A house where pave is all the rave

NEW to the market, along the Forest Road just off the main Cork to Kinsale route in Carrigaline, this dormer home has outdoor extras aplenty.

Specialist knowledge and care went into the building of this ornate gabled home of 2,000 sq ft, as its owner is in the paving/landscaping business. As you’d expect, it has had extra attention paid to its outside areas.

The paving specialist pushed the boat out inside and out. Its exterior features include a long pond, with Japanese style bridge, lots of stone paving, a feature barbecue eating space ringed in Liscannor stone, like some low-slung ring fort, albeit shaped like an old 50p coin.

The four-bedroomed, three bathroom dormer is new to the market with local estate agent Denis Ryan of Riverstick, who seeks offers around €580,000.

The bright dormer home has decoratively raised and projected gables and lozenge-like hips, with bay windows in front and some ornate trim on dormer fascias.

There’s a good living room, a large kitchen/dining room with ornate cast iron fireplace with decorative insert tiles. The large sun room and main hallway have tiled floors. There’s one ground floor bedroom, and three more bedrooms upstairs, one of which is en suite with a walk-in wardrobe, and one other room also has a dressing room.

Best dressed, though, are the grounds outside.