All aboard for this sale

ANGLING for a quick sale is this great two-bed apartment in the grounds of Courtmacsherry House Hotel in west Cork: it’s got frontline harbour views, a marine/Hamptons beachhouse theme going on decoratively, and the owners are prepared to sell their three-year old 19’ Bayliner speed boat to expedite the sale.

Courtmac is jokingly referred to as a drinking village with a fishing problem (that’s what the car bumper stickers say,) but the fact is it is a seaside and harbour community that takes its shoreline blessings seriously. Hence, the attractions of a boat for quick access to coves and to caves, to beaches and to ‘catch your own’ barbecues, with fish in tow.

Auctioneer Brendan Bowe seeks offers around €215,000 for No 12, which he reckons is “probably the finest apartment within this sought after coastal complex.”