Sea views make Church Bay property very desirable

THERE’S good money to be had for daily commutable Cork houses in and around Crosshaven, and the million euro barrier has been breached again in recent weeks.

A ‘sale agreed’ in the woodland Brookwood scheme of large one-offs above the estuary Carrigaline-Crosshaven Road saw an unconfirmed €1. 3 million paid for a 3,000 sq ft home on a 1.25 acre site.

While that sale (with Property Choice) had a lot going for it, the house didn’t have a sea view.

And, that’s where this recently-built bungalow on a half-acre site beyond Crosshaven at Church Bay scores heavily: you can see sea for miles. On the market with Roy Dennehy of Dennehy Auctioneers in Carrigaline, it carries a guide price of €900,000 - and sites locally can now sell for €500,000 a pop...if you can get them.

It is a good-sized, well-specified 2,100 sq ft bungalow with faux stone finish, neat slate-style roof and lots and lots of large glazed areas.

It has views across the mouth of Cork harbour to Roches Point lighthouse and the coastline further east along, so every passing ship, yacht, dinghy and dolphin hoves into view. And, you’ll always be among the first to known when the mackerel are in, too, with stoney Church Bay itself just a downhill stroll away.

Internally, there’s an open plan kitchen with painted units, dining/living areas with corner window, a separate sitting room with big bay window, two of its four bedrooms have en suite bathrooms with powerful showers, and there’s also a utility, guest WC, and main bathroom. It comes with cosy oil heating, double glazing, oak floors, pressurised water system, solid wood joinery and doors.