Coach house attraction

THIS is the ideal lad or laddette pad - a stone-built coach house on three acres close enough to Cork city, but not too close.

And far enough away from the neighbours to be a great party house - that’s if you have the wherewithal to pay the entry level costs of €475,000 - and then some.

Ted Healy of Cohalan Downing is selling this 2,500 square foot property at Glyntown, Glanmire and says it will need some work - but doesn’t it just scream Grand Designs?

Set in woodland, (a bit on the steep side for children and pets), it runs down to the Glashaboy river and is stone built with a basement level, presently inaccessible.

Sold by the same company in the early eighties, it’s already had a makeover since then and now comes with four bedrooms, a kitchen, lounge, sitting room and large circulation spaces.

Rooms are all a good size and the upstairs bedrooms have oval windows and some have timber beams. It’s perfectly habitable at the moment. It even has an ensuite master bedroom and fitted pine kitchen, but the bones are there for a stunning property.

Words ‘potential’ and ‘character’ are liberally sprinkled throughout the brochure and the Coach House. The major structural work has been done, with new windows, a new roof and the walls have been repointed: opening up the basement could also add another 1,000 square feet or so of space to the overall dimensions.

Set back from the roadway, the grounds run steeply down to the Glashaboy river, which means it also comes with its own river frontage. It’s close to Riverstown, and with the Lee Tunnel, Midleton Parkway and the South Link, is hugely accessible for commuters.

Best of all, it has a high degree of privacy. Major project, anyone?