Substantial home may be ideal for relocating Clonakilty civil servants

A LARGE new home just off Clonakilty’s by-pass road on its western fringes carries a €475,000 price guide - and would be considered a snip by relocating civil servants set to flee the capital.

It is close to the three-acre site by the Quality Hotel earmarked for 215 Department of the Marine and BIM jobs, with work set to start in the next six months once planning is through.

Selling agent for 1, The Lady’s Cross is Martin Kelleher of SWS Property Services who stresses its quality, craftsmanship, and size at about 2,400 sq ft.

It has four bedrooms, or scope for five depending on usage, and has lots of phone/computer points for those relocaters afraid to leave the wider world without the comfort blanket of the worldwide web.

Virtually all of the site is walled, and stone features in the front boundary wall and on the front facade. Recently finished, it has a detached garage, considerable rear decking and teak and hardwood internal joinery.

Accommodation includes hall with maple floor, and the maple spills over to the sitting room and living room each with good stone/slate fireplaces, and the latter has patio and deck access, ground floor study or bedroom five, utility, guest cloakroom, there’s space for a study on the first floor level, and four more bedroom upstairs, one with en suite with double sized shower, plus main bathroom with large shower and separate bath.

It has oil heating, wiring for an alarm, double glazing, etc., and the attic level is floored, has good ceiling height, and with 800 sq ft of area, plenty of scope for two more bedrooms.