Serious price tag for a very serious property

NOT surprisingly, this superbly renovated and extended house at Courtmacsherry, Co Cork, carries a hefty price tag.

After all, it has the requisite sea views, four-plus bedrooms and wonderful privacy in a cul-de-sac road with just one other house. It’s on the market at €800,000 through Micheal Galvin of DNG Galvin Auctioneers.

A quick glance will affirm that the extension to the original two-storey farmhouse is architect-designed - the asymmetrical windows give the game away. In fact, Kinsale practitioner, Richard Rainey, did a lot more manoeuvring inside, work which was part of the general overhaul of this house at Abbeymahon. The end result is a house that’s traditional, modern and best of all, unpredictable.