Buyers who lost out on No 1 Beaumont Lawn, which went €200,000 over the asking, may fancy their chances at No 14
Rosarie, 14 Beaumont Lawn
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Beaumont, Cork city |
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€675,000 |
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Size |
97 sq m (1044 sq ft) |
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Bedrooms |
3 |
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Bathrooms |
2 |
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BER |
B3 |
Who could have predicted that all of the mid-year buzz around real estate in Cork city would centre on a three-bed semi-d in Beaumont?
Yet that’s where we’re at: No 1 Beaumont Lawn, which featured here in April, snazzily spruced up and with a terrific back garden, came and went faster than an Irish summer.
The sale agreed price has people talking. It came to market with a guide of €645,000 and it’s sale agreed at €855,000. Who in real estate’s capricious empire saw that coming?
If you were one of the under-bidders at No1, there’s a chance for a second bite at the cherry now as No 14 Beaumont Lawn, aka Rosarie, has just come to market.
The only real difference between it and No 1 is that the latter has a slightly wider site and faces west, rather than east, like Rosarie.
Like No 1, Rosarie has been thoroughly overhauled by the family that bought it six years ago.
Renovated from top to bottom, rewired and replumbed, they even had concrete poured beneath suspended floors to improve insulation. They insulated walls internally too and insulated and floored the attic, all of which contribute to a B3 energy rating.
“The house was empty for a while when we bought it, so the whole thing needed to come apart. It took us four months to renovate,” the owners say.
What drew them to the house in the first place was location. “We could walk everywhere – the Rockies (Blackrock Hurling Club), Cork Con (rugby), Avondale (soccer, Beaumont Park) school (Beaumont national), tennis (St Michael’s).
“It’s such a convenient neighbourhood and it’s mature too, with a good mix of age groups,” the owners say.
The magnetic pull of Kerry is the only reason they are selling.
“We have a burning desire to go home. We are both from Tralee and we came here for work pre-covid but we changed jobs and I can now work remotely,” says the woman of the house.
“So it was a case of either stay here and have a holiday home in Kerry or bite the bullet and go home,” she adds. They leave behind a crisp and comfortable home, where walls were knocked to improve downstairs layout; where plantation shutters were installed and where new tiles and flooring (from Delforno) were laid.
They did work to the outdoors too, clearing away hedging to create a play space for the kids.
The next owners will inherit a Gepetto Land kids’ playhouse, which costs about €2,500 to buy new.
A raised deck at the top of the garden, reached via patio doors off the dining area, is a terrific sunspot.
Selling 97 sq m No 14 is Stuart O’Grady, of Sherry FitzGerald, the same agent involved in the sale of No 1. The guide price this time is €675,000.
“It’s a turn-key home with a lovely garden and the buyer profile is very similar to what we saw at No 1,” Mr O’Grady says.
In fact, two of the parties now looking at Rosarie were under-bidders on No 1.
Mr O’Grady is seeing first-time buyers as well as traders-up looking to move to the area. Downsizers will be keen too given convenient location.
: Expect stiff competition. There’s a reason people want to live in Beaumont but you will pay over the odds.
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