Do the Frankfield foxtrot: rural oasis feel to suburban semi-d

THERE’S almost a rural oasis feel to 189 Curragh Woods, a suburban Cork three-bed semi-d, given it’s set right by the very top of the 1990s O’Flynn Group scheme in Frankfield, with acres and acres of green fields by the development’s boundary, with a mix of farming activity and wildlife on its doorstep.

“What sets it apart is the views, over O’Sullivan’s fields, it’s a fantastic quiet spot, an oasis within Curragh Woods at the very top; it’s easy, country living at its best, watching foxes in the suburbs,” say the vendors, adding that the neighbours have been there for years too “and are lovely”.

It’s being sold now with a job move to Dublin beckoning for one of the couple, for whom it was her family home, and it’s listed with agent Karl O’Reilly of Savills with a €375,000 AMV quoted.

That’s for a well-kept but quite original layout 1,090 pretty sq ft three-bed, with one en suite and a guest WC, plus front reception, rear family room with patio access in a slight single-storey section to the back: neighbours either side have put on extensions, one of which over a boundary shows a sizeable single-storey add-on.

VERDICT: City edge convenience in long-settled scheme near Douglas, Frankfield, services, and the airport/Kinsale roads.