Cork’s Daffodil Fields, a perennial favorite as detached, comes with a € 580,000 price tag attached

IIt won’t be long before the first green shoots of spring, the tips of the daffodils, make their way through the cold, hard or even swampy soils of the winter months – we get the flowers from February, but the bulbs become active several weeks before, sometimes even visible on this side of New Years Day.

It’s the kind of annual glory that the inhabitants of Cork’s daffodil fields are well aware of, and it’s a safe bet that more daffodil bulbs than you would normally expect have been planted in this Cork residential development. , even if only to keep the faith with its name and heritage.

The fairly niche estate of 60 houses was built in the late 1990s by Fleming Construction of West Cork as they made an early foray into the city’s housing market, paying off what was then a headline making 100,000 € per acre for the soil.

This then headline-grabbing sum was the start of a massive price rush for residential development land (up to $ 1million per acre during the boom), in what was once a farm. residential dotted with daffodils on the Poulevone roundabout.

It is located close to where the Model Farm Road and Carrigrohane roads join Ballincollig, an ever-expanding satellite town, now tucked into city limits, with ever-improving transport links and an employment base. solid as well.

Now over 20 years old, Daffodil Fields consists mostly of single family homes and a few semi-ds, not too large, and typically around 1,300 square feet +: this was also before the ‘Build’ em philosophy began. Big ‘from the 2000s.

Resales have not been so numerous since, and the price register indicates 13 since 2010, including five for more than 400,000 € and one, n ° 25, for 470,000 €, in 2018.

Now No. 58 is barely on the market for longtime owners and its launch is being guided by Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald at € 580,000.

She says it’s a little different in that it’s already been enlarged, with a back veranda (with vaulted ceilings) making the most of a southwest aspect to the gardens and around the corner. decent size, so it’s bigger than most neighbors, at 1690 sq.ft.

Also, compared to sales in some of Ballincollig’s other large addresses of four-bed detached houses, the units at No 58 are all two stories, not three like some other projects such as Waltham Abbey, where Ms Healy got 640,000. € for a large detached house. The same Sherry Fitz agent also fetched € 550,000 for a 1,610 square foot secondment at The Close, Coolroe Meadows, above his AMV of € 525,000.

She describes No 58 Daffodil Fields as “well presented, with generously proportioned parts, and has been beautifully maintained throughout”.

It has three reception rooms (a glass roof, connected to a living room with wood stove, another, at the front is double aspect with an electric stove fire, and above, one of the four bedrooms is en suite.

No.58 is located at the end of a cul-de-sac and, outside, the larger-than-standard lot has off-street parking, a log store and an outdoor shed. blocks on a side wall, with potential to upgrade to a home office, gym or studio.

Location wise, it’s near the Poulevone roundabout, with the Lee Fields and Anglers’ Rest bar and restaurant a few steps in one direction and with town facilities a short walk to the west. , while there is a nearby bus stop on the main road, which is part of the 24-hour 220 service between Carrigaline and Ballincollig.

VERDICT: Daffodil Fields is a perennial good seller.