Ardfoyle semi-d is ripe for rejuvenation

A location just off Park Avenue gives the Marina Promenade as an 'extra garden'

Silverdale, Ardfoyle Crescent, Ballintemple

Ballintemple, Cork city
€690,000
Size	152 sq m [1636 st ft]
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	3
BER	F

This four-bed semi-detached house was already several decades old when the Silverdale development in Ballinlough was constructed in the 1970s so there can be no fault on this side for any confusion about the name. And the very useful Eircode system will solve any issues with getting deliveries to Silverdale at Ardfoyle Crescent anyway.

Sitting on an elevated spot just off the junction with Park Avenue which runs from Ballintemple Post Office on the Blackrock Road to the Monahan Road access spot to the Atlantic Pond, this house has an interesting layout which could be modernised into a good-sized family home.

Selling agent, Timothy Sullivan of Timothy Sullivan & Associates, notes how conveniently located this home is with a supermarket, pubs, cafe, and pharmacy only 250 metres away at Ballintemple village: "And you have the recently renovated beautiful Marina Promenade and greenway only around the corner too."

The back garden faces east but as it's an elevated site it's not overshadowed during the day and it's only 150 metres to main road bus stops for routes heading to Mahonpoint or to the city centre and on to the Apple campus on the northside.

The two main bedrooms upstairs share a 'jack-and-jill' style bathroom. And the other room on this floor is probably more suited for use as a study as it's quite compact. At 6'X5' it's nearly possible to touch all four walls at once.

Back downstairs at this 1930s built home there was an extension added on in the 1980s which houses a "bedroom and particularly spacious ensuite bathroom" notes Mr Sullivan.

There is a very varied range of houses at Ardfoyle Crescent including large Edwardian era homes as well as modern extended and renovated bungalows and the sale prices recorded on the Property Price Register reflect, ranging from €490k in 2019 to €995k in 2022. There's also an Ardfoyle Place nearby and there was a property there sold for €975k in June of this year.

VERDICT: In need of modernisation and likely an extension and layout re-jig too but the location is A-rated for sure.