Cork: from €350,000 Show units will be opened for the first time at the €250 million development of the landmark Ursuline convent at Blackrock, Cork this weekend.
The Eden development is located on a leafy site in the Blackrock and Ballinlough suburbs of Cork overlooking the River Lee and within striking distance of the quays.
On the market through joint agents Hooke & MacDonald and Lisney, Eden will incorporate 550 houses, duplex units and apartments when complete. Sixty units were sold in the first phase last September and a further 40 are on release this weekend.
Prices start at €350,000 for two-bedroom apartments of 70-75sq m (750-805sq ft). Two-bedroom duplexes of 86-105sq m (925-1,130sq ft) cost from €370,000. Three-bedroom duplex units of 110sq m (1,180sq ft) start at €470,000 and four-bedroom houses of 165sq m (1,775sq ft) are priced from €582,500.
Building work has already commenced and houses are due for completion later this summer and apartments in the autumn.
Designed by architect O'Mahony Pike and developed by Pierse Homes and Firestone Developments, Eden takes advantage of the beautifully mature grounds of the former convent in which it is set.
The apartments will be set behind the period convent and boarding school building, which are to be restored and probably turned into offices.
A tree-lined drive opens onto the convent gardens with fountains and water features. Layout of the site will also include a secluded courtyard. Interior fit-out is of a high standard at Eden. Kitchens will have Franke sinks, Neff double oven and hobs, as well as other white goods.
Apartments will have high-gloss cream kitchens with quartz worktops, while kitchens in the houses will have black granite work tops.
Recessed down-lighters will be provided in kitchens, bathrooms and en suites and a feature stone fireplace comes as standard in livingrooms.
Car-parking spaces will be provided for residents and additional visitor car-parking will be catered for.
