Setting hearts galloping ranch-style in the wild west (well, Tralee)

A HORSE of a house — and it comes with room for a pony, if not one’s own posse.

Located on the outskirts of Tralee, this property at Lissardboula is at the mucho expensive end of the market for the Kingdom.

This little beauty has a price tag of a cool one and a quarter million through Paul Stephenson of Sherry FitzGerald O’Connell.

And while it’s modest-enough looking on first glance, the house packs in over 3,000 square feet under its roof and comes with almost ten acres of land, neatly laid out in paddocks. It fact, it’s a mini-stud, as it also comes with a sand arena, American barn and a livery yard.

Set well back from the road and at the end of a railed driveway, the property includes a potential site to one side, says Mr Stephenson.

It also has spectacular views from its elevated position on the Castlemaine side of Tralee town.

And, for the investment, you’re getting a house that’s extremely well-finished and thought-out.

Floors on the ground level are all solid maple and internal joinery is in pine, with hand-made double doors in some rooms.

There are a range of reception rooms, including a formal lounge and separate dining room, while the kitchen and sunroom provide family accommodation.

Fitted in pine, the kitchen is an eat-in space with a brick alcove housing a range cooker. It has a handy walk-in larder and a back hallway with utility and bathroom. Here, there’s access to the attic storage, rather than through the eaves in the bedroom.

Three large bedrooms and a bathroom are on the ground floor, two with fitted wardrobes and study desks; upstairs, the master bedroom is en suite.

There’s the option to install an ensuite in bedroom two and that extra room is presently used as a playroom, while all three bedrooms on the top floor are doubles.

Outside, the house has cobble-lock footpaths, a west facing deck and large yard. The sand arena is floodlit and so is the long, tarmac driveway from the road.

“It’s a rare opportunity to acquire a property with huge potential, ideal for a large family with equine interests or as a commercial enterprise for a breeder / livery yard,” says Paul Stephenson.