Charming little cottage

WITH 750 square feet, this thatched cottage at Aglish in Co Waterford is the equivalent size of a largish city apartment - but at half the price.

Located at Graigue, in the heart of West Waterford, this little lilac cottage wins on charm alone, but it looks as good inside as it does outside Fully modernised, it comes with a porch entrance leading onto a lounge with high ceilings and a closed-in inglenook that now houses a smaller fireplace. The kitchen is snazzy in maple with integrated appliances, but the look is not overdone and the new units fit the contours of the old house. A rear lobby leads on to a fully plumbed utility and bathroom with shower.

Graigue is within casting distance of the Blackwater, one of the best salmon fishing rivers in the country. Sherry FitzGerald Reynolds are the estate agents here.