Roomy and ready €895k Rochestown home

Space to meet up and space to do your own thing too at this Abbotswood detached five-bed

17 Abbotswood Downs, Rochestown, Co. Cork

Rochestown, Cork
€895,000
Size	303sq m (3,262sq ft)
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	4
BER	B3

Bring your tweens or teens to look at this house and watch them lay claim to the attic space in jig time. Not that the rest of this five-bed detached redbrick property isn’t worth appreciating but once kids get to a certain age it’s all about staking out their own space.

No 17 Abbotswood Downs in Rochestown actually has plenty living space with a few different ‘zones’ to keep a good-sized family happy.

And the main triple aspect living room is surely large enough to allow all family members meet up for movie nights or other gatherings. It has a bay window to the side and there are double doors leading to a rear decking area. Parents will eye the decorative coving and wide-plank timber flooring and open fireplace while younger members will be more impressed by 14 power points in this room.

Staying downstairs there’s also a bright sun room, an open-plan kitchen/dining area as well as a smaller living room, and a home office/playroom.

Not surprising so that there has been quite a bit of interest in this detached ready-to-go home, particularly from families. Indeed there is already an offer of €900k in place for this 25-year-old property which has a guide price of €895k, notes Garry O’Donnell of ERA Downey McCarthy.

“It’s been owner occupied and in really great condition. It’s an ideal family trade-up,” he says.

Moving upstairs you’ve got a main bedroom with impressively high (nearly 3m) ceilings, an en suite bathroom, and its own walk-in storage area.

Two other double bedrooms share a ‘Jack and Jill’ en suite bathroom. And the other two double bedrooms are dual aspect — so something to keep everyone happy here.

Moving upwards again you’ve got that spacious attic accessed via a full staircase from the landing. It has solid timber flooring, four Velux windows to the rear of the property, two windows to the front, and one window to the side. This area has a timber-panelled ceiling, recessed spots — and crucially — 12 power points.

Outside there’s off-street parking for half a dozen cars, some of which could be reclaimed for more landscaping and planting if you don’t intend to have that many visitors too often. And to the back of the house there’s a deck area and lawn with a great sense of privacy thanks to mature shrubs and planting to the rear.

Built in 2001, you don’t get too many properties changing owners here: only two sales in 2025 and less than 10 overall in the past decade according to the Property Price Register. Indeed, the highest Abbotswood Downs price so far looks to be the €885k paid last year for No 12.

VERDICT: A five-bed Rochestown home where everyone gets their space, downstairs, upstairs — and outside