A labour of love that produced spectacular results

This west Cork beauty puts huge emphasis on harnessing natural light and making the most of its setting, writes Tommy Barker

A HOUSE to match its setting — that’s this west Cork new-build, just coming up on its first anniversary, and already looking and feeling comfortably at home in its scenic site.

Dramatic in an understated way, with an angled or folded metal roof that looks like it just might have been lifted a bit off its walls and kinked by windy gusts and gales, it’s a retirement home of sorts for an early-retired couple with deep roots to this seaside site.