Historic cottage comes with a few acres suitable for the hobby farmer
What makes this sale interesting is that the cottage comes with 55 acres of some excellent agricultural land, but in today’s terms it’s not a viable entity.
While this kind of acreage would have fed and reared families of 12, in our present agricultural environment, this farm would only be suitable as an addition to a larger holding or as a hobby farm.
The hobby farmer came galloping over the horizon around the same time as the economy took off and with more money than sense, as some would have it, started buying up multiple acres for a house and some ponies.
However, that’s a simplistic explanation for the phenomenon, especially when it’s considered that most of the population in this country come from rural backgrounds, even if at one or two generations remove. The hobby farmer, organic dilettante and part-timer are now a growing sector in the market for agricultural land.
Which is why the location of this traditional thatched cottage in Croom, Co Limerick, is important. Just 12 miles from Limerick city and with the advantage of the new bypass road for quick access, the market for this property should be wider than the average agricultural land sale.
John de Courcy is not going to sell in lots however, and is placing the entire farm for sale at a guideline price of 440,000.
The thatched residence has just under a thousand square feet and is in good condition, even though its changed very little since the day it was built. That being said, it does come with indoor plumbing, including an electric shower and has three bedrooms.
The main living room is open-plan with a huge fireplace and crane, ( the hooks for smoking bacon are still overhead) and there’s also a separate parlour, with cast-iron fireplace. The bedrooms are all single room and the house is not centrally heated.
Outside there are a range of sheds and an old cow house, which would keep a DIY’er happy for some time.
