Trading up: Kilcully, Cork, €375,000
Home hunters scouting for a site that’s a bit special, with a house that needs just a bit of TLC and which might even have some development scope, should pitch their tent around Cork’s Kilcully, where the attractive, but dated, Kilcully Villa is for sale on 1.12 acres.
There’s something very attractive about this property, reckons its selling agent Michael O’Donoghue of REA O’Donoghue Clarke, noting especially its rural feel, yet only a few minutes by car from the city, or a few hours’ walking hike away.
Many Cork generations will equate the Kilcully address with the scouting movement and orienteering among other activities, as Cork Scouts bought 12 acres of Kilcully townland farm plus a farmhouse for a permanent campsite back in 1968.
Price then was £12,000 for the land, which was six times what a decent three-bed suburban semi-d might have fetched, likely to have been £2,000 at that time. In fact, that was probably ‘round the time this c 1,310 sq ft bungalow was built.
Fast forward almost 50 years, and Kilcully Villa on its acre-plus can be bought for c €375,000.... about the price now of a three-bed semi-d in a settled Cork ‘burb.
It has a parquet floor hall, living room, kitchen, sun room with wood-panelled walls, three beds and bathroom, while the grounds include a detached garage, and a garden pond.
Make your pitch: a few bob will make this just the job.
