subject: Advantages to buying a Bungalow in Ballincollig Cork [print this page] Ballincollig is a growing town with a population of about 20,000. The town is approximately eight kilometres to the west of Cork City, just off the Ballincollig By-Pass. There are many amenities in Ballincollig to tempt a prospective buyer, such as a multiplex cinema, library, playgrounds, and a newly opened shopping centre.
There are four primary schools, two secondary schools, and as Ballincollig is near Cork City, University College Cork is easily accessible. Ballincollig is also close to Cork City's main hospital, Cork University Hospital. Recently a children's activity centre has been built with a synthetic skating rink which offers skating on a plastic surface. The Oriel Hotel and Leisure Centre offers facilities including a swimming pool, gym, with plenty other classes, such as dancing lessons, available. There are many sports clubs active in the town such as the GAA Club, Basketball, Soceer, and a pitch and putt green just on the outskirts, The Lee Valley Golf club is also within close proximity to the town. Public transport is also present in Ballincollig with buses going to and from Cork City on a regular basis. Cork airport is about twenty minutes drive from the town. Ballincollig Castle, located to the south west of the town, which dates from at least the fifteenth century, although now in ruins and on private land, is visible from the Ballincollig by-pass.
Cork County Council opened walk ways on the grounds of the old Gunpowder Mills, near the old canals and is popular for many tourists and residents of Ballincollig who come here for a leisurely walk, where some of the ruins of the mills are still visible. The Mills employed hundred of workers in the late nineteenth century, but when it closed Ballincollig became just a little village with a few hundred residents.
In the 1970s, many housing developments sprang up around the old village and continued through the late 80s and 90s. It was when the old army barracks, with its huge land mass, was sold for development that Ballincollig grew in size and population. Subsequently land in Ballincollig has become very expensive in the last few years so house prices have escalated with apartments and small semi-detached being built on very small plots to utilise the land much more profitably. Hence there is a scarcity of bungalows for sale in Ballincollig so any that come on the market are snatched up pretty fast. The main reason for this is that bungalows tend to be on larger plots allowing for extensions to be added on over the years, also there is greater privacy as bungalows are generally detached.
There are many advantages to owning a bungalow, such as a bungalow is a house that has only one storey, so any plans to modify the interior is much easier than a two storey as there are fewer supporting walls in a bungalow. Anyone who has reduced mobility or is disabled will find a bungalow an ideal home where every room is easily accessible, as removing walls or extending doorways is much easier and cheaper to carry out than a two storey house. There is more scope to changing a gloomy looking bungalow into an light airy open plan living area than the conventional house as bungalows are much more adaptable to design change than any other form of living accommodation.
Another advantage would be that bungalows usually come on larger sites than the usual two storey or semi detached house. This will give the home owner room to add on any necessary extensions or conservatory without taking too much from the garden. But make sure you have full planning permission to carry out any external building to your bungalow. Also there is more privacy to be had owning a bungalow as they usually come detached so trees and shrubs carefully planted around the boundaries of the property will create a very private home.
As bungalows need more land to build on they are rarely found in suburban areas where land is expensive and much more densely populated than rural areas, therefore, bungalows near cities are a rare find and will hold their value.
Bungalows tend to be less costly to run as a home than the regular two storey as heating is not lost to the upstairs, once the attic is well insulated. Cleaning of gutters and windows is easy compared to the alternative and general maintenance such as wall painting is a doddle. There is also a more cosy and comfortable feel to living in a bungalow as all the living is done on one floor. So if you are looking for a bungalow for sale in Cork then consider first the location, Ballincollig, then the style of house, bungalow, as your first choice, you will not be disappointed.
Advantages to buying a Bungalow in Ballincollig Cork
By: localbizcork
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