Carrigaline home of former RCYC Admiral may float your boat
6 Castlerock, Carrigaline
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Carrigaline, Cork |
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€475,000 |
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Size |
154 sq m (1,658 sq ft) |
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Bedrooms |
4 |
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Bathrooms |
2 |
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C3 |
THE idea of travelling by boat to a hairdresser conjures up images of gondolas gliding beneath the eyes of bridges in a certain Italian city, but the Irish version is far less glamourous.
Instead of a handsome gondolier pivoting an oar along enchanted waterways, Brenda O’Mahony’s son pulled like a dog to get his mother to her hairdresser across the Owenabue Estuary.
That was in the 1980s, when Brenda’s hairdresser lived on the opposite bank and her son would row her over at high tide to get her hair done.
Brenda and her husband Bill, now both deceased, lived at No 6 Castlerock, Carrigaline, on the banks of the Owenabue river, in a small cul-de-sac off the Currabinny Road.
They were the first and only occupants of the house, after buying it off the plans, drawn up by builder Peter Fegan in the early 1970s. They were doubtless attracted to its waterside location, as Bill was a keen sailor.
He must have made his mark at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in nearby Crosshaven, as he was Admiral in the early 1990s.
No 6 was a family home – Bill and Brenda had five children – and was individually built, as were the other houses in Castlerock Estate.
At more than 1,650 sq ft, it’s not a bad size for a family, but nowhere near its 4,400 sq ft neighbour, the very impressive Guyscliff, currently also on the market, with Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing, with a price tag of €1.25m.
If Guyscliff is out of your league, four-bed, detached No 6 is infinitely more affordable at €475,000. While it has none of the swagger of Guyscliff and has less expansive water-facing views, it does come with a fine site (0.6 acres) and that cherished south-facing aspect.
Selling No 6 is Philip Hosford of H Property and he says there are steps from the site to the water, now very overgrown, but with potential, using elbow grease, to expose them again.
Mr Hosford says he’s “inundated with emails” since the split-level property went up for sale, with most of the interest local, coming from families looking to trade up and out of Carrigaline housing estates.
“There’s a lot of local trade-up interest, but also some interest from overseas, from people looking to move back to the area,” he says.
Buyers of No 6, where bedrooms and living accommodation are separated by the split level design, are looking at modernising the property, or even knocking it in favour of a more ambitious build, with plenty of nearby expensive-looking inspiration, including homes on stilts, taking in the full expanse of the Owenabue, which meanders on down towards dreamy Drake's Pool, before entering the sea near Crosshaven.
Mr Hosford says Castlerock is “one of the more desirable residential locations in Carriagline, offering unrivalled peace and privacy” with terrific riverine views and “within easy walking distance of the town and all of its amenities”.
He adds that while the house is in need of substantial modernisation, it’s on “a cracking site”. “It offers intending purchasers the ability to shape this property into their ideal family home," he says.
Cracking site for sure, great trade up if you have extra financial backup to upgrade the house.
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