Colour in abundance as extended cottage is sure to lift your spirits

Close to Macroom, this property can be yours for around 180,000, Tommy Barker reports.

THANK heavens for colour — and this extended cottage on an acre has it in abundance, enough to lift the gloomiest of spirits.

And, not only is there life in the colours it is painted up in, there’s also vigorous growth in the deliberately planted ivy bearding its facade, and in pot plants inside and out.

Located four miles west from Macroom in mid-Cork at Ballymacorcoran off the Millstreet road, this is a three-bed with attitude, all done up, and is for sale with agent Killian Lynch seeking offers around180,000 which, he says, reflects the high standard to which the work has been done.

It has two reception rooms (living and dining, off the kitchen) plus study, kitchen with oak units, Belfast sink and ceramic tiled floor, there’s a utility with guest loo alongside, and both reception rooms have wood floors, with a stove in the dining space, and a range in the living room.

Externally, it looks as if the dwelling has been doubled in size, with a similar shape with pitched roof added on to the rear, with a porch in between, graced by an appropriate timber half-door, glazed on top.

VERDICT: The house has all the work done to it, and an acre is always going to keep a pair of capable hands busy.