Trading up: Stoneview, Blarney, €379,000

A great view down towards Blarney village and the world-famous Blarney Castle comes with this house, perched up in Stoneview, just north of Blarney across the N20 Cork- Mallow Road.

Thanks to its proximity to the old railway station, Stoneview was an area set out by planners for a new settlement given the plans to re-open a rail commuter service into Cork city, earmarked for up to 2,500 new homes in the metropolitan region’s north west corridor, while even more ambitious plans have been drafted for Monard, also with a rail link and future lifeline.

However, in advance of all these longer-term grand plans, the chance to buy into convenient Stoneview comes this month with the arrival of Woodbine to market.

A large, five-bed brick-faced bungalow, Woodbine is guided at €379,00 by local estate agent Robert Harkin, who says it was built back in 1980, on a site of one third of an acre.

It’s located just off the Station Road, near a pitch and putt and caravan/camping park for the tourist village of Blarney which is a mile and a half away, and has three of its five bedroms en suite, plus it has a split-level sitting room, plus a first-floor living room to boot.

South-facing Woodbine has oil heating and, handily, a large rear yard with a detached 430 sq ft garage. Estate agent Robert Harkin guides at €379.000, and says it’s a great buy, with great views too.

VERDICT: Space, no Blarney.

Size: 250 sq m (2,700sq ft)

Bathrooms: 3

Bedrooms: 5

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