Kinsale cottage could be worth knocking down and replacing
Saturday, March 13, 2010
YOU could take a sledgehammer to this Kinsale cottage — the former labourer’s cottage is on a site so good it merits going for planning for a replacement dwelling, larger, and on a different portion of the site to get sea views.
That’s according to estate agent Victoria Murphy, who prices this old-fashioned, single-storey dwelling near the Old Head of Kinsale and the Speckled Door pub and restaurant at around €170,000.
Key to its value, she says, is the three-quarter acre site with views back across the sea towards Kinsale.
"It has coastal views to die for," she enthuses, "lots of people would knock the cottage and build a fine house further back to avail of the panoramic views."
Subject to planning permission (and the area is tightly protected) she says "one could live in the cottage with a little TLC and then rebuild later on."
It is within a walk of Garrettstown beach, the Old Head has its famous golf course, and Kinsale is a 10-minute drive away. "Kinsale seems very active again for a change, hopefully it’s a good sign," she observes of this ‘priced to sell’ executor sale cottage.
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This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Saturday, March 13, 2010
