Big houses and harbour views
Large, new and quality homes with sea views are rare in the Crosshaven area, says Trish Stokes of Sherry FitzGerald, as she kicks off this niche coastal Cork scheme being built by the Kinsale developer Joe Neville.
He has left some impressive calling cards and built properties in his familiar Kinsale area, Cork’s priciest real estate. Now he is swapping one set of sea and yachting views for another.
He has made the move closer to Cork city and to Templebreedy Road just outside the sailing village par excellence of Crosshaven, which hosted the bi-annual Cork Week yachting extravaganza with aplomb this summer.
Dun Bhride Point is near the picturesque ruin of Templebreedy Church and graveyard, about half a mile from Cronin’s in Crosshaven and with a view across the mouth of Cork harbour to Roches Point.
Tapping into the still un-met demand for big one-offs (even though there are four of them, there are three design/layout variations to choose from to maximise views) is this scheme of slightly split-level houses, each on a half-acre site and to be built in the traditional masonry manner, but with enough insulation levels and energy saving features to give them an enviable B1 rating.
They are similar-sized four beds done in a H-shape, with each bedrooms en suite and with bedroom ‘wings’ across the middle entry hall/study corridors. One of the four is at first-floor level.
Other rooms will include kitchen/dining spaces leading to a family room, with separate 17’ by 17’ lounges with fireplaces, while stone outdoor barbecue areas are to feature on the large patios. Other features include underfloor zoned heating, slate roofs, solar power for hot water, and painted hardwood windows and doors.
The views and setting is pure Crosshaven, and prices are pegged to Kinsale levels, at €1.375 asking per new home, which will come with a low stamp duty burden and a closing date long after the October Budget 2009 hiatus.
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