A traditional west Cork farmhouse, in pristine condition, and a five-acre site in old pasture, could be an interesting proposition for those who seek peace, quiet and a pastime.

About 1km east of Skibbereen, on the main Cork road, this 73-acre farm is just on the market through Hodnett Forde Auctioneers.

New to market west Cork home is handily placed in Dunmanway, Tommy Barker reports

IT’S not often that properties on 2.5 acres within a walk of Glandore come on the market — and in the case of The Farm, at Aughatubrid Beg, it’s because an arranged sale fell through earlier this year.

IT’S horses for courses with this hobby farm at Burgatia, Rosscarbery, a mile and a half from the west Cork village.

HODNETT Forde Auctioneers have signed off on two sales this month.

A 227-acre farm at Coolkirky, Riverstick, Co Cork, was put up for sale back in 2008, just as the market went south, and it was subsequently withdrawn.

IT has a bold design to the front and at the side, this 3,200 square foot house at Kilnagospagh in Skibbereen, Co Cork, has a lofted office/study space with external steps over the attached garage.

LOCATED a couple of miles outside Leap village in the heart of west Cork, this 30-acre holding includes old stone buildings and some undulating pasture land.

THE clachan and baile fearann are terms continually tossed about when the subject of rural one-off housing comes up.

ERNEST FORDE of Hodnett Forde Auctioneers has two tidy farms on the market, both in affordable lots, he says.

IT’S high up in the Mealagh Valley, but this west Cork farm is good tillage ground, says selling agent John Hodnett of Hodnett Forde Auctioneers.

THERE are Rosscarbery houses and, then, there are Rosscarbery houses with water views.

PROPERTY prices in west Cork aren’t that bad, says auctioneer, John Hodnett, after last week’s farm auction at Ballyduvane, Clonakilty.

THE executor is the only vendor to go public at the moment, says auctioneer Tom Brady, who has a 48-acre farm auction in west Cork on February 26.

THIS choice piece of ground would have had developers slavering in the good old/bad old days.