Classy refurb at €350,000 Turners Cross House of the Week
52 Friars Road, Turners Cross
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Turners Cross, Cork |
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€350,000 |
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Size |
70 sq m (753 sq ft) |
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Bedrooms |
2 |
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Bathrooms |
2 |
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BER |
D1 |
THUMBING your nose at a terraced ex-council house is not clever these days. It’s plain for all to see that they are among the most conveniently located homes in the city. This is very much the case in Turners Cross, which is just a short walk from the city centre, from schools and from retail etc. Even better, these Turners Cross homes come with gardens. In the right hands, they scrub up so well, that if you were led blindfolded indoors, there’s a good chance you’d think you were in a new build, once the blindfold was removed.
Such is the case at No 52 Friars Road, where indoors is like a new home and outdoors is barely recognisable as a former council house.
It helped that the chap who bought it is in the plumbing trade and knew which professionals to call on for building works, electrics, plastering etc. They got the call when he bought it five years ago, embarking on a head-to-toe renovation, during which No 52 was re-wired and re-plumbed (presumably by the man himself); had a new kitchen fitted and bathrooms installed.
It was also re-plastered and insulated.
The 70 sq m house was an executor sale back then and was “very dated” the owner says, but it’s as contemporary as they come these days. Walls were knocked to open up the downstairs, creating a bright, airy living/dining space, with the dining area just off the kitchen, which is through an open arch.
In fact the kitchen area was added by a previous owner and the current owner simply modernised it, installing white streamlined unit and a solid wood countertop. The kitchen is double aspect and also has a fully glazed door overlooking a patio area, framed on one side by a raised flower bed.
Beyond the patio is a long and narrow, well-kept, enclosed lawn with more raised beds for plants and shrubs.
There's even a garden shed. Out front, more shrubs run along the driveway where there is off-street parking. Waste bins are cleverly screened.
Back inside, the living room has shelving built into the alcoves on either side of the blocked-off fireplace, which can be reopened if a new owner wished to reinstate it.
Overhead, there are two double bedrooms, one featuring an original fireplace and the main bathroom is upstairs too. A guest WC is tucked away downstairs behind the hallway.
The owner is selling up as his main base is now Dublin. He describes No 52 as “a very comfortable home in such a convenient location”. Schools, shops, pubs, a café and Tory Top Road park and playground are close by, and the house is a one minute drive from the South Link Road. Cork Airport is 12 minutes by car.
John Moynihan of Sherry FitzGerald is the selling agent and he says the owner upgraded it to a turnkey property after buying it five years ago.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity to acquire a truly unique turnkey home in a popular residential location,” Mr Moynihan says.
House sales of renovated homes have been doing well on Friars Road lately. In June this year, No 52’s next-door neighbour (50 Friars Road, a four-bed) sold for €425,000, having been bought for €265,000 in 2017. No 50, which also featured in these pages, had already been extended prior to 2017 (a two-storey rear add-on) but the couple that bought it then did a whole lot more to it. It went on the market in October last year for €385,000 and sold for €425,000 in June. Another nearby house in the neighbourhood No 49, sold in 2017 for €167,000 and in 2019 for €317,000.
No 52 is on the market with a guide of €350,000.
First time buyers, investors and downsizers will all by vying for this crisply presented, cityside home.
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