Building advice: Taking on a corner site alongside an existing home

What to do when building a new home on the same land of an existing property

Corner sites: Your architect or engineer will need to provide for adequate parking for the new cars for your new home as well as a safe access onto the main road in terms of sightlines. File Picture.

Hi Kieran,

My partner and I have recently moved back to Cork from Dublin. We are both lucky enough to relocate and we are both currently renting. With house prices moving up at the moment we had a bit of a brainwave to get a place of our own. My Mom is a widow and she has a large extended semi-detached house on a corner site in the south side of the city. The house is too big for her and she is happy to look at options so that we all have our own living space. I am wondering what we need to consider in terms of road access. Because there will be two separate houses, is there anything else I need to consider? We believe that if this works well, we will get the house we want in the location we want as well.Regards, Finbar