White House hopeful

THE White House is a fairly anodyne description of a property whose many qualities make it a dream house - especially for buyers with imagination.

Its particular package is kind of anomalous in the residential market, because it’s a rural one-off, but is architect-designed and has an extra large land belt of 2.5 acres on Woodcock Hill in Cratloe, Co Clare.

Septuagenarian owner Ronnie Gibson is an avid gardener and was almost self-sufficient in vegetable in the last 14 years he and his wife have lived here, but have cut back on the work involved in the past while and have streamlined their outdoor pursuits.