Property packed with surprises

WHEN it comes to house extensions, there's a place called stop - and stop was eventually called at this Leamlara, Co Cork home.

An original 'cottage on an acre,' it was bulked up in size from an original home of perhaps 800 sq ft to now stand and spread out at about 3,000 sq ft.

Called Mountleader, this country pad is on an acre of roadside site 11 miles from Cork city, six from burgeoning Midleton and four miles from satellite/commuter village Watergrasshill.