Try an oven-ready cottage in a tranquil rural setting

THIS cottage in east Clare offers accommodation and lifestyle. It has a large polytunnel, an organic vegetable garden, an orchard and a small bakery.

Seven years ago, a young German couple renovated and extended it, converted an outhouse into a bakery and started producing their own food. Subsequent owners kept the bakery going, supplying local shops with bread.

Now on the market with Green Valley Properties, the cottage at Glendree, near Feakle, is open to offers of €330,000 and the owners are also willing to sell the bakery equipment. Alternatively, the property could be used as an artist’s or potter’s studio or workshop.

The old stone-built cottage has been extended both upwards and outwards and now has a conservatory at the side. On the ground floor there’s a kitchen/living room with fitted units and a multi-fuel stove as well as a dining room. There’s also a shower room and two bedrooms as well as an attic bedroom. The cottage has double-glazed windows and dual oil-fired and solid-fuel heating.

“It’s a warm and comfortable home and is in excellent condition,” says auctioneer Steve Symes.

As well as the stone built bakery, there’s also a detached timber chalet which is used as a workshop and a outbuilding used as a utility area.

A site of two acres is included in the sale but the purchaser has an option of buying a further two. Five kilometres from Feakle and Tulla, the property is 19 kilometres from Ennis.