Farm Property: 81-acre residential land on plains of South Tipperary
“It can be sold as one lot or broken up into different lots,” says selling agent John Hodnett. “The bulk of it, about 64 acres,produced a good barley crop this year.”
The remaining 17 acres or so consists of a rare parcel of mature broadleaf woodland.
The future of such a piece of property is uncertain, but what is certain is that the same high quality of soil is found beneath the woodland.
Whether or not this will be converted to farmland in the future is another day’s work.
In the meantime, the mature woodland produces a good timber crop.
“There’s very good frontage,” says John, “and the land is mostly south-facing. It’s laid out in a number of fields.”
The farm is located in the townland of Knockaarum , about 2km to the south of Burncourt village, about 18km from Cahir and 13km from Mitchelstown.
In terms of location, it could hardly be better.
The broad sweep of the plains of South Tipperary is characterised by deep fertile soil, with the dramatic backdrop of the Knockmealdown and Galtee Mountains. Moreover, the proximity of the Dublin-Cork motorway and the old national road network in the area combine to make this farm an accessible one for a wide reach of potential clients.
“It’s situated in a very good farming area,” confirms John, “in Golden Vale country. The farmhouse is a two-storey solid structure, south-facing. It will require modernising, and there are also the remains of a small cottage located at the northern end of the folio.”
There are also several stone outbuildings on the land.
Again, these are in need of some refurbishing work to bring them back to useful levels, but they hold a great deal of potential, depending on what use the future owners will put them to.
There are no entitlements with the farm, but an additional interesting string to its bow is the fact that there are gravel deposits on the property: “The deposits have been tested, and there is a large quantity of gravel land there,” says John.
“There would be a high volume of gravel in the holding, according to the statistics produced in a report on the gravel capacity and quality.”
The asking price of €550,000 seems to be good value for money for such a strong agricultural holding that holds a number of facets.
The broadleaf woodland is, according to the agents, about 70 or 80 years old, with an ongoing good quality timber yield.
The agent confirms that there is already a good deal of interest from both local sources and from afar.
For this property which is new to the market, a lot depends on what kind of clients show the strongest interest and for what portions.
As things stand, the farm is presented with the possibility of four marked-out lots:
Lot 1 consists of just under 20 acres of quality land with the farmhouse and outbuildings.
Lot 2 is the largest, 35.3 acres of quality land. Lot 3 is an 8.56-acre piece separated from the rest of the good land by a section of the woodland. Lot 4 is the 17.14 acres of mature woodland, which also contains the remains of the derelict cottage. Don’t be surprised to find bits of this property moving fast.
