When thinking outside the box paid space dividends for semi-d's home owners
![When thinking outside the box paid space dividends for semi-d's home owners When thinking outside the box paid space dividends for semi-d's home owners](/cms_media/module_img/7728/3864421_3_articlesmall_DSC_0025_1_.jpg)
No 1 Manor Villas Thornbury is guided at €485,000 by Mark Gosling of Behan Irwin Gosling
Rochestown, Cork |
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€485,000 |
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Size |
132 sq m (1,410 sq ft) |
Bedrooms |
4/5 |
Bathrooms |
3 |
BER |
C1 |
YOU have to look just a little bit harder to see how the owner of 1 Manor Villas went “above and beyond” when doing extension works and upgrades to his home.
![Over, and out at 1 Manor Villas: the extra few feet make all the difference in the upstairs bedroom suite, and there's still side passage access under to the back garden for bins, etc Over, and out at 1 Manor Villas: the extra few feet make all the difference in the upstairs bedroom suite, and there's still side passage access under to the back garden for bins, etc](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7728/3864424_2_articleinline_DSC_0027_1_.jpg)
But, he went that bit further when adding upstairs on the side, working with Sigma builders’ Patrick O’Brien to project or cantilever a section out over the side passage’s ‘air space’ to create a larger first floor en suite main bedroom, which is now home to a decent-sized bedroom with lofted or vaulted ceiling.
![Steel yourself: pic courtesy Sigma Homes Steel yourself: pic courtesy Sigma Homes](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7728/3864379_4_articleinline_sigma_202PHOTO-2023-11-22-22-12-33.jpg)
Now, midships by the newly-created main bedroom ‘suite’ there’s a walk-through wardrobe dressing room, leading to a private en suite bathroom with shower.
![Upstairs floor plan Upstairs floor plan](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7728/3864382_4_articleinline_sigma.jpg)
Well, the left hand side has the original layout of front and rear reception rooms, now interconnected with double doors, while the kitchen’s now on the back right hand side of the enlarged home, with patio access, whilst the front right has a small room facing the drive, with shower room behind.
![New main bedroom, linking to walk-through dressing room and en suite, note the extra high vaulted ceiling New main bedroom, linking to walk-through dressing room and en suite, note the extra high vaulted ceiling](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7728/3864385_4_articleinline_DSC_0041_1_.jpg)
No 1 is deep with the wider Thornbury scheme which has wide mix of house sizes and styles, including bungalows; a drive through shows a number of updates in various styles and shapes.
![Rear dining/living, off kitchen Rear dining/living, off kitchen](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7728/3864388_4_articleinline_DSC_0036_1_.jpg)
Estate agent Mark Gosling of Behan Irwin Gosling guides at a widely reachable €485,000, and notes it is very much in walk-in order.
![Front reception Front reception](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7728/3864391_4_articleinline_DSC_0031_1_.jpg)
Mr Gosling says the west-facing home offers more house for the money than other semi-Ds in the wider Rochestown area, and comes with off-street parking, and an enclosed mature back garden with shed, printed concrete patio and that very useful, retained, side passage access from front to back.
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