Trading Up: Knocknagree, Cork €280,000

Size: 214 (2,300 sq ft)

The general address might be Mallow, but this one-off rural home of some distinction, on an acre, is closer to Knocknagree or to Millstreet, than to Mallow town whose postal district is far-flung across north Cork.

Carrying a €280,000 asking price this is a 2,800 sq ft home designed by an architect, with quality interior and lofty feature sun-room, and up to five bedrooms.

Extra features include zoned underfloor heating, individually controlled by room, a heat recovery system, sophisticated lighting, central vacuum, quality tiled floor and three of its up to five beds have en suite bathrooms. There’s also a detached garage and car-port, plus patio off the sun-room.

Selling agent is Killian Lynch in Macroom, who says it’s ten miles from Millstreet, with private gardens with some distinctive landscaping touches and lovely, long distant hill views, and the most interesting facade is on the private side, away from the road.

Internally it’s done to the highest standards by its French owners, with walls insulated both internally and externally (the BER’s a highly respectable B3), while beds four/five are a very large, divisible space at first floor level.

The main, ground floor bedroom’s en suite has a large 340 litre double bath, with separate jetted double shower, and as the property has its own deep bore well (see well water feature p11,) there will be no water charges to worry about.

VERDICT: Splash out, lot of value here for the money.