Geal, bright prospect at €220,000

DONE in the right order — services, community facilities and a new secondary school, were all provided before the housing came along at Ros na Geal, in west Cork’s Dunmanway.

So says estate agent Pat Maguire as he brings a new and fully-furnished three-bed home in the old Prospect Lawn house grounds to market. Launching No 55, done out as a showhouse for the scheme by builders Collins Brothers, Mr Maguire puts a €220,000 asking price on the house, just off the Bantry road, near a municipal swimming, pitch and putt course, school and within a pavement walk of the town.

The first phase of the development is now wrapped up, phase two is over half sold, and the last phase probably won’t start for a while, so No 55’s a finished and furnished walk-in job, block-built, with a good B BER rating and solar water heating.

Walk out the back door and you’re on a high — a high patio which leads down to a long back garden with lovely distant views. In front, meanwhile, the drive is paved with brick. The front sitting room has integrated solid fuel stove, there’s a rear L-shaped kitchen/dining with porcelain tiled floor and built-ins, guest loo, en suite and main bathroom.