Paddle your own canoe at €590k Victoria Cross home on Cork City's River Lee

Back garden of Haze Lee has river frontage to the Lee

Victoria Cross's Haze Lee is, quite literally, Leeside

Victoria Cross, Cork City
€590,000
Size	112 sq m (1,205 sq Ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	4
BER	E1

A FAMILY into easy living, river kayaking, outdoor walks, and even puppaccinos for pet dogs is the likely buyer for Haze Lee, a four-bed home backing on to the River Lee at Victoria Cross in Cork City.

Haze Lee is at Victoria Cross

The mid-1900s-built semi-d, one of a handful of pairs either side of the distinctive Johnson’s Pharmacy (easily spotted with an old fashioned bicycle up on its roof/canopy) is for sale with estate agent Barry Nagle of Global Properties who guides the 1,200 sq ft house with attached 375 sq ft garage at €590,000.

Kayakers from Phoenix Kayaking Club, Lee Road, Cork in the fast water at the sluice at the Lee Fields, Cork during a sunny, summer evening. Pic Larry Cummins

With an E1 energy rating right now, it has two bathrooms, four beds, two reception rooms, a kitchen, and a long back garden with direct access to the south channel of the Lee, just below the weir at the Lee Fields/Carrigrohane Rd.

“It’s a home suitable for an active family with a large selection of sports options just a few hundred metres away, such as the health club at the Kingsley Hotel, Brookfield leisure centre, Mardyke Arena, and various walking, jogging and running routes, plus kayaking options from the deck in the back garden, says Mr Nagle.

The cat that got the cream? Puppacinos on the doorstep

For the more sedentary, there are plenty of nearby coffee shops and restaurants, including the adjacent BOXD container caff which does a roaring trade in hot and iced drinks, and even tiny puppaccinos for pups and four-legged friends.

VERDICT: Rapidly evolved area, popular with students but Haze Lee has more options and appeal