Characterful period property

The house price has been cut to tempt buyers. Tommy Barker reports

IT’S the perfect period property — not too big, not too small, not too old and yet, old enough.

Tig Danushe is a characterful neo-Georgian house near Ballymakeera, Co Cork and it’s been halved in price to tempt buyers — the gentleman farmer’s residence is now down to €400,000 from an initial, €750,000.

Set on a tree-lined acre site and located just outside the village, it looks almost like a child’s drawing — windows on either side of a simple, curved door case and three bays on the first floor.

However, the house is surprisingly roomy and stretches out at the back to offer good space and a modern arrangement in a fully renovated shell.

The owners made sure there were plenty of bathrooms when remodelling the property and it offers four bathrooms to four bedrooms.

And they made sure to insulate and re-point the thick stone walls and sand blast the exterior to bring the stone back to life.

They also replaced the old windows in favour of new, double glazed sashes and have re-floored, re-plumbed and rewired the building without compromising its character. Buyers, however, should find it cosy and easy to manage and according to Nora Cohalan of agents, Godsil Cohalan, it’s sweet and well maintained inside.

The house has a typical layout with two formal rooms, a modern kitchen dining room at the back, with old cast iron stove and Canadian oak flooring, (which is used throughout the house), a utility room and guest bathroom.

On the upper level there are two large suites facing south and a main bathroom which services two further bedrooms.

VERDICT:With lots of privacy and just enough garden to cope with, Tig Danushe offers period living in a location easily accessible to Killarney, Kenmare, Cork city and Macroom town.