Tommy Barker gets Lowertown lowdown.

Tommy Barker wrestles with coastal properties to attract overseas buyers around west Cork’s Ballydehob.

If you really do want to get away from it all, the madding crowd and the beach scene bustle, then pack up your troubles, and go to Kit’s Cottage.

This West Cork home with gorgeous sea views is sure to attract plenty of interest, writes Tommy Barker. 

Lots of homework and domestic science have gone into the changes at this inland West Cork pad.

Tommy Barker reports on a sea-front contemporary, five-bedroomed residence in glorious Glengarriff.

BACK and busier than ever is the West Cork village of Leap, a scenic small community by a tidal inlet at the top of Glandore harbour, on the main N71 route to points further west.

Priced within reach of first-time buyers at €95,000, Strand Cottage will have an obvious appeal to holiday-home hunters, given its setting, by a Blue Flag beach.

Traditional farmhouse on three acres comes with barn and old stone buildings but needs upgrades and money spent, says Tommy Barker.

THIS coastal, stone home at West Cork’s Poulnacallee has been on the market before, but now has a vastly reduced price, another change of agent as well as more land, to woo those in pursuit of a country life and boating on the doorstep.

It might be heading out of sunny, holiday season, but this Baltimore modern build is a home for all seasons.

Sq m 165 (1,750 sq ft)

Sq m: 170 (1,820 sq ft)

Sq m: 300 (3,200 sq ft)

Hug the scenic and wooded coastline between Union Hall and Castletownshend, in West Cork, and there’s every chance you’ll stumble across Rineen.

Sq m: 240 (2,600 sq ft)

West Cork €95,000

DRIMOLEAGUE, CORK €115,000

This bungalow in West Cork has views that will excite interest, writes Tommy Barker

BALLINCOLLIG, CORK €195,000

THOUGH lacking the period charm and setting of the exquisite Rectory (a hugely popular wedding venue in a period gem) in Glandore, Cork, the ecumenical or denominational rival, The Presbytery, has the virtue of a manageable asking price.

THERE’LL be plenty of puffing activity outside this unusual west Cork property offering today — it is placed on the last mile back into Clonakilty on the town’s inaugural Waterfront Running Marathon.

PRETTY and pristine — what more could you want in a holiday home? Bayview Cottage, Toormore is well placed on the Schull/Bantry road junction and is an easy hop to Schull, Goleen and Durrus, the tourist centres of west Cork.

BELIEVE it or not, west Cork has also been affected by the property slump, so now is the time to pick up that second or retirement property.

TWO properties, on the outskirts of Skibbereen in West Cork, offer a choice of location for full-time or holiday home occupiers.

WITH its huge cedar tree, the Old Post Office at Church Cross is a landmark on the road from Skibbereen to Ballydehob.