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Irish Examiner
28-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Elegance across three levels at €695k extended Ballincollig home
When they extended to the rear, the owners of No 112 added a light-filled family room, with wraparound glazing and access to a spacious, limestone patio area, framed by raised planters. The perfect outdoor entertaining space, made private by trees and high walls, it includes some artificial lawn for the kiddies to play on. It's pleasantly low-maintenance. No 112 is a good-looking, detached, four-bedroom home in Ballincollig's Old Quarter and it's been decorated to very exacting standards over all three floors. The Glenline kitchen, newly fitted, with bespoke marble counter tops and breakfast bar, is open- plan/split level to the family room which includes a dining area. Notable details include a feature gas fire framed by a custom-built media unit with good storage, a custom-made window seat, and a good deal of glazing. Four bedrooms, in excellent decorative order, are spread across the two upper floors. Both middle floor bedrooms come with en suites. One is a wetroom with underfloor heating and a pretty vanity cabinet. The remaining two bedrooms and family bathroom are on the top tier. The agent selling No 112 is Frank Walsh of O'Mahony Walsh and he says it's finished 'to an exceptionally high standard'. 'There are bespoke finishes throughout, it's really exceptional,' says the agent, who is guiding at €695,000. Living room He adds that it is adjacent to a green area, and close to Ballincollig town centre. Cork City is a 15-minute spin. The front drive can take two cars. VERDICT: Turnkey family home in a family-friendly location.
Irish Examiner
02-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Starter Homes: Four Cork homes from €195,000 to €345,000
Attractively decorated and modern with a guide of €345,000, No 32 Avondale Mews in Passage West is the type of property that a lot of first time buyers will want to go see. A three-bed 2005- built end of terrace house with a C1 BER, it's being sold by estate agent Dan Howard who says that its upsizing owners have made several improvements and done quite a bit of redecorating. ' They put a timber cabin in the back garden which is used as a home office/ gym/ TV room and provides very useful additional space,'' he reveals. Quite spacious for a terraced house, it has 103 sq metres of accommodation which includes a smartly decorated front sitting room with a fireplace, a green feature wall and venetian blinds instead of curtains. To the rear there's a tiled kitchen with blue and white shaker style units. There's a guest WC off the hallway while the upstairs has a bathroom as well three bedrooms including one en suite. Improvements in the back garden include the addition of a raised patio for sitting out as well as the installation of a timber cabin/ home office. The property, which has open plan parking at the front, is located within a 20 minute walk from shops in Passage West and around seven km from Douglas village. The most recent sale in Avondale Mews was of No 39, a mid-terrace three bed with an attic conversion which sold for €375,000 in March. VERDICT: Ready to go Ballincollig, Co Cork €300,000 Size 62 sq m ( 667 sq ft) Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms B BER C3 Two-bed houses in Ballincollig – like this partially timber clad end of terrace one at 55 Tuairin Glass in Greenfields – are something of a rarity. While several two-bed apartments are being advertised for sale in the town, an online search shows that this property , which is new to the market with a guide of €300,000, seems to be the only modern two-bed house available at present. Michaela Buckley of O'Mahony Walsh auctioneers says there are always buyers who prefer houses to apartments and that this one could look very appealing to a young couple. It's a well maintained property which has been owner occupied and is being sold partially furnished, she says explaining that because it was part of Cork County Council scheme it can only be bought by an owner occupier. Offering 62 sq metres of living space, it has an open plan living area which includes a sitting room with a stove at the front and a kitchen with cream units at the rear. There's also a guest WC and small utility as well as a bathroom and two bedrooms upstairs. To the side there's a covered passage for bike storage and, to the rear, a low maintenance garden area with a circular patio, a timber archway and a small Buddha water fountain. Built in 2006 the property has a C3 BER. Situated in a row of four houses which have open plan parking at the side , it's around two km from the town centre.. Few Tuairin Glass properties come on the market in recent years and the last recorded sale was in 2022 when No 45 went for €270,000 VERDICT: Modern houses in this price range are scarce in Ballincollig. Blackpool, Cork city €195,000 Size 34 sq m (366 sq ft) Bedrooms 1 Bathrooms 1 BER E1 Few houses in Cork city are as tiny or as affordable as this one-bed one at 18 Farran St, Gerald Griffin St in Blackpool which has a guide of €195,000 and just 34 sq metres of living space. A modernised mid-terrace house, it's listed with Amy Crosse of Behan Irwin & Gosling who says that bidding has already gone above the guide to €197,500. It's a charming property which has been upgraded and redecorated by owners who since 2017 has put in double glazing, electric heating and a modern kitchen and bathroom and replaced the roof, she reveals. Accommodation includes a living/dining room, a kitchenette, a bedroom and a bathroom. VERDICT: Tiny but very convenient to the city centre. Bandon, Co Cork €240,000 Size 97 Sq m (1,044 sq ft) Bedrooms 3 Bathrooms 2 BER D1 This mature three-bed semi at No 4 Kilbrogan Place might be an option for a young couple seeking a first home in Bandon. Guiding at €240,000 it's on the market with Majella Galvin of DNG Galvin who says it's well kept property with an attractive sunroom at the front. Built in the 1960s and upgraded over the years, it's a 97 sq metre house located within a ten minute walk from Bandon town centre. VERDICT: Affordable and close to town, but may require modernisation
