Wolf that's more than happy to overlook the Sheep's Head

FORGET about keeping the wolf from the door - it will cost you close on €600,000 to get comfortably ensconced at Wolf Hill on Durrus' Mine Road.

Coppers have gone out the door with the area's days of copper mining, and the house Wolf Hill is a two-bed retreat on a two-acre site, with an oratory-sized separate guest annexe to hand.

Built for American owners in the 1990s, the stone-faced home is a smart retreat on a couple of elevated acres, overlooking Dunmanus Bay and Sheep's Head peninsula.

The site has natural rocky outcrops, and has low stone walls giving a cohesion between the grounds and the house, with a gravel around the house's feet.

Smart as a new pin inside, the place has white walls, lots of pine panelling and the main open plan kitchen/living room has high ceilings and a slate floor to continue the natural materials feel.

Layout is quite traditional, with a large ensuite ground floor bedroom and a gallery overhead, used as a TV den, and there's a second bedroom off the balcony.

The guest annexe is a 'mini-me' take on the main house, it too has a stone exterior and old slate roof, with arched window above the entrance door and has a small bay window which really shows the depth of thickness of the walls. It too has an open plan living/kitchen layout, and an ensuite bedroom.

Finishes all around are high, and there's a real retreat quality to the property which, going on recent sales, will make or surpass its €595,000 guide, says selling agent Martin Swanton of Ballydehob.