Chi-chi cottage in the cliff

CAROL VORDERMAN and her journalist partner Des Kelly just might show whoever buys 1 Cliff Cottages what can be done in such a Glandore setting — or else the new occupants at no 1 might just look next door to no 2 for inspiration.

The semi-detached cottage is spectacularly sited, burrowed into a stone cliff face at road level and beneath it in the chi-chi West Cork coastal village.

Just up the street, the detached house Bar na Don had a similar setting, and was booted from humble bungalow to dramatic Des Res by previous owner Martin Dooney, who sold last winter to Vorderman and Kelly for a sum said to be around 1 million.