Turnkey €470,000 Carrigtwohill trade-up home is fresh as a daisy

The four-bed detached home at No 2 Bramble Close is ideal for a family

2 Bramble Close, Castlelake, Carrigtwohill

Carrigtwohill, Cork
€470,000
Size	158 sq m (1700 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	3
BER	B3

WITH its crisp, fresh interior, you’d be hard pressed to guess that No 2 Bramble Close in Castlelake, Carrigtwohill is almost two decades old.

Presented to almost showhouse standards, new owners need have no concerns about further investment.

Lounge/dining/kitchen

A four-bedroom, 1,700 sq ft detached home, it’s attracting house-hunters looking to trade up out of three-bed semis, including those already living in the Castlelake neighbourhood.

First time buyers, who have a more mature age profile these days – perhaps because they’ve been saving longer to raise a deposit – are also in the mix.

Entrance hall 

Selling No 2 is Adrianna Hegarty of Hegarty Properties and she says it’s “a gorgeous home”.

Accommodation includes a sitting room with solid oak floor and woodburning stove to the front of the house; a kitchen open to a light-filled lounge area with French doors to the rear garden and a dining area with side window overlooking the side garden (scope to install more French doors into the side garden, Ms Hegarty says). 

Front living room

Dining area

Patio doors to rear garden

There’s a nice flow between kitchen/lounge/dining area and an additional room to the front of the house offers home office/TV room/playroom options.

Upstairs the main bedroom of four has an ensuite. The main bathroom is upstairs too and a Stira is fitted to the floored attic space.

Bathroom

The owners haven’t been slouches outdoors either. There’s some lovely planting out front as well as off-street parking and a very generous sandstone patio to the rear, which faces south.

The guide price for No 2 is €470,000. As the BER is a B3, buyers will qualify for more advantageous green mortgage rates.

Bramble Close is a cul-de-sac overlooking a green, within walking distance of both bus and rail links to Cork city.

VERDICT: Stylish trade-up option for families in search of a four-bedroom, detached property. Investors might like it too given proximity to the pharmaceutical hub of Carrigtwohill.