€525k West Cork Hungry Hill double decker   could feed a lifestyle

Beara necessities and then some at this stone-clad duo with double the views  
€525k West Cork Hungry Hill double decker   could feed a lifestyle

Hungry? Two for the price of....well, €525,000,  on Beara's Hungry Hill via agent  JJ Sullivan

Hungry Hill, Beara, West Cork

€525,000

Size

173 sq m (two houses)

Bedrooms

3 + 2

Bathrooms

2 + 1

BER

C2

THE majesty of West Cork’s rugged and largely untrammeled Beara peninsula is on the doorstep of Hungry Hill Cottage with, as the name might imply, the brooding bulk of the Caha Mountains’ highest peak, the 2,250 ft Hungry Hill, rising up behind this stone-faced duo.

The pairing, one a three-bed detached with sunroom, the other also in stone but with a more contemporary interior flair, and on 1.7 acres, with plenty of breathing space between them, are price-guided at €525,000 by local Beara estate agent JJ O’Sullivan.

Views are everywhere, up to the ruthlessly exposed and washed bare rock of the mountains and down over farmland and woods to Bantry Bay and Bere Island, which is reachable by ferry from two points on the peninsula, including from the pier at nearby fishing port Castletownbere.

Mezzanine bedroom in guest studio/cottage
Mezzanine bedroom in guest studio/cottage

Set half way between Adrigole and Castletownbere, the property has both home and investment/rental potential, in a an off-the-beaten-track setting on an access road for hikers to Hungry Hill — the name also known from the 1940s Daphne du Maurier book of the same name, generally said to be based on aspects of the Puxley family of mine owners in the area a century and more ago.

Puxley family's Dunboy Castle, Castletownbere in 1952
Puxley family's Dunboy Castle, Castletownbere in 1952

The main stone dwelling, with teak widows, has an open plan kitchen/dining/living area and a bow-shaped sunroom, a ground floor main en suite bedroom and two more overhead, one with balcony access.

The guest ‘studio’ cottage, with split-level interiors and feature floor to ceiling glazing, can sleep up to four, and was completed in 2018.

VERDICT: Lots of options for buyers, who may not go hungry on this scenic hill thanks to rental income potential

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