Thinking big in the twilight zone

WANT to live in a very big house in the country? Then take a trip to Tower, in Co Cork, where Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald has just listed a 2,400 square foot property on a third-of-an-acre site.

Big houses like this on generous sites within walking distance of the park, shops, pub and takeaway are a rare phenomenon in restricted planning land, so there should be queues of viewers.

All the more so when you take into account the number of people happily living in Tower who’d like to trade-up in the area, but cant’ because of A3 zoning.

Norma Healy has given a guide price of €450,000 for this four to five-bedroom property, which is part of a small cluster of houses off the Kerry Road.

Rooms are bright, with lots of windows allowing plenty of light and little touches like recessed lighting and cornicing place this house above the average. It’s calmly and tastefully decorated inside with solid oak floors and an oak kitchen with matching dresser. Also, there’s an antique slate fireplace in the lounge which has two large windows and the dining room has French doors to the patio.

All four bedrooms are doubles with the master en suite. There’s also a main bathroom and a guest bathroom off the generous entrance hallway.