Excellent prospects at €475k Sunday’s Well home with spectacular views 

Fine home with breathtaking views may need modernisation

30 Sunday's Well Road, Cork. Pictures: H-Pix

Sunday’s Well, Cork City
€475,000
Size	178sq m (1,915sq ft)
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	1
BER	F

The first thing to say about owning a house on Cork’s Sundays Well Road is that you’ll always have rear views to die for.

The second is that, while not quite as old as the hills they sit on, many of these noble homes have weathered two centuries. As they tend to be keepers, often staying in the same families for generations, it can be the case that substantial investment is needed when they do finally come to market.

Such is the case at No 30 Sunday’s Well Road, home to five generations of the same family, there since the 1840s, when a chap called Andrew Waugh bought land from the MacDonald family and started building the terrace.

He died before completing it and the homes were later finished out on behalf of his widow, Eliza Waugh.

The Irish Examiner knows this because it recently featured neighbouring No 29, which came to market in May for €575k and is now sale agreed.

It was renovated and restored by late architect Jim Carroll, who created a stunning duplex arrangement, with some work still to do in the basement.

No 30 comes to market in need of substantial renovation, but with the certainty of wonderful south-facing views across to the Mardyke and Fitzgerald Park, east to the city, and west towards County Hall. Proximity to UCC, the city centre, and several hospitals is a given.

Accommodation at the 178sq m terraced townhouse is over three floors, with the principal accommodation down steps from entry level, where there’s gated external access via an outside staircase.

Four double bedrooms occupy the upper floor, while kitchen/dining is on the lower floor with direct patio access. Karl O’Reilly of Savills says there’s “excellent scope for reconfiguration” into a more contemporary layout with expanded living spaces.

Mr O’Reilly is guiding No 30 at €475,000 and expects interest from first-time buyers “and traders-up, looking for a project”.

VERDICT: There’s a reason these homes are keepers — just look out the south-facing windows. Come armed with a good deal more cash than the asking.