Cool country cottage comes along

Within the price grasp of better-off first time buyers at €250,000, but also big enough to be a home for all stages of the family cycle, is this spotless Ballinraha bungalow, near Blarney.

The 1,600 sq ft detached home is on a half acre site a mile off the Cork-Mallow Road by Whitechurch, and 10 minutes by car from Blackpool, making it a very commutable option.

Home to a house-proud family, it’s new to market with Olivia O’Leary of Thos J O’Driscoll auctioneers who says it’s showing well.