Money is beside the point in Crosshaven where a €1.05m bungalow is all about the view
Lepps Landing, Crosshaven, is on the market with a guide of €1.05m. Pictures: John Roche
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Crosshaven, Co Cork |
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€1.05m |
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179 sq m (1927 sq ft) |
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Bedrooms |
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4 |
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A FOUR-bedroom bungalow on Crosshaven’s Point Road has just come to market with an eye-popping guide price of €1.05m. Agents are confident it will make it.
It’s in a neighbourhood that’s fast-gaining traction among the super-affluent. Big names in construction, pharma and aviation have bedded down there in recent years. Some of these new arrivals have paid big money for homes and then gone about flattening and replacing them. A case in point is Camden Lodge, a down-at-heel, substantial period property, once home to Peter Hay, a governor at Spike Island prison, which sold two years ago for €1.1m.
It’s since been replaced by an even larger, contemporary home. In 2019, its neighbour, also called Camden Lodge, onetime home to well-known car dealer George Hawkins, sold for its guide price of €645,000. The Edwardian villa followed the same fate as its namesake: demolished to make way for a 6,500 sq ft McMansion.
Another notable sale in the area was of a house known as The Grassy Walk. It shows up on the Property Price Register as having sold for €1m in 2022. It’s now in the throes of a comprehensive makeover.
The main take-home message from all of this buy, knock and rebuild activity is that Point Road is fast becoming Crosshaven’s Golden Mile - which bodes well for anyone on the road thinking of selling their home.
In just such a frame of mind is the owner of Lepps Landing, featured here.
It too is a Point Road home, albeit it doesn’t have the coveted direct water frontage that the reincarnated Camden Lodges have in spades. What it does have in common with these multimillion euro homes is the view, from a higher vantage point, as it’s set above Point Road, while the other homes are set below it, on the water.
Lepps Landing, named by a previous owner as a tip of the hat to family, was bought in 2005 by the current owners who have upgraded both home and garden over the years.
Initial internal changes were around layout – reducing the utility to expand the bathroom, making more efficient use of space. A new water system and solar panel were installed. A bathroom was refurbished upstairs. Sliderobes were installed (a downstairs bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe and en suite).
More recently, external timber doors were replaced by robust Palladio doors. Carpets were laid over old timber floors for more comfort. But perhaps the change that has brought the greatest enjoyment was the construction of a patio and deck out front, from where all the moving parts of the harbour are on constant display.
“It’s like a moving picture in front of you. It’s such a great spot to sit out or to have a barbeque,” says the owner.
Even if you can’t sit out, you can see much the same view through seaward-facing reception room windows, from the home office, and from all of the upstairs bedrooms (two are en suite).
In the frame is the spire of St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh and the hulking green canopy of Currabinny Woods. Spike Island and other harbour towns are in the view too. And there’s all the busy boating activity generated by the nearby famed Royal Crosshaven Yacht Club (RCYC).
The village of Crosshaven is just down the road, and it’s currently quite buoyant. A new coffee shop, Priory Coffee has opened near the RCYC, as has a new sail shop, Doyle’s Sails; The Oars pub has a new owner, GP Nick Flynn and Cronin’s pub continues to pull in the crowds. Up on the road above Lepps Landing, a revamped Camden Fort and coffee shop have re-opened to visitors.
The owner of Lepps Landing, who reared a family there, is sorry to leave his elevated station, but it’s time to downsize. He plans to stay local in a community he has grown close to.
“Crosshaven is a great place to live. My son grew up here and it has everything: sailing, rugby, GAA, basketball, pitch & putt, primary/secondary schools.” Stuart O’Grady and Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald are selling Lepps Landing which they says has “spectacular harbout views” and offers great privacy, set above a tiered garden, where mature trees and shrubs abound.
“There’s great demand for homes in the area and nothing has come up for sale on this side of Point Road for a while. This is a home a buyer could move into straight away,” Mr O’Grady says.
As the house is in good condition, it’s unlikely to be knocked and rebuilt, but there is scope to extend – if you need more than 2,000 sq ft.
House hunters lining up to take a look include locals, traders-up and a couple of international buyers.
: Talking point or tipping point for prices on Point Road? Great location, super views.
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