Starter home: Farranree, Cork €135,000
Billed as a good starter home, or even an investment property near the Blackpool Shopping Centre, retail and office park, No 9 Fairfield Crescent is a tidy-sized three-bed home, with large back garden, in Cork’s well-established Farranree suburb.
It’s listed for sale with David Linehan and Paul O’Driscoll of Thomas J O’Driscoll Auctioneers, who guide at €135,000.
It has great rental potential, they suggest, while its relative proximity to the city centre, to transport routes and to Blackpool down in the valley makes it a good option for first time buyers too, Mr Linehan adds.
Although the current owner has put in new gas heating, No 9 needs some upgrading now, say the agents and a further spend of €10,000 to €20,000 would bring it bang up to speed and spec, while the size of the back garden allows plenty of space for extension too.
Fairfield Crescent is quietly set just off Fairfield Avenue, which runs from the Commons Road up to the Churchfield Business Centre.
“This is an ideal builders project, or for first time buyers. The large rear garden is suitable for extension, and the factthat it’s in a quiet cul-de-sac is another of the numerous attractions this property has to offer,” say the agents
The corner setting and site/garden size is indeed a real bonus with No 9.



