On holiday or year-round use, thatch the way to do it

GLENSHASK Cottage is an original low-thatched house three miles outside Lismore in Co Waterford.

Fully modernised and with some attractive and useful outbuildings, the house is on the market through Micheal O’Brien Auctioneer of Tallow for offers of €185,000.

Anyone looking for a holiday home, with that little bit extra, close to Lismore should give this one a viewing. Considering that it comes with half an acre of ground, it could also be a permanent home for those who fancy a few hens running round and a slower pace of life.

The house now has an open plan kitchen/dining/sitting room, with a Stanley stove, a utility room, bathroom and two bedrooms.

According to Mr O’Brien, the building is newly rewired and the thatch professionally treated so there’s very little bother for new owners.

Overlooking the Blackwater Valley and the Knockmealdowns, the location is also superb.