Cultivate your own West Wing in Schull’s very own White House

“THIS house isn’t going anywhere,” says estate agent Brendan Deasy — and he means in physical terms, not in market movement and reaction.

Rock solid, built big and to last is The White House, in Schull village in West Cork, a six bedroomed home which could double up as a B&B for extra income.

The house was built about seven years ago by a local builder, who made all the internal walls in solid blockwork and all the floors are concrete too.

The builder ran it for a while as a bed and breakfast, although in recent years it has been used just as a family home.

However, with five of its six bedrooms en suite, it is ready to rock and roll as guest accommodation, particularly given its handy setting on the edge of the trendy village.

Location is Ardmanagh, just behind and above the AIB bank building on Main Street, close enough to pop down to the shops for the full Irish breakfast ingredients each morning.

Joint selling agents are ERA Liam Hodnett in Skibbereen and Brendan Deasy of Thomas J O’Driscoll in Cork city, and they expect both local and countywide interest. Guide price is strong, at about €635,000.

The interior is very well finished out, the kitchen/dining is a huge 27’ by 14’ affair, and there’s a good sized sitting room, hall with guest loo, utility, ground floor master bedroom, four en suite bedrooms overhead, and an attic bedroom as well.

The house is on a sloping one-third of an acre site, with a drive around to a basement garage.

The White House has oil heating. PVC double glazing and has balconies front and rear, with peeping harbour views from one or two of the upstairs rooms.