Starter Home: Reap rewards of modern choice

• Lehenaghmore, Cork
• Price: €300,00
• Size: 118sq m (1,270 sq ft)
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 4
• BER: B1

Trish Dromey reports on spacious Cork home suitable for first-time buyers

Larger than the average three-bed semi, No 15 Manor Road at Manor Farm in Lehenaghmore is a modern B2-rated house with 1,270sq ft of living space.

Seeking offers of €300,000, estate agent Jeremy Murphy says: “This is a beautifully presented, owner-occupied, three-storey home with a host of extras including a marble fireplace in the living room and two garden patios.”

The owners have fitted a marble fireplace in the living room with an insert stove, laid solid oak flooring anddecorated in cream and grey.

In the kitchen at the rear the owners have put inhigh-gloss modern creams units, complete with amosaic-tiled splashback. Other accommodation at this level includes a guest WC off the hallway.

The first floor has a bathroom and two laminate-floored bedrooms including one with an en suite. On the top floor the house has a spacious master bedroom with built-inwardrobes and an en suite.

Outside at the front there is a cobble-lock area withparking space for two cars. To the rear is a lawned garden with a patio outside the kitchen diner and one at the bottom of the garden, positioned to catch the evening sun.

Manor Farm estate is located within 2.5km or asix-minute drive from the Kinsale Roundabout.

“It offers easy access to the link road and the city,” says Mr Murphy adding that there is a regular bus service to the estate.

VERDICT: A modern, tastefully turned out house with more space than a first-time buyer can usually hope for.