With a tweak, this quirky cottage could be right up your creek

Strawhall, Monkstown €160,000

There’s heaps of old world character and a bit of style too, to this quirky-looking semi-detached cottage at Strawhall, above Raffeen Creek near Cork’s Monkstown.

Water and easterly harbour views can be had from the back and from the upstairs of this 101-year old home at Carrigshane: location is opposite and up a hill from the low-profile boatyard, and the water lapping around down there is a wildfowl sanctuary.

This c 1,000 sq ft offer, with three bedrooms, carries a €160,000 guide with Mark Rose of Rose Property Services, who says it’s ideal for those commuting to Ringaskiddy or to Carrigaline, with various commute options back to Cork city as well. It has already had a brightening up renovation job done by its current owners, and it can be bought with furniture and appliances as well.

Unfortunately, its age is against it in terms of its BER, it’s a lowly G, down to things like old walls and open fires; however, it already has pvc double glazing and oil central heating.

As it stands, it has a porch with side door main entrance and stained glass window leading to an open plan living/dining room, behind is a kitchen/breakfast room with pine units, and there’s rear garden and deck access from here, with verdant gardens, complete with palms. There’s also three bedrooms, with wood floors and some exposed ceiling beams, and a main family bathroom.

VERDICT: Characterful cottage.