€525k Old Blackrock Road home has everything at hand

8 Sorrenta Villas, Old Blackrock Road

Old Blackrock Road, Cork city
€525,000
Size	140 sq m (1517 sq ft )
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	4
BER	Pending

House hunters were at the pin of their collar trying to get on the property ladder when the owner of No 8 Sorrenta Villas bought it in 2007. While some in his circle ended up moving out of town to afford a home, he took the view that short-term (financial) pain, would mean longer-term gain.

“Even though I bought it close to boomtime prices, I never regretted it. It’s been a blessing to have lived here for 19 years, “ he says. The chief blessing is how close the 140 sq m five-bed is to everything.

Near the Victoria Road end of the Old Blackrock Road, No 8 is c 10 minutes from Cork city centre/Kent Station/Parnell Place bus terminus. Cycle lanes reduce that time. You have off -street parking at No 8 too - invaluable so close to the city centre - as previous owners opened up the front drive, like others on the terrace have done.

Selling agent Trevor O’Sullivan of Lisney SIR notes the walk-in condition — a previous owner did dry lining, re-wiring, replumbing - so the vendor had only to maintain it, which he has ably done. He improved the rear garden: It’s an attractive, private space that gets evening sun.

Mr O’Sullivan brings it to market with an AMV of €525,000 and expects “mainly first-time buyers, and possibly some upsizers looking to move out of an apartment in Blackrock”.

VERDICT: Walk-in home in a stellar location, next to the regenerating docklands.