Space is demense attraction at Clonard in Montenotte

The detached house, built around the late 1990s, is one of seven large, one-offs on serviced sites in the Demesne section of Woodlands, where a higher density of homes was built to the east of the old Woodlands house by McInerneys.
There’s only every been a couple of resales in the Demesne, and the 3,600 sq ft No 6 which is on a site of 0.3 of an acre is guided at €565,000 by estate agent Michael O’Donovan of Savills, who’s sold previously here at the Demesne.
Brick-faced upfront and dashed on the other three sides, Clonard’s a broad home thanks to side, single story ‘wings’ and its site slopes down away from the entrance drive and parking apron, and the rear (with wide, paved split-level patio) faces south with city and Marina views.
Internally, it has a centrepiece solid oak staircase, midships in the tiled entrance hall, with barley twist spindles, leading to a first floor Juliet-style balcony for those same views off the carpeted landing.
Here, there are four first floor bedrooms, one with a steam room, and three have en suites, as well as a main bathroom. Plus, there’s a wide landing with spiral stairs to an attic level with central landing, two further rooms with gable windows and Veluxes all facing south, with a shower room adding to this top level’s usefulness.

Making No 6 even more verstile for inter-generational family living is the fact that one of its ground level reception rooms, a 22’ by 18’ lounge, has a shower room/en suite.
Separately there’s another large living room across the hall to the right, linking to a dining room, a sun room faces south and open to ta wide patio, and the kitchen also is south-aspected.
As back-up, there’s also a utility, bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, and a wall-to-wall bookshelf-lined office, with CAT 5 cabling, and fireplace.
: In good overall order, but decoratively it’s dated due to things like the tiled hall, pine internal joinery, pine kitchen units etc. It’s easily updated, though, with loads of space, within a short spin of Cork city and north ring road.
Montenotte, Cork City
€565,000
Size: 334 sq m (3,600 sq ft)
Bedrooms: 4 plus attic rooms
Bathrooms: 7
BER: N/A