Homes in Cork City Centre, Midleton, and The Lough from €425k

The city centre property on Evergreen Street is drawing a lot of attention from first-time-buyers and downsizers

Clockwise from left: 6 Evergreen Close, Evergreen Street, Cork; Cloyne Road, Ballinacurra, Midleton, Co. Cork; Villa Rosaria, Pouladuff Road, The Lough, Cork

Evergreen St, Cork city
€425,000
Size	77 sq m (829 sq ft)
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	2
BER	B

Built in 2014 by O’Brien Construction Group, this house in a small residential development just off Evergreen St has been owner occupied since day-one.

No 6 Evergreen Close is a two-bed semi which comes with two parking spaces — akin to winning the lottery in a home just one kilometre from City Hall.

Attention is coming from first-time-buyers and downsizers, notes John Corbett of Cohalan Downing, adding that investors are also interested as there’s no rent cap.

“The owners arranged with the builders to add an ensuite bathroom at the time of construction,” the agent says.

Mr Corbett sold a neighbouring house, No 5, in June for €475k. There are eight houses in the development and most are privately owned.

“The location is great here, it’s almost hidden from sight, but you’re so close to the city centre and you’ve got Hannah Barrett’s pub 130 metres away on Quaker Rd.”

6 Evergreen Close, Evergreen Street, Cork City Centre, Co. Cork, T12YX94 €425,000 John Corbett Cohalan Downing

VERDICT: A parking ‘goldmine’ near the city centre makes this a hidden gem for people who want metropolitan convenience while also owning cars.

Ballinacurra, Co Cork
€495,000
Size	208 sq m (2239 sq ft)
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	3
BER	C1

There's room to expand or swap rooms around at this Ballinacurra five-bed detached home.

Set on half an acre on the Cloyne Rd, a five-minute drive from Midleton, this two-storey house has bedrooms on both levels and a detached double garage.

The garage could be converted to a gym, work space, or living area. It already has Velux windows in the roof, as well as a sink, heating, and a Stira stairs to its upper level. “It’s a very big plot and you have that curved driveway leading up to it and it’s in a very nice location,” says Adrianna Hegarty, of Hegarty Properties.

She was getting ready for 10 viewings that evening, with interest from people eager to trade up from three-bed homes or who want a garden. And this €495k, C-rated home has a large bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and a walk-in wardrobe on the ground floor level. Upstairs, there are three more bedrooms, one of them en-suite. The fifth bedroom could as easily be a home office or a games room.

VERDICT: Space, scope, and a superb location, this Cloyne Rd home could be attractive to lots of different buyers.

Pouladuff Rd, Cork
€520,000
Size	133 sq m (1431 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2
BER	F

Location is key at this Pouladuff Rd address so let’s look at some likely destinations for people living here.

To get to the local SuperValu on Togher Rd it’s a three minute (650m) bike ride.

At Villa Rosaria, you’re about 1.3km from UCC — or you’ve got the UCC park and ride at Pouladuff 1km away. It’s 2km to the English Market and Tory Top Library is 650m away.

This four-bed detached bungalow on a west-facing site is also of course a very short walk away from The Lough.

Formerly an investment rental property, it’s on the market now for €520k and is attracting attention from first-time-buyers as well as from people trading up from semi-d homes and from people keen to move into a single-level home with a bus stop close by.

“It’s in very good condition and there’s a garden and a large block-built shed/garden store,” notes John Moynihan of Sherry FitzGerald.

The main bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and there is a good-sized utility room to the side of the kitchen. The energy rating is an F so that’s something for the to-do list.

There are more than half a dozen primary and secondary schools within 1km.

VERDICT: An energy rating that will likely be upgraded by new owners, but this is a super convenient location.