Born-again cottage in vogue

THE OLD two-up, two-down has seen many ministrations since the cottage has come back in vogue as a des res.

In this case, at Meadstown, Ballygarvan in Cork, the basic look has changed little on the outside, but this cottage has been extended at the back to provide more space that it would have had originally.

Now this born-again cottage comes with two to three bedrooms, a living room, and kitchen, as well as a dual purpose sunroom/dining room.

Attractively modernised, the cottage stands on a half acre site that has seem some work by the vendors and now includes shrub beds, retaining walls, a glasshouse and two garden sheds, one of which is used as a utility.

The house is just south of Ballygarvan village and is close to Carrigaline and the city: a new development in the village has swelled numbers and there is a national school locally with a bus service to post-primary schools.

Auctioneer Roy Dennehy of Dennehy and Co gives a guide price of €255,000 for the property at Meadstown.