Stylish city home in the shadow of Shandon Bells

Agood number of enthusiastic New Year viewers was expected to show up yesterday for an open viewing of this spacious terraced property off Cork city’s Shandon Street.

With 1,342 sq ft of living space including four bedrooms, No 6A, 1 Eason’s Avenue, offers a lot of house for a guide of €160,000.

Gilliam McDonnell of Sherry FitzGerald says the stone fronted, mid-terrace, three-storey property is very well located — around the corner from Shandon’s famous bells, and within walking distance from the city centre.

At ground-floor level there’s a tiled living room which is open plan with a modern kitchen with white high gloss units and a granite topped breakfast counter.

To the rear there’s a guest WC and a door leading out to a gravelled yard.

The first floor has a bathroom and two long narrow laminate floored bedrooms, including one with a view of Shandon Bells.

Up on the second floor there are two large bedrooms with Velux windows. Modernised by its current owners, the property has gas heating, double-glazed windows and a C1 energy rating.

On the market only since mid-December, the property had had one well-attended open viewing before Christmas.

By now the online brochure has had over 1,800 hits which signals very strong interest. Size and location are the selling points and Ms McDonnell says it may well sell above its guide.

VERDICT: Much larger than you would expect, and attractive to both investors and first-time buyers.

Shandon Street, Cork, €160,000

Size: 124 sq m (1,342 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 2

BER: C1