Hitting the right buttons — location, views, and price

RARITY and river frontage come with this Innishannon house and site, now slashed in price.

Maybe €1 million for this 7.5 acre property, overlooking tidal River Bandon was conceived in more affluent, rising tide Tigerish Times — but, now at an economic low-ebb equivalent of €300,000, it must surely tempt some self-builder and self-reliant types?

The aerial photo seen here shows the scope and arc of this bend in the river site, for sale with Maeve McCarthy of Charles P McCarthy auctioneers in Skibbereen who say there’s still an on-going market for the more distinct property offerings. They’ve had some 17 sales gone through since mid-summer, mostly coastal, including one in Schull with a swimming pool. It had been guided at €1.3m in July 2008, but sold a year later for under €900,000.