Moving to a different beat
Going to the Sheep’s Head Peninsula is certainly that. This is one of the most unspoilt regions in west Cork. There’s a strong summer swell of tourists and the area also has many good-lifers in full or part-time residence.
This property combines splendid isolation with good accessibility, and it has precious sea views.
Ms Spillane is offering a practical solution to the city dweller — the property at Dromreagh is not a doer-upper, in fact it’s a turnkey, modern property with 50- acres of land attached, including 10 workable paddocks. The rest is under forestry.
The holding is set up for horses, and the sale includes a detached stable block, a horse training area and a show jumping arena. Add to that a cubicle house, a double garage, two animal shelters and a small green house and a new buyer is ready to go, with horses or some other type of agricultural endeavour.
The paddocks are close to the house and laid out in three large fields, while the forestry brings in a premium income of €4,000 per annum. Two thirds of the forest is conifers, the rest is a mix of deciduous trees.
What Ms Spillane describes as an utterly private location is 10 minutes from Durrus village and from Bantry town. The main house has 2,500sq feet of space, its ground floor alone has 1,700sq feet.
There’s a large kitchen-diner with a Rayburn stove, a large dining room-study, and an even bigger living room with an open fire.
An attractive extra is a rear glass porch which runs the full length of the property’s 50 feet. And the foundations for a sun room projection are in place to the front of the house.
The three bedrooms on the ground floor all have built-in wardrobes, and the master bedroom is en suite.
The dormer level has 800sq feet to offer, which could be made into a very impressive master suite, says Ms Spillane, or it could be used as two bedrooms served by the existing bathroom.
The house at Dromreagh has broadband and oil heating.
The garden to the front offers a safe play area for children, the agent says.
She is inviting offers around €815,000 for this substantial property.
The house is about two hours’ drive from Cork city.
