Trading up: Bishopstown, Cork €385,000

In the space of just three weeks, the bidding on 3 Woburn Drive, Melbourne Road in Bishopstown has gone €5,000 above the asking price of €385,000.

Size:150 sq m ( 1,625 sq ft)

Bathrooms: 2

Bedrooms: 4

BER: E2

REA O’Donoghue & Clark that this type of four-bed semi is now in short supply in the area and that viewing is continuing.

“It’s a spacious 1,625 sq ft house in a mature, highly sought-after location within a mile of Wilton and Cork University Hospital,” says auctioneer Michael O’Donoghue.

Owned by the same family since it was built in the 1970s, the property is well maintained but in need of modernisation and upgrading.

Ground floor accommodation includes a large carpeted living/dining room, a tiled kitchen with appliances and pine units, a study, a sunroom and a guest WC.

Upstairs there’s a bathroom and four carpeted bedrooms including one with built in wardrobes.

The house has oil fired central heating, PVC double glazed windows and an E2 energy rating which is one of the elements which needs to be looked at.

Prior to putting the property on the market this year the owners have had it underpinned.

In front there’s a lawn and parking,to the rear a lawn with a shed and flower beds.

The Property Price Register shows that houses in Woburn Drive are rare to the market – the last one to sell was No 7, a five-bed detached house which made €505,000 in 2010.

VERDICT: good location and space for a family