Steep and wooded farm with secluded pebble beach
However, where there are trees, there’s good land, says Paddy Murray of ERA Paddy Murray and Co; and this almost terraced property has its own little forest.
The property runs down to the waters of Dunmanus Bay and the sale includes a secluded pebble beach and a pier.
Many of the surrounding landowners are foreign nationals who, instead of tilling the ground, have converted Famine cottages into tourism cash crops.
The house on this farm was bought in the 1970s by reclusive Swedes who fell in love with the wildness and the waters, and lived in their wooded haven for more than 30 years. An original two-storey, three-bed farmhouse was extended and the area covered is now in excess of 3,500 sq ft. A little run down but with exquisite views, it could be demolished and rebuilt or renovated.
It includes a living room of ballroom proportions, a double kitchen, baronial dining room and a huge master bedroom.
And that’s just at first-floor level. The basement is an unclaimed space that would double the existing square footage, if converted.
Meanwhile, a virtually untouched old farmhouse comes with a kitchen, living room with old inglenook fireplace, three bedrooms and a bathroom.
The property went on the market last year at €1.5 million but is now open to offers at €1.25m.
