Unusual country-style pad with a nice little earner attached

AN Lon Dubh is six miles west of Ballincollig, at Dripsey, in Co Cork and is unusual in a number of ways, not just in name.

This relatively new house comes with some off-standard features and has a nice little earner attached - an apartment building with a one and two bedroomed unit.

Now, you could use these for an aged relative or your Kipper (kids in parents place eating into pension), or you could let them out - for money. According to selling agent Gail Kingston of Global Properties, the units provide a substantial income.

As to the house, it’s done out in country style with rough plaster finish and latched, ladderback doors with highlights in old brick. However, it’s up to date in terms of space and has four bedrooms, with three en suite rooms: the master bedroom is complete, but two of the rooms will need to be tiled and fitted.

The reception rooms include a family room which connects to the sitting room and then through double doors to the garden. The kitchen, unusually, isn’t fitted, but comes with free-standing units, while all the storage is kept to a walk-in larder.

On a site of around three-quarters of an acre, the property has a guide price of €485,000.

Next door, Gail Kingston is also selling a three-bedroomed dormer bungalow for offers in the region of €420,000.