Loads of room to manoeuvre

SHOPPING for a retirement home or dreaming of downsizing to West Cork? Have a lot of criteria to fill?

Then how about this mini-estate near Ballydehob, which is on the market at €650,000 through local auctioneer Martin Swanton.

Into your basket you can put a thoroughly renovated and tastefully decorated farmhouse, a guest cottage, five acres of privacy, woodland, a burbling stream and a location just off the N71 to boot.