Starter Home: Turners Cross, Cork,  €165,000

This home is spacious inside and out at a good price, writes Trish Dromey.

Forty viewings of 44 Friars Road in Turners Cross in a little over a week may be a recent record for selling agent DNG Murphy Condon.

Auctioneer Jean Shanahan says most of them were first-time buyers whom she believes have been attracted by “the affordable asking price of €165,000 and the convenient location within walking distance from the city centre”.

Originally a much smaller property constructed in the 1930s, it has a 25ft-long extension built in the 1970s by the family which is now selling it. Alterations in more recent years included refurbishing the ground-floor bathroom and the utility room as well as converting a ground-floor room into a fourth bedroom.

Offering close to 1,300 sq ft of space, the property comes with a very long back garden, which has a large concrete shed and vehicular access.

Ms Shanahan says you could add on a substantial extension to the house and still have space for a garden.

Accommodation includes a lounge, sitting area and a 250 sq ft kitchen/ dining space with timber flooring, wall paneling and fitted units. There’s also a utility room, a bathroom, a guest WC and a timber-floored downstairs bedroom.

On the upper level there are three more bedrooms — two smaller and one larger room and the house is fitted with gas heating, double-glazed PVC windows and is said to be in good decorative order.

Out front there’s a tidy little lawned area and to the rear an extra long space which needs a bit of attention.

VERDICT: Affordable property, very long garden.

Turners Cross, Cork

€165,000

Sq m 119 (1,288 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 2

BER: E1