Bungalow by the bay the ideal place to drop anchor

THE sea is just across the road, and the beckoning bay is great for boating — welcome to Ballycusheen.

You sort of fall down narrow country lanes into the glen at Ballycusheen, around a headland from Clonakilty bay in west Cork. This section of coastline is called Dunnycove Bay, and (at the risk of sounding like Tom McSweeney in RTÉ’s Seascapes) is well sheltered from the prevailing westerlies, making it a fairly popular spot with small craft owners in summer months.

You’ll get to see lots of boat activity from your living and dining room windows at this new property market offering, as Ballycusheen has a sandy inlet complete with gentle gradient good concrete slipway: even those who aren’t too great at reversing trailers will still manage to get a boat in and out of the water here. And, come August and the decades’ old sea angling competition at nearby Sands Cove, Ballycusheen will be heaving in marine activity, launchings and landings.

So, it is likely that who ever comes to view this €325,000 three-bed bungalow will have some salt water coursing in their blood. Appointed selling agent is John Hodnett of SWS Property Services, who highly rates the beach setting, and the location just a short distance from Ardfield village, and from Clonakilty town. The bedrooms aren’t very large, and in fact anyone looking to live here full-time will probably look at extending. Its combined living/dining room is at the sea end, with gable windows — conservatory here, anyone? — and while the site doesn’t allow for much privacy, for most of the time you have the place on the narrow coastal loop pretty much to yourself.