House of the Week: 3 Brookfield Villas, College Road, Cork

WHAT’s the collective noun for multiple medics? A delivery of doctors, or an outbreak of obstetricians? A coven of consultants? Can any location get closer to the action than bustling College Road itself?

Whatever the collective, it looks like a pandemic of professionals is on the way to Cork city and surrounds over the next decade or so — and that’s good news for those thinking of selling up well-located good quality family homes, or even for those with sites and aiming to construct new builds.

Currently, there’s a €75 million extension to the 1,000-job Bon Secours Hospital in Cork, adding new oncology and radiography services, as well as 81 new private rooms, on a city site between the Western Road and College Road.