Starter Home: Clonakilty, Cork €195,000

Built in 2009, this stylish apartment has modern décor and is in a great location, with plans for a craft distillery, too, writes Trish Dromey.

You won’t find too many two-bed apartments with a guide of €195,000 being described as ‘luxurious’, but No2 The Waterfront in Clonakilty certainly seems to have what it takes.

Features in the recently updated and upgraded, 2009-built town property in the award-winning development include a quality kitchen with granite worktops, contemporary bathroom ware, stylish modern décor, and a B3 energy rating.

On sale with joint agents Sherry FitzGerald O’Neill and Martin Kelleher, the first-floor apartment is one of six in a development for which planning permission was recently granted for a craft distillery and a visitor centre.

Ray O’Neill of Sherry FitzGerald O’Neill says the location represents an excellent opportunity for an investor but could also be good for downsizing.

There is a spacious kitchen/sitting room which has modern units with integrated appliances at one end and a living area with large windows and a striking yellow feature wall at the other.

There’s a marble-tiled bathroom and two bedrooms, one en suite. The living room looks out on to the square while the bedrooms have distant views of Clonakilty Bay.

Features include mechanical heat recovery and gas heating, and the apartment has one parking space.

Completed in 2009, the six Waterfront apartments are listed on the Property Price Register as having sold for €110,000 each in 2015, and one resold later in 2016, after a similar redecoration to this latest offer.

VERDICT: Expected to sell well in the recovery

Clonakilty, Co Cork

Cost: €195,000

Size: 76 sq m (818 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 2

Bathrooms: 2

BER: B3

Best Feature: Top building