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