Property Focus: Homes to consider in Ballintemple and Ballinlough

Homes in these Cork city suburbs are highly sought after

Ballintemple is home to Páirc Uí Chaoimh and the under-construction Marina Park. Picture: Larry Cummins

Although there are no new developments going up in the mature Cork City suburbs of Ballintemple and Ballinlough, there’s plenty of building work being carried out there by modernising homeowners.

All around the 1950s and 1960s-built estates you can see houses in the process of being gutted for renovations as well as others which have been recently modernised. Smart flat roofed side extensions are very much in fashion now while external drylining, which improves the energy rating and replaces pebbledash with a smooth modern finish, has become hugely popular.