Country cool with style in Glentane, Midleton

 This modern country bungalow comes with paddocks and an orchard, says Tommy Barker.  

It’s the second time around for what’s billed as “a once in a lifetime opportunity” to get a modern, high-end country home with land for horses, and apples trees for the same animals to pilfer, at this east Cork spot called Glentane.

Built to an unstinting specification at the peak of the market around 2008 (the owners said they bought the abundance of Crema Marfil flooring, oak boards, and tile more by the tonne than by the square metre!), this long, wide and rangy bungalow home runs up to 4,000 sq ft, with any amount of above-standard finishes.