Kinsale cottage could be worth knocking down and replacing

YOU could take a sledgehammer to this Kinsale cottage — the former labourer’s cottage is on a site so good it merits going for planning for a replacement dwelling, larger, and on a different portion of the site to get sea views.

That’s according to estate agent Victoria Murphy, who prices this old-fashioned, single-storey dwelling near the Old Head of Kinsale and the Speckled Door pub and restaurant at around €170,000.

Key to its value, she says, is the three-quarter acre site with views back across the sea towards Kinsale.