House hunters who want a walk-in home should check out this €395,000 Midleton property

AT a time when the sky’s the limit for house prices, it’s helpful to know that the home you are bidding on requires no further outlay after you’ve signed on the dotted line.

That’s pretty much the case at No 24 Chestnut Drive in Midleton, where all the important bits are in situ: four-bedrooms, improved insulation, a new condenser-boiler and an energy rating that qualifies for green mortgage rates (B3); west-facing back garden with Kilkenny limestone patio; improved downstairs layout with the removal of a wall between kitchen and dining room; replacement of standard patio doors with a triple-glazed sliding door that allows light flood in; the installation of attractive triple-glazed sash windows at the front of the house and new double-glazed windows to the rear. Everything is spick, span and ready to go and bar bringing in your own furnishings, you’re done, once the house is yours.

“This is the ideal property for the type of buyer currently in the market,” says selling agent James Colbert of Colbert & Co.

“They want a walk-in home, modern, nicely done, four bedrooms, good BER. It’s all here, at No 24.” 

The garden is a walk-in too, and if the evening sun gets too much on that large, west-facing patio, all you need do is roll-out the retractable canopy, sit back, and enjoy the attractive planting, in raised beds, along the boundary walls. 

It’s a fine private space, with tall trees along the back wall.

Mr Colbert predicts interest from first time buyers and also people looking to downsize, given the pristine nature of house and garden and its convenience to busy Midleton town, which is a short walk away.

VERDICT: Fully primed for new owners, inside and out.