Avalon has scenic setting

BUILT several decades ago, for a local west Waterford bank manager, is the large brick-facaded family home Avalon, a mile from Lismore on the way out towards Cappoquin.

Floor area for this five-bedroomed home is calculated at just under 3,000 sq ft, and so the guide of €390,000 and a rider that it is ‘open to offers’ means there’s quite a bit of house on offer in a scenic setting – within a walk of the heritage town – for the price.

Location is at Ballyea west, and plot size for this faux-Georgian two-storey home with gentle bow windows and an attached garage is about half an acre of colourful grounds, says selling agent Dominic Daly.

It has three reception rooms (sitting room, dining room and family room) plus a timber-framed sun room to the rear, with polycarbonate roof, plus kitchen, and pantry.

Overhead, several of the five bedrooms have wash basins, and one bedroom is en suite.

Avalon is a home that might suit a local family looking to trade up, and Lismore also has a huge appeal to relocaters.

One of the country’s most beautifully presented heritage towns, it is the Irish seat of the Duke of Devonshire, who owns the looming, river-set Lismore Castle, now a tourism attraction with art gallery and sculpture grounds.

With range of specialist and general shops and restaurants, Lismore has a cathedral and church, two primary schools and a post-primary community school, along with a range of arts, cultural and sporting events throughout the year.

Activities locally include fishing and kayaking on the Blackwater and Bride rivers, horse riding, hill-walking, and golf, with beaches a 30 minute drive away.