House of the week

Just coming up on 10 years old, in great shape and superbly finished is this Allihies 2,800 sq ft home — painted white, and that’s really atypical of the West Cork village and its colourful hinterland.

Allihies, Ardgroom and Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula have embraced the injunction to Live Life in Colour — and are known far and wide for their exuberant house colours, every variation under the rainbow spectrum.

So, who’s to say that the next owners of this cracking one-off home, demure in white livery on a site just shy of an acre, won’t go mad with a paint brush or roller when they get their hands on it?