Moor your own boat as you come in with the tides

JUST a road holds back the tides from Ashgrove, a Cork harbourside house newly up for sale.

The bungalow is on two wooded and mature acres, within spitting distance of the water on Great Island near Cobh.

There’s little escape from the view: open the hall door and there’s a full frontal vista of the lesser-known tidal reaches around the island, and the sitting room has two arched windows framing the same sort of views.

It is the sort of place that will appeal to those into watersports and angling. The vendors have a speedboat, and there’s a mooring with the property, points out selling agent Liz Hannon of English and Co in Cobh.

She guides Ashgrove at €550,000, and knows that there’s a rarity value underpinning its sale price as planning permission for new homes along this stretch will be scare as water hens’ teeth.

The detached bungalow is single storey and has three bedrooms with one en suite. There’s two reception rooms plus kitchen and utility, and the property’s usefulness is added to by the detached garage and three out-offices, stores or sheds on the two acres. The house has oil central heating.

Cobh is a short drive around the island, the nearby Ashgrove castle is a reminder of the area’s rich past, and Marlogue woods and its marina is a reminder of the harbour and region’s current wealth, in more ways than one.