Beaumont address comes with cheaper price tag but 'do-er upper' caveat

Home comes with brilliant location and great potential, writes Catherine Shanahan

Lislee, 37 Upper Beaumont Drive, Cork

Beaumont, Cork City
€470,000
Size	117 sq m (1259 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	2
BER	D2

HOME-hunters keen on the Beaumont area who have dropped out of the crazy race for impeccably madeover No 1 Beaumont Lawn may take hope from the house featured here, which is in the same neighbourhood, but more affordable.

No 37 Upper Beaumont Drive, aka Lislee, comes to market with a guide of €470,000 - and the caveat that it is "a do-er upper". 

A 117 sq m three-bed semi with an attached garage, its key features include location and favourable aspect. The rear garden is south-facing and surrounded by mature trees and hedging, ensuring good privacy. It also offers scope to extend, albeit the house was pushed out to the rear in the past and the attic was also converted.

Lislee, 37 Upper Beaumont Drive, Cork

It's dated-looking now, so new owners will upgrade, modernise, and perhaps retrofit, as the BER is a D2. In the longterm, the investment should be worth it as these homes more than hold their value. 

Accommodation at Lislee  includes sitting room, dining room, breakfast room/lounge, kitchen and shower room on the ground floor, three bedrooms and a bathroom overhead and the converted attic at the top.

Lislee, 37 Upper Beaumont Drive, Cork

Selling Lislee is Tim Sullivan of Timothy Sullivan & Associates and he's seeing a medley of potential buyers, from first timers, to traders down, "to buyers who grew up there", he says. Schools and amenities are plentiful in the neighbourhood.

VERDICT: Can't go wrong with Beaumont location.