A TIDY builder might be needed at Beech House – this four/five-bed home, on grounds as pristine as the house itself, has full planning in place for a second dwelling to be built alongside, amid its flowerbeds.
The dormer home, with valley views into Sallybrook, near Glanmire, in Cork, is on a 1.2-acre site of clipped sloping lawns and landscaping – and it is in turn-key condition, says its selling agent.
A buyer will just have to turn a sod to erect a second dwelling here, to the right hand side, and both houses will then share a driveway, according to the current plans.
The existing dwelling, on very good grounds with a bank of lawn rising up behind, has a €450,000 AMV, via auctioneer, Garry O’Donnell, of ERA Downey McCarthy: the site, with its FPP for a 1,100 sq ft house, probably accounts for a fifth or a quarter of that value.
Likely buyers may well be an extended family, with siblings, or different generations, seeking to live close to one another yet retain independence and privacy.
The existing, approximately 1,500 sq ft dwelling has been extended up into the attic where there’s now a very good master bedroom, and bathroom with five-piece suite, has three/four ground-floor bedrooms, family bathroom, living room, very good kitchen/dining room and a side sun room overlooking the gardens.
The clearly house-proud owners are downsizing, and Garry O’Donnell says it is a great family home.
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This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Saturday, August 21, 2010
