Living room extension adds light and volume at €345k Ovens home

No 4 Grange Way is a good option for first time buyer couples

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025 - 17:00

Catherine Shanahan

Ovens, Co Cork
€345,000
Size	99 sq m (1066 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	2
BER	C2

SOME tasty upgrades were already in place at No 4 Grange Way when its current owners bought their Ovens home eight years ago.

For starters, it was larger than some of the neighbouring properties thanks to a stylish living room extension. Its vaulted ceiling and trio of skylights don’t just
look good — they add a significant amount of volume and light to the rear of the house.

The net effect is that a standard, compact living area has been transformed into a bright and inviting space, made even more so by wall-to-wall sliding doors that open onto a cosy patio and enclosed miniature rear garden.

“The extension was done in 2015 and the house was pretty much turnkey when we bought it,” the current owner says. The main change the couple made was to install a high-quality front door — the ultra tech Geneva from Munster Joinery.

The main daytime living accommodation at No 4 links a trio of open-plan rooms that flow seamlessly from one to the next.

First up, just off the hallway, is the kitchen, an eye-catching mix of dark grey, high gloss units, and crisp white quartz countertops, anchored by a standout, blood-red, five-plate Range Master cooker.

The bold colour contrast works. While the fitted kitchen follows an L-shape layout, additional storage has been added along the opposite wall with clever arrangement of individual cabinets.

Through an open archway from the kitchen is the dining zone where a wood-burning stove sits into a feature fireplace, with hard wood mantle surround.

Beyond it is the living room extension, which basically transformed the house.

The guest loo is off the hallway, while the main bathroom is on the first floor of this three-storey home.

Before heading upstairs, you will pass a utility/cloakroom, with storage options.

Two of three bedrooms are on the middle floor, while the top floor is given over to the main bedroom, where a Velux window boosts light levels.

The house has been well maintained by its owners, who have plans to relocate to the countryside, where a bungalow makeover awaits.

The neighbourhood they will leave behind is a popular spot: Grange Way is part of the modern Grange Manor development, built in the mid-naughties by Ruden Homes, and is conveniently close to the Ballincollig bypass, and just a five-minute spin from Ballincollig town centre. The Dell/EMC Ovens campus is a stone’s throw away.

Tirza Hourihane of Sherry FitzGerald is the agent looking after the sale of the end-of-terrace home and she says it’s ideal for couples “or a small family of first time buyers”.

“It’s a very well presented home, near multiple amenities such as schools [in the catchment area for Ovens national school], Lakewood Sports Club, Ballincollig Regional Park, and Farran Woods,” Ms Hourihane says.

She adds that it’s just a “one-minute drive from the N22/N40 motorway, and 15 minutes from Cork City, while the development also benefits from a 24-hour bus service at the entrance”.

The agent’s guide price for the 99sq m property is €345,000.

VERDICT: Cosy nest, with commendable extension, in convenient location.