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.

The dormer home has a ground floor en suite bedroom, second bedroom also at lower level,( or it could be used as a family/TV room), and upstairs has two more bedrooms, with Velux windows, and vaulted, pine-clad ceilings, and a main family bathroom.

Best room of all is the 25’ by 11’ living room, with staircase and feature brick wall for visual warmth, currently housing a flat-screen TV. There’s a nice mix of internal timbers, a utility room and the back garden has an ideal south-west aspect, with a detached garage helping to create a sense of shelter and enclosure.

LOCATION: Blarney, Cork

PRICE: €250,000

SIZE: 149 (1,600 sq ft)

BEDROOMS: 3/4

BATHROOMS: 2

BER RATING: c3

VERDICT: A home for life.