Harbour Vista has potential

BEAUTY, they say, is only skin deep. So, can the same ‘skin-deep’ line of demarcation apply to something at the lower end of the prettiness scale?

Harbour Vista in Aghada, East Cork, won’t win glamour-puss prizes at first glance, its flat-laid stone facade is more crazy paving than the deeper sort of stone finishes that have held sway for the past decade and more.

Yet, it could be folly to judge too harshly and too swiftly. Harbour Vista is a grand 1,800 sq ft four-bed family home in an elevated private setting above the village of Aghada looking out over Cork harbour that could be rapidly enhanced with a bit of cosmetic surgery and decor changes.