Lifestyle cottage and the good life come calling in west Cork

Productive gardens and cropping polytunnels, hen house and run, fruit and secret gardens all on 1.2 acres near the coast, and an extended former two-up, two-down cottage that’s now a three-bed with flair, is on offer at West Cork’s Lislevane.

Billed as a lifestyle cottage, the property at School Cross, Lislevane, is near Dunworley and Courtmacsherry, with Bandon the nearest town of note — and that’s where auctioneer Brendan Bowe hoves for viewings of this slow-lane offering. He’s just reduced the price from €195,000 to €169,000 for the owners who are upping sticks for foreign shores. He bills their home as “an oasis of organic gardens. From the moment you enter the grounds you are spellbound by the setting and productivity of the gardens, while the cottage is a beautiful example of a comfortable and soothing home.”

It has been extended to the back at ground level, with a mainly open plan, bright layout with lounge and stove, music room, kitchen/dining room, plus a main bathroom and bedroom all downstairs. Some sash windows have been kept, and heating is solid fuel/stove, with electric storage heaters.

The upper level, reached by a spiral stairs, has two more bedrooms with exposed ceiling beams and rural and distant coastline views from gable windows.

LOCATION: Lislevane, Bandon

PRICE: €169,000

SIZE: 80 (850 sq ft)

BEDROOMS: 3

BATHROOMS: 1

BER RATING: E1

VERDICT: : Good life a-calling and a-clucking.