Starter homes: Lissadell well-priced for a sale

Tommy Barker finds a good value home outside Douglas’ ‘halo’ effect.

If you could move 14 Lissadell back inside the Fingerpost roundabout in Cork’s sprawling Douglas suburb, you can be pretty sure the price tag would be over the €300,000-mark.

As it is, this 1980s-built home out beyond the Maryborough House Hotel seems well-priced for its sale, guided at €265,00 by agents Jeremy Murphy Associates.

By way of comparison, the same agent has a smaller, older three-bed semi-d at 18 Somerton Park in Ballinlough, inside the Douglas ‘halo’ effect and he guides that at €295,000. In the same vicinity, he has recently agreed a sale on a top-quality, 1,000 sq ft semi-d, 43 Somerton, for €360,000, well above its initial €295,000 guide.

Here at 14 Lissadell Mr Murphy has a three/four-bed home of just over 1,000 sq ft, seemingly detached but linked to its neighbours by a side room by the front drive.

Now, No 14’s side annexe is given over to extra living space, and there’s a front to back reception/dining room, over 20’ deep and with a double aspect, plus a second front reception room, and kitchen/dining room. So, if a new owner wants, one of the ground floor rooms could be considered an optional fourth bedroom.

Upstairs, it has one of its three bedrooms en suite, and a main bathroom.

Location is past Douglas Golf Club, and No 14 Lissadell is in a cul de sac section, within easy reach of all services at Douglas village. It has off-street parking, small front garden, and mature back garden with shrubs and shed. And, it has double glazing, oil heating, and a D2 BER.

VERDICT: Bang for your buck in well-kept home

Lissadell, Maryborough, Cork City

Price: €265,000

Size: 1,038 sq ft

Bedrooms: 3/4

Bathrooms: 3

BER: D2