{"id":159725,"date":"2025-11-03T02:29:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T02:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/159725\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T02:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T02:29:24","slug":"head-to-toe-makeover-and-twice-its-original-size-buyers-will-be-on-the-double-for-e380k-blarney-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/159725\/","title":{"rendered":"Head-to-toe makeover and twice its original size, buyers will be on the double for \u20ac380k Blarney home\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">HAD the current owner of no 7 Assumption Terrace taken the house at face value, he might never have crossed the threshold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cI remember when I saw it advertised that I sort of skimmed over it, because it wasn\u2019t much to look at from the outside,\u201d he says, \u201cbut when we went to view it, it really blew me away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4842987_3_articleinlinemobile_104_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"No 7 is in a terrace of former council housing\" title=\"No 7 is in a terrace of former council housing\" class=\"card-img\"\/>No 7 is in a terrace of former council housing<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Part of an elevated row of former local authority housing built along Blarney\u2019s Station Rd, No 7 started life as a \u201ctwo-up, two-down\u201d house in the 1960s, but was given a new lease of life, and a big boost to the floor area, when a substantial rear extension was added back in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4842990_3_articleinlinemobile_108_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4842993_3_articleinlinemobile_121_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The once-modest townhouse doubled in size, with the addition of a new kitchen, new dining room, a new utility and guest loo downstairs, as well as an extended hallway, while, overhead, two bedrooms became three. The third came with a touch of luxury, in the shape of a walk-in wardrobe and a stylish en suite.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4842996_3_articleinlinemobile_132_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"En suite bedroom with walk-in wardrobe\" title=\"En suite bedroom with walk-in wardrobe\" class=\"card-img\"\/>En suite bedroom with walk-in wardrobe<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cWhen we bought it, eight years ago, all we really did was add a solid-fuel stove in the living room \u2014 one of the original \u2018two-down\u2019 rooms \u2014 and install zoned heating. Everything else was pretty much done,\u201d he says, including the handcrafted, solid-wood staircase.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4842999_3_articleinlinemobile_145_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The couple inherited plenty to appreciate from previous owners: A cosy, country-style kitchen, a bright dining room with vaulted ceiling and exposed wooden beams, surrounded by eight windows, a smartly tiled hallway with vintage radiator and a landscaped rear garden with patio.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843002_3_articleinlinemobile_126_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843005_3_articleinlinemobile_120_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843008_3_articleinlinemobile_118_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"Extended hallway\" title=\"Extended hallway\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Extended hallway<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A sliding door from the dining room leads to the patio, which is enclosed by a stone-clad wall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843011_3_articleinlinemobile_146_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s a sunny, secure nook, at a level below the main garden, where paving cuts through lawn to a pedestrian gate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843014_3_articleinlinemobile_153_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"Parking to the rear\" title=\"Parking to the rear\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Parking to the rear<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Beyond the gateway are two parking spaces, accessed via a private laneway to the rear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The garden is in great shape, cared for by the owner\u2019s wife. \u201cMy wife would have done a good bit of work in the garden,\u201d the owner says. A Barna shed tucked into one corner is handy for storage. A fully floored attic space with Stira access and a Velux is another storage option.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843017_3_articleinlinemobile_142_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">While the owner can work from home \u2014 hence the use of one of the original front rooms as a home office (also a playroom as they have two children) \u2014his wife, a teacher, has a cumbersome commute. It\u2019s the reason they are relocating.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843020_3_articleinlinemobile_115_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843023_3_articleinlinemobile_117_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Tirza Hourihane, of Sherry FitzGerald, is selling no 7 and she says the 145 sq m townhouse is \u201cbeautifully presented\u201d and within walking distance of Blarney village. The village is home to the iconic Blarney Castle and Blarney Woollen Mills, and there\u2019s a selection of local pubs, restaurants, and shops. For public transport, there\u2019s a bus stop within 500m of no 7, a new secondary school is about the same distance away and it\u2019s just 1km to the nearest primary school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Blarney is a short drive from both Cork City centre and Ballincollig.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843026_3_articleinlinemobile_111_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"card-img\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4843029_3_articleinlinemobile_113_20-_207_20Assumption_20Terrace.jpg\" alt=\"Sitting room\" title=\"Sitting room\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Sitting room<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The price for the three-bed townhouse- which sold eight years ago for \u20ac318,000 &#8211; is \u20ac380,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The energy rating is a C3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Ms Hourihane says first-time buyers and downsizers are leading the charge at viewings of no 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\n            VERDICT: Great example of what can be achieved with older council housing stock. Comes with a decent rear garden and good proximity to Blarney village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAD the current owner of no 7 Assumption Terrace taken the house at face value, he might never&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,433,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-159725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-house-prices-mortgages-estate-agents-cork-munster","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115483414840605176","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}