Beltra has location and potential on the water’s edge

WHAT’S the opposite of ‘between a rock and a hard place?’ Whatever it might be, the house Beltra has it in positive location terms, set as it is between the water’s edge and a commuter train station.

The detached, compact house is facing onto the tidal pull of the Lee and Cork harbour at Marino Villas, on Great Island, with steps at the end of the garden to a rocky section of shoreline.

It is almost directly across the road from Carrigaloe rail station, on the Cork-Cobh rail-line, a southern equivalent of the DART, colloquially known as the CART.

1, Marino Villas is a house with location and potential as its best attributes, detached but not very large, on ground which might give enough room to the southern end for an extension.

As it stands, it has just a ground floor sitting room/dining room, kitchen and bathroom, with three overhead bedrooms.Its immediate needs are few, a new owner might put in a new kitchen and do a decorative overhaul, but the site justifies spending even more on.

Aspect is westerly and southerly to the side/garden, and views are directly across the estuary to Glenbrook, and the cross river ferry plies its repetitive passage just a few hundred yards away. Estate agent Brendan Quinlan of Hamilton Osborne King guides Bartra at €300,000-plus, and he’ll be busy with viewings.