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Quirky, distinctive and energy efficient, Bluebell Cottage on Middle Road in Whitegate is new to the market with a guide of €315,000.
A three-bed detached dormer property, located within a five minute walk from the waterfront in Whitegate village, it was built around ten years ago by its current owners on a site where a metal roofed outbuilding once stood.
“ It’s bright and contemporary and has been stylishly designed with large windows and , an open plan layout,’’ says Shay Cronin of Cronin Wall Properties noting that the owners achieved a B1 BER rating with double glazed windows, oil fired heating and solar panels for hot water.
The ground floor space is almost entirely taken up by a modern parquet floored kitchen/dining/living room which has two sets of patio doors, a log burning stove and high gloss white kitchen units. To the rear there’s a small utility room and a tiled bathroom. The upper level has a bathroom and three carpeted bedrooms including one with a triple paned window.
Built perpendicular to Middle Road, Bluebell Cottage has a wild garden at the front with low stone walls, gravelled areas and a parking space. It’s located within a 20 minute drive from Midleton.
“We are getting interest from a range of East Cork buyers including young couples as well as older ones looking to downsize,’’ reveals Mr Cronin
VERDICT: Much prettier than many of the usual options in this price range.
Youghal, Co Cork
€298,000
Size
138 sq m (1,485 sq ft)
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
BER
B1
Even before the eight recently installed SVP panels at No 42 Ardán Na Mara, Seafield in Youghal brought the BER rating up to a B, the four-bed detached house would probably have looked very good to young house hunting couples in East Cork.
Guiding at €298,000 it’s an attractively decorated, well maintained 2005 built property with 138 sq metres of living space. Earlier this year the owners fitted a 6.5 kWh solar panel system and an electric car charger.
Previous improvements included an extension which enlarged the L shaped kitchen/dining /living room at the rear. Bright and modern, this room has a dining area with built-in seating at the front and a kitchen/ living area at the rear with white gloss units, a centre island, a matching TV unit and two large Velux windows.
The property also has a front sitting room with a fireplace as well as a guest WC. A staircase in the dining area leads to the first floor which has a bathroom and four bedrooms
There’s parking at the front and garden space at both the side and rear with a patio and lawn.
Situated in a cul de sac in a development on a hill above Youghal, the property is within two to two and a half km from amenities in the town centre and from the main strand.
Describing it as stylishly upgraded and spacious, selling agents Brian Gleeson auctioneers expect interest from Cork city buyers as well as ones in Midleton.
The most recent sale in Ardán Na Mara was of No 10, four-bed detached house which sold in August for €345,000.
98th Street, Cork
€285,000
Size
58 sq ft (624 sq ft)
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
1
BER
C2
The owners who renovated this two-bed mid-terrace house at No 49 98th Street in Cork city put effort into maximising the use of space.
When replacing the roof they cleverly fitted two loft beds in the attic space, reveal Gretchen Kelleher of Barry auctioneer noting that they also rewired, insulated, fitted Velux windows and upgraded the kitchen and the bathroom.
A 58 sq ft property, it has an open plan kitchen/dining/living room and a modern bathroom as well as two upstairs bedrooms with loft beds. Guiding at €285,000, it’s within a ten minute walk from UCC and a 15-minute one from the city centre.
VERDICT: Could be bought as a starter home or as accommodation for a student.
Rochestown Road, Cork
€255,000
Size
68 sq m (732 sq ft)
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
BER
C3
A former show apartment in Rochestown with a guide of €255,000, No 20 Royayn’s Court is sure to attract the attention of first-time buyers.
A two-bed 68 sq m ground floor property, it’s listed with Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald, who says it’s in excellent decorative order and that the location, in a secure gated development on the Rochestown Road, is a key selling point.
Accommodation includes a living room, a kitchen/diner, a bathroom and two bedrooms, one en suite.
VERDICT: Affordable apartments in Rochestown are always in demand.
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