Superb Kinsale properties in delightful Ardbrack

IT’S not often you get two good properties in Kinsale up for sale at the same time - and across the road from one another. SWS Property Services, Kinsale, are selling two houses in Ardbrack.

The first, Abbotsway, hits the market at €1.1 million and has a spectacular location. Built in the seventies, it comes with five bedrooms and an outdoor pool.

The pool is still in good order, say the vendors, but the best selling attribute are those views.

Abbbotsway has an elevated, full south position. Single-storey to the front, it drops to two levels at the rear where there’s a shower and changing room specifically designed for pool party use.

The living rooms are at the upper levels and run into a conservatory and enclosed terrace.

Some rooms have been given a makeover. The kitchen has spanking new units in cream, with marble floor tiles and granite worktop. The living rooms are more or less open plan and have windows on all sides giving a strong impression of light and space, helped by cream carpeting and upholstery.

The bedrooms run to the side of the house and two rooms form a T to the main block, a space which could be self-contained.

Across the road, at 12 Fort View, most of the potential of the property has been realised. This four to five bedroomed house has been extended and upgraded.

On the market at €550,000, it’s a walk-in job with plenty of space, light and top quality fittings, says auctioneer, Dermot Collins.