Farm with a beach to woo buyer from overseas

THE land’s not great, the house needs work, the sheds have seen better days, nonetheless, there’s a €745,000 price guide on this Foilnamuck, Ballydehob traditional three-bed farmhouse, in West Cork.

Why so? Well there is some 26 acres of land, but more important than quality and even quantity, is the setting: it’s coastal with hundred of metres of waterline frontage, its own beach (private, that is from the high tide mark up, and has privacy and outbuildings with scope to beat the band.