Cottage for the price of a site

A RENOVATED cottage on an acre can be bought for little more than the price of a site in the East Cork area.

Described as “a warm site,” the acre with long tree-lined mature boundaries is actually in a hot property spot, a couple of miles from where biopharma giant Amgen is set to build a sprawling plant to employ over 1,000 high earning individuals.

East Cork is gearing up for the boom, with many hundreds of construction jobs set to boost rental demand in the short to medium term. With the feel-good factor, and the promise of the re-opened rail line to Midleton too, new homes sales along the route are flying along and prices are ratcheting up already.