Trades owner of €450k West Cork home didn't sit on the fence

Building skills came to the fore in the finish outside and inside of this immaculate rural dormer home

Smart fencing, smart gates, smart home

Dunmanway, West Cork
€450,000
Size	180 sq m (1,940 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	3
BER	C2

IT’S not really a surprise to hear that the man of the house here at Lisbealad is in the buildings trades line and has both skills and know-how – it’s evident in the care, the quality of the interiors, tiling and painting, and in the new lath-style entry gates and abundant horizontal lath fencing around the mature 0.8 acre site.

Set out near Lisbealad and Ballingurteen, between the towns of Dunmanway and Clonakilty, this is a pristine and bright four-bed, c 1,940 sq ft dormer home listed with agent Martin Kelleher, who seeks offers over €450,000 for his family of vendors, who are moving to Clon town.

They’d bought this now-20-year old home with what was called a builder’s finish, and then layered personally honed trade skills on top of it down the years, from wall paneling to painting and décor and the bathrooms in particular have been brought to a whole new modern look and level with extensive tiling on walls and floors. 

Internally one of its four bedrooms is en suite (one of the four is at ground level); there’s hardwood flooring in several downstairs rooms, understated stained glass sections in the double doors to the living room, and the kitchen/diner has a wide ceramic sink, good timber units and also has a solid fuel stove by the living area.

VERDICT: Private, immaculately kept and presented and near ‘strong’ towns and villages, and just about an hour from Cork city and airport.