Stunning views and 1960s touch ensures Liss has strong appeal

Simple three-bed home should draw buyers from everywhere, Tommy Barker reports

THERE’S more than a touch of the 1960s to the bungalow called Liss, yet it’s dated in a pleasant sort of way. The simple three-bed home is above Castlecove, off the Ring of Kerry, on an acre and a half site with a screening shelterbelt of pine tress to the sides and back.

But, its best aspect, the views from the living section of the 34’ deep living/dining/kitchen, are unimpeded, down over green countryside and gorse-strewn ditches to Kenmare Bay and the Beara peninsula off in the glittering distance — sunny days permitting, naturally.

Selling agent Clare O’Sullivan of Savills, acting jointly with local auctioneer Brid Moran, guides Liss at an even €200,000, and expects a buyer to come from, well, anywhere, really. It may appeal to locals, but Cork and Limerick families also throng to this part of Kerry for holidays and retirement, while UK buyers coming ’home’ love this sort of mix too.

There’s just over 1,100 sq ft here, with attached garage, and it has a 34’ by 12’ main living and cooking room, with curtain for screening and three decent-sized bedrooms and one bathroom. The living space has a full-height stone fireplace and chimney breast, and stone features decoratively in the house’s facade, and in garden, ditches, and boundaries.

VERDICT: A good canvas to work with.