Super house saves energy

ASHMOUNT, Ballyfouloo, in Monkstown, Co Cork is no ordinary house. While it looks fresh and new on the outside, it also has an interesting interior fit.

Originally built in the Seventies, this house has been used as an office for a number of years by Jim Tangney of Low Energy Solutions, a company specialising, as the name suggests, in energy efficiency. Now that the company have opened offices in Cork, Limerick and Dublin, the Monkstown base is no longer needed. The residential property has been given a major re-build, using the companies latest technology and is now on the market with Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing for offers in the region of €750,000.

Ashmount is now a large, five-bedroomed property with 3,500 square feet of space that has been wrapped around an original, smaller structure. Two new gables and a porch were added to the front and the house stretches back into its large site, with a sunny back garden. This back garden also provides the heating for the property as it’s layered with piping for the geothermal system, which Mr Tangney’s company has developed.