First time buyers are flocking to the Lough to view €365k renovated home
MAUNDY Thursday launch for No 3 Westbourne Terrace didn’t stop the bookings flooding in over the Easter weekend. By Tuesday last, 25 parties had their names down to view the two-storey property, which shares one of the nicest vistas in Cork city. Directly across the road from the Lough, a 4ha wildfowl preserve, there’s every chance you’ll spy a bevy of swans gliding by, or a coarse angler releasing his catch back into the freshwater lake. It’s a fine spot too for the daily constitutional, on the c1km around-the-pond pathway.With such a terrific outdoor space on your doorstep, you’d cope without a back garden, but you don’t need to. At No 3, it’s surprisingly long, if narrow, and could easily accommodate a kitchen extension. There’s not much going on there right now, but the return to our screens this week of RTÉ’s Super Garden might provide inspiration for new owners.No 3, an 87sq m property, has a feature downstairs bay window with lovely views of the Lough and there are more views from two of the upstairs bedrooms. Additional accommodation includes a dining room, kitchen and bathroom. When it went up for sale three years ago, it reached sale agreed at €350,000,but was subsequently taken off the market. It’s back now with Angela Jordan and Will Lyons of ERA Downey McCarthy and they are expecting bidding to commence “as soon as people view it”.“It’s not often a property comes up that’s right on the Lough,” Ms Jordan says, “and this one is nicely presented and has a fine long back garden.” Those booked into view it are mainly first time buyers with mortgage approval, Ms Jordan says. There may be downsizer interest too as the property is very convenient to Cork city and is on a bus route. Investors can’t be ruled out due to proixmity to UCC and CUH.
VERDICT: House hunters are flocking to view this cityside property. A birdwatcher's paradise.
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