Nice car ... great farm

AFFORDABILITY is all relative - for some the cut off point is €130,000, for others a site of 110 acres is a snip at €1.27 million, particularly when that site is in Glandore.

This is, after all, the most chi-chi area in a region that has more than its fair share of yacht-setters. It is generally patronised by those who value seclusion and discretion above all else.

Publicity hungry celebrities are few and far between here - occasional residents tend to glide in quietly by boat without making waves.