Red-bricked Woodland just a short drive back to the city

Tommy Barker makes tracks to a home off Cork’s strategic north ring road at Silversprings.

Silversprings, Cork €400,000

Size: Sq m 260 (2,800 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 5

Bathrooms: 4

BER: D2

Best Feature: Scale and setting just off the North Ring Road

BUILT in the 1980s, detached and red-bricked Woodland is a house big and accommodating enough for most families.

Newly up for sale in July with estate agent Timothy Sullivan, it’s a five-bedroomed home with three of those bedrooms having their own en suite bathrooms, so little cause for fights in the mornings as to who’s first or next to use the loo.

Set at Silversprings Lane, just off the uphill climb at the start of the North Ring Road in Tivoli

Thus, it’s a short drive back to the city centre and highly accessible from a range of locations.

Built as part of of a low density development, it’s on good grounds according to Mr Sullivan who describes it as being in an elevated setting, and imposing, with white columns by the entrance door for a Colonial sort of touch.

Off the hall is a good-size 27’ by 13 sitting room with patio doors and a marble fireplace, a separate TV roms has s similar marble fireplace and there’s a third, brick fireplace in the 18’ by 11’ lounge.

Similar in size to the sitting room is the kitchen/dining and breakfast room, with fitted units, but for today’s buyers they may appear on the dated side: even a change of doors could give it an uplift?

There’s also a utility room, and five overhead bedrooms, with built ins, three have en suites, and there’s a main family bathroom to round it all off on the plumbing front. Heating is via oil

VERDICT: A bit on the dated side decoratively, it’s still a great detached box ticker for families trading up, at its €400,000 price guide.