This house has space, a stunning setting and a stable block in Minane Bridge, Cork
The horses have it as good as the humans, at this Minane Bridge, close-to-the-sea setting in south county Cork.
The 2,600 sq ft house has four bedrooms with living and dining quarters, while the L-shaped stable block has four loose boxes with automatic watering, tack/feed rooms, and stores for equal serving measure.
Furthermore,the mix has a 2,100 sq ft multi-purpose shed, there’s a flood-lit sand arena with paddock, internal roads and the balance of the nine acres is in several divisions of pasture, with post and rail fencing.
“You get a lot of your money, there’s very good value here at this Ballinvologue, Minane Bridge property,” says estate agent Michael O’Donovan of Savills in Cork city, about a 30 minute commute away, and he guides at €585,000, all-in.
(The Price Register shows Minane Bridge’s stronger sales in recent years to have been in the €400/€500,000s, with the 2015 sale of a modern, c 4,200 sq ft home called Shawnigan for €579,000, on a 0.75 acre site. It featured here in 2014, guided at €595,000).
Setting specifically now for this latest arrival (with its desirability and value underpinned by the amount of land and quality of equestrian facilities) is by the Cork coastline, within a walk, hike or hack of coves and cliffs, between Carrigaline and Kinsale, and beaches are nearby too at Ringabella, Roberts Cove and Rocky Bay.
Close, also, is the Marywell Stables, and the South Union is the local hunt.
This lifestyle mix was put together by the current owners who bought the nine acres in 2005 and who got planning for a house, and more for horses, before relocating this way from the city direction.
City buyers now also hankering for the good life, in fine fresh air and by the sea, are expected to come to the fore, says Savills’ Mr O’Donovan, and other interest may also follow from families living around Carrigaline, in particular given its proximity to schools, and employment bases around the harbour area.
There may also be some site potential on a portion of the nine acres, now or in the future, it is suggested.
The property has curved, stone-built entrance pillars and electric gates, with a long access drive with sensor lighting, and the house within has Cat 5 cabling, large main living room and a lounge, each with fireplaces (a painting of horses, unsurprisingly, hangs on one chimney breast) kitchen/diningroom, and a ground floor study, or fourth bedroom with shower room.
Overhead are three double bedrooms, with a Jacuzzi in the main family bathroom, access to eaves storage (and the attic itself is floored for more storage) while the double aspect master bedroom is en suite with a bath, plus it has a walk-in wardrobe, and a walk-out balcony, giving distant ocean views from this upstairs perch.
It’s as likely those coming to consider this property will spend as much time outside pacing it out as they will peering around inside: the L-shaped stable block is built practically to house standards, and houses adaptable loose boxes, with deep eaves for weather protection.
Separately, the steel shed with galvanised portal frame, concrete base floor and lower, block walls has a fibre cement roof, an entry points have 13’ clearance...enough for a small giraffe?
: Saddle up
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