Cottage offers rural bolthole

This two-bedroom cottage near Schull, West Cork, has a guide of €255,000.

YOU can still get good properties in the most chi-chi areas of West Cork for under €300,000 and Stephen O’Keeffe of James Lyons O’Keeffe has a mini-estate on his books at the moment for a guide price of €255,000.

For that, you get a fully-renovated two-bedroomed cottage in Schull with four acres of land, a collection of outbuildings, and a veggie garden.

The grounds include a couple of paddocks so the odd donkey, sheep or goat wouldn’t be out of the question.

Four miles west of the sailing and tourist village, it’s a very comfortable home, says Mr O’Keefe and would be an ideal bolthole for townies.

The house comes with a kitchen, dining room, sitting room and playroom/study with two bedrooms and a bathroom on the upper floor.