Peace and panoramic views in Cobh

A balcony and bonus home bring that little bit extra to scenic Vistamar

Vistamar, Mount Crozier in Cobh. Pictures: H-Pix

Cobh, Co Cork
€895,000
Size	285sq m (3068sq ft)
Bedrooms	6
Bathrooms	4
BER	B3

Appropriately for a property located just off Bishop St in an area called Mount Crozier, this six-bed detached home has a cathedral-style ceiling in the living room. Vistamar in Cobh also has a dramatic vaulted ceiling in the kitchen/dining room .

Built in 2000, accessed via an automated gate and set off a cul-de-sac, the house is supremely private but has spectacular views over Cobh harbour (hence the name... sea view).

Sitting on around 0.44 acres, this property even has a separate one-bed 820sq ft apartment.

Inside the main house, the main living areas are upstairs to maximise those views. That’s where you’ll find the dual-aspect living room with that high ceiling and a bar at one end.

To really take in that sea air, head to the first-floor kitchen/dining room, with its large balcony giving views of the cathedral, Spike Island, Haulbowline, and Cobh. The balcony itself is accessed from a sunroom or from a gallery chamber off the main stairs. Downstairs, the ground floor has six generously proportioned bedrooms (five of them with en suite bathrooms).

There’s also the open-plan one-bed apartment built in 2010.

Maybe a booking system will be need for guests as that feature fireplace, generous kitchen area and a lofty mezzanine bedroom will make this coastal retreat pretty popular with friends and relatives.

Cobh town centre is a downhill 500m away. And if pottering around all the cafes, shops and bars isn’t enough exercise then new owners could kit out the exercise room with rowing machines and exercise bikes — this downstairs room has its own entrance by the way.

Lawrence Sweeney, of Savills, hails the location: “You’re walking distance from Cobh town with the railway station, and Cobh Connect bus between Cobh and Cork City is an amazing service, and the car ferry gets you over to Passage really conveniently too.”

VERDICT: Waking up to a vista mar every day could be the reality for a lucky buyer here.