On the shores of... Rocky Bay

YOU can walk, or jog, to Rocky Bay for a swim from this great up-market, south Cork family home at Reagrove, near Minane Bridge, with easy striking distance of Kinsale.

In fact, there’s several beaches close to hand to this well-above standard 2,500 sq ft four-bed dormer coastal home, being sold just a few years after completion by its owners, who are emigrating.

It has a distinctive front facade, with a mix of stone and brick, there’s some cedar cladding around a first floor balcony/seating area off the master bedroom, and wood-grain pvc double glazing, and the whole mixed palette makes for an easy-on-the-eye first impression.

That impression is reinforced inside; there’s no dropping of standard, and there’s an overall freshness, brightness and quality feel to this one-off on a rural 0.75 acre site with sea views. Selling agent Michael Pigott of Sherry FitzGerald O’Donovan Daly, who guides the Reagrove family home at €480,000, with its rural and sea views.

Rooms include a 21’ by 21’ living room with fireplace, a smaller family room also has an open fireplace, and both rooms have solid maple floors. There’s a modern, smartly-tiled Shaker-style kitchen/dining room, with lots of built-ins and appliances, plus long island, as well as large utility, and guest WC.

The entry hall is double height, with solid ash stairs, and the floor is maple, while overhead there’s a good master bedroom, which is en suite, with a dressing room, plus a handily-placed balcony well-set for morning coffe, e watching sunrises over the sea and headlands east, and west for sunsets.

Bathrooms, like the rest of the house, are done to a good high level, and extra features include pressurised zoned heating system, alarm, electric gates, CCTV, and a detached 28’ by 16’ garage.

VERDICT: A great mix of rural and coastal setting, in a comfortable well-finished home, half an hour from Cork city and airport.