Surprisingly low price tag for fully furnished property

TOORMORE may have become the most familiar address in West Cork because of a recent libel trial, but it also made the stage in 1985 when polemicist and playwright Eoghan Harris made it the basis for his play, ‘Souper Sullivan’.

The production dealt with the famine years of 1846 to 1847 when local Catholics were fed by Church of Ireland rector, the Reverend Fisher and the accusations of forced conversion that followed.

These days, with the famine 150 years and more behind us, the once hungry hills of West Cork now bask in the prosperity of the Tiger economy.

Just new to the market in Toormore is Bayview Cottage, a house described by selling agent, Charlie McCarthy, as “one of the nicest conversions I’ve seen.”

Bayview has a surprisingly low price tag of €350,000, when you consider that the house is presented fully finished, down to paddock fencing on its 0.75 acre site.

A new roof, new wiring and plumbing mean the basics have been taken care of and all of the windows have been replaced with double glazed PVC.

To the front is a large porch addition with slate floors and at the side there’s a new sunroom which joins up with the kitchen to form an L-shaped living room.

The kitchen has smooth wooden units and black slate worktop with a double oven stove in a hand painted enclosure.

Slate floors are laid in the hallway, kitchen and conservatory, while the main sitting/dining room has wooden floors and a solid fuel stove.

The main bathroom, however, is on ground floor level while all three bedrooms are upstairs.