Bungalow beachside oasis

THERE’S a touch of older house class about low-slung mid-1980s three-bed bungalow at Knockane, Annestown in Co Waterford, but it is the setting above a private beach that is the star.

Billed as a “beachside oasis” by agents Sherry FitzGerald John Rohan, they seek offers around the €400,000 mark for the comfortable home, in a spectacular setting. Just below the house is a curved bay, ringed by mid-level cliffs, with a sandy upper beach section, and with rock pools exposed at low tide. Supper for foragers and fishermen can be right on your doorstep. Location is just four miles from Tramore, a short drive back to the city, and a mile from Boat Strand: but, really, you’d have to be very tempted to leave your own hideaway and nature’s larder.

This single storey home, with low-pitched roof, but with some raised feature ceiling inside (wood-clad in the main living room, with its contrasting stone fireplace,) is architect-designed, and on a natural mature site of 1.25 acres. It was designed to catch the views and the light, and the en suite master bedroom has patio doors to al fresco morning coffee or tea and toast.

Bearing the signs of having been a trader-down home for its occupants, with some period furniture items and some cedar-sheeted ceilings, there’s a fully fitted kitchen plumbed for utilities as well, open hall with tiled floor and internal arch, living room with Liscannor hearth and bar area, all three bedrooms have built-ins, there’s a dressing room/nursery, and the main bathroom has a cast iron bath, plus separate shower.

Windows are double glazed, with some feature ‘tracery’ in the doors, and apart from passive solar gain via windows, there are electric storage heaters.