Enjoy good life in quiet lakeside location

THE Good Life could be yours for around €180,000 or so, but it will require moving to Inchigeelagh, Macroom, Co Cork.

This quiet, lakeside location in the Lee Valley, is a bit off the beaten track.

However, it makes up for it with a village that can offer most of the necessities of life and a strong, local strong community in the Muskerry Gaeltacht.

Lehane and Associates, Dunmanway are selling a traditional farmstead at Gortatanavalla, (Gort an tSean Bhaile it's easier in Irish), Inchigeelagh for offers in the region of €180,000, and in town terms you get a lot for your money.

The main house is a typical one and half storey property which, while it's habitable, won't win a centre spread in House and Home.

However, it does have the potential to be a stunning, breakaway home, (that's newspeak for second home) or a bulwark against the madding world.

The main house has a kitchen and a living room with two bedrooms and a bathroom overhead.

The land is south-facing and the farmhouse is in the centre with a driveway access from the main road.

Schools and shops are close by and Macroom is a 15 minute drive. Dunmanway is just slightly further away in the other direction.