Tommy Barker says the owners of Fuschia Cottage have extended the property and captured harbour views

IS it sexist now to describe Ballintubber Lodge as ‘a Gentleman’s Residence?’ Let an enterprising woman come to the fore, then, and change the auctioneer’s historically redolent description of this country home, newly up for sale.

THERE’S only one way that East Cork is overlooked any more — and that’s from the vantage points yielding harbour and coastal vistas.

COBH is noted for the finery of its Victoria architecture and intact terraces, but not everything in the Cork harbour town dates to the mid-1800s.

THE East Ferry drive is a golden mile of scenic East Cork, and a small but sweet property package in its midst is about to create a stir at auction.

CUTTING its cloth to a buying market’s measure is Golden Point, a waterside home and possible mariner’s berth in Cork harbour at the mouth of East Ferry: its asking price has been reduced from €1 million to €850,000 to expedite a sale.

WITH Ford Week getting the wind in its sails and with millionaires bobbing about ten a penny in and around Cork harbour, house vendors locally hope to switch sails to sales.