Trading up: Clonakilty, West Cork €425,000

Picture-perfect, inside and outside. Why wouldn’t it be? This property’s owner is a house-proud painter and artist.

Size: 212 sq m (2,300 sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 4 

Bedrooms: 4 

BER: B3

The resulting visual flair is much in evidence in this very comfortable home outside Clonakilty town, a 45-minute spin to Cork City, and 10 from the sea.

The modern, four-bed is full of art, and with the owner’s own artworks, almost feels like a gallery, says selling agent Andy O’Donoghue of Hodnett Forde based in the nearby bustling, acclaimed tourist town.

And, the woman of the house must be productive, because the art is just a hobby at present, as she also works in the health services as a nurse.

Off the Clonakilty-Timoleague road,this Gallane area home is itself the picture of good health, with partial stone facade and well-planted and tended gardens.

Accommodation-wise, there’s one ground floor en suite bedroom, a 16’ by 16’ lounge, a slightly smaller sitting room, next to a kitchen/dining room that’s also 15’ square... complete with Van Gogh-like Sunflowers in a display vase on the dining table evident in the Hodnett Forde sales images.

At ground there’s also a study, by the entry hall, and a guest WC, and flooring is either glossy tile or timber.

Overhead are three further bedrooms one with en suite, plus main bathroom and landing for displaying art-aplenty, while outside on the grounds is a detached garage... for picture frame-making?

VERDICT: A well-worked canvas.