Tempting gardens and west Cork location ideal perfect for dreamers

HERE’S one for the dreamers. A low entry level price, lush Helen Dillon-esque gardens and a location five minutes from Ballyrisode Beach in Schull.

This is the kind of house that tempts early retirement fantasies and, as selling agent, Erin McCarthy says, everything slows down when you move out west — and she comes from Skibbereen.

Cars drive slower and the pace of life follows the seasons, rather than the clock, she says.