All air, light and graces at sophisticated €420k Altus apartment in Sunday's Well
Delivered in the rocky aftermath of the Celtic Tiger's collapse, the owner/occupier designed units in Sunday's Well ended up as rentals — albeit generating top-tier rents (€2,300 a month for a two-bed on Trading Places), mainly as corporate lets.
In 2019, the process of selling them off individually finally got underway and the momentum has been unrelenting. Almost the entire 30 have sold in the past six years, with No 29 selling twice: in 2020 for €325,000 and a year-and-a-half later for €430,000. No 30, featured here, is also on its second market outing, having sold in 2022 for €400,000, and guiding now at €420,000.
Open plan living at No 30, Altus
Design excellence is the hallmark of Altus. Ingenius use of a half-acre site with a steep cliff backdrop by developer Eddie O'Mahony of Cumnor Construction in partnership with Brazilian architect Haroldo Oliveira of Jack Coughlan Architects delivered a succession of units that face south —hence light-filled interiors —and have city-scanning views. All have own-door access, and private external spaces, with balconies or terraces.
The balcony at No 30
No 30, a two-bed, has a balcony, accessed via sliding doors off the open-plan kitchen/dining/living area on the first floor, with views towards St FinBarre's Cathedral.
Internal fit-out is as polished as the exteriors, with sanitary ware from Italian company Gessi and sleek kitchens by Clohane Joinery.
Ann O'Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald is the agent.
'It's a cracking property, so we are seeing good interest from owner/occupiers, investors and relocators,' she says.
Location, by the lower section of Wyse's Hill is a winner: it's a downhill stroll to the city centre, to UCC's campus and to the Mercy Hospital.
VERDICT: Pinnacle of city apartment living.
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