Windfalls at Cork's Waterfall as second good 'un comes for sale guiding €875k
THIS sunny month of May has brought not just one Heatherfield Cork home for sale, but two: No 38 in this early to mid-2000s development came first, at the start of May, and is already 'sale agreed'; now, before the month closes, here's No 52 — a more 'original' version of the type.
We're already back looking at this Waterfall scheme of 60+ detached homes, undertaken by Fleming Construction about 20 years or so back, and where the better examples have tipped over the €1m mark in recent times. No 31 made €1.05m just at the end of 2024, having guided at €850,000, and now No 38 is 'sale agreed', also over its €975,000 AMV, reported to have also gone into the €1m+ league for vendors who've been there for 23 years and are moving to the coast.
52 Heatherfield
No 38 featured here over a few editorial pages in early May, and had been extended to the side for a very useful large laundry/utility/pantry (used for drying masses of sailing gear on the evidence of a visit), linking to an enlarged garage and workshop for a super-practical flow of service and family rooms, adding to the already decent floor plan of the original.
Rear of 52
No 52, here today, shows what the original layout was from day-one, still fitting in a decent 230 sq m with five bedrooms — of which two are en suite and one, to the front, also has a dressing room.
It's listed with a €875,000 AMV with estate agent Michael Downey, of ERA Downey McCarthy, who says it's impressive and on a good site.
It faces a green, is well-sized both inside and out, and is very well kept, he adds.
It's been a rental property rather than owner-occupied, and so the 'feel' is different to that of the well-lived in No 38, whilst its gardens have been well landscaped.
It also has play areas and a garden room/sheds.
The rear backs onto the very first stages of Fleming Construction's subsequent Waterfall development, Earls Well, with glimpses of one of the more unusual barn-roofed style and more contemporary one-offs there, likely to have been a former showhouse.
No 52 has mature boundaries all around, good parking on a cobble lock drive and gated access, with rear patio off the family room, down steps from the kitchen/dining area in a slight split level layout. It has the typical Heatherfield large central hall, with main reception to the right, and has a smaller one/home office on the left, and all gets a good B3 BER.
VERDICT: Guided at €875,000, No 52 is unlikely to reach the heights No 38 and No 31 did in topping €1m, but under-bidders on No 38 may bid on No 52 and make plans to spend a further sum later on add-ons and decor upgrades?
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