jeremy Murphy guiding at €280,000 as he lines up busy opening viewings for Thursday next in the late afternoon.

Facing south, or north-aspected to the big back garden, it’s got a quite standard layout, with two reception rooms, kitchen, utility, and three overhead bedrooms, plus main bathroom.

It has four original tiled fireplaces, two up, two down. There’s an attached garage, and off-street parking.

Genesta has had underpinning works done, so now it’s onwards, and upwards, and forwards time for this semi-d within a walk of CIT, UCC, CUH and the Lee Fields.

VERDICT: Quite original, so budget for another €100k or so to maximise its, eh, ‘potential.’