Join the 'ivy league' with this €440k Ballymakeera house

Four-bed detached home has a B energy rating

Toonlane, Ballymakeera, Macroom, County Cork for sale with Killian Lynch, Auctioneers, Valuers & Estate Agents

Macroom, Co Cork
€440,000
Size	158 sq m [1700 sq ft]
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	3
BER	B

Academic or not, you’re definitely in the Ivy League at this detached four-bed home in Ballymakeera on the west side of Macroom. And a B energy rating means this green house qualifies for a ‘green mortgage’ too.

Set back from the main Killarney Road you reach this property via a long tree-lined avenue. Surrounded by 5.6 acres, including gardens filled with ferns, shrubs and mature planting, this house at Toonlane is a real green haven.

Inside it’s cosy and nicely laid out with a living room and a dining room on either side of the main hall. The lovely triple arched windows on the landing are beautifully framed with light gleaming through the fresh green ivy leaves. Also upstairs is the main bedroom which has an ensuite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe. There are two other bedrooms up here as well — with one bedroom downstairs.

Built in 2006, this house has just had an open viewing. “There was a good mix of interest from people living locally, as well as people looking at moving out to a forever home from the city direction,” notes Michael Foley of Killian Lynch Auctioneers.

“It’s just beautiful here, like going into a forest, it really is your own sanctuary with all the trees and gardens here.”

This €440k house is not far at all from the Ballyvourney bypass interchange as well as being around 10 minutes from Macroom, 20 minutes from Killarney and 40 minutes from Cork city.

VERDICT: Modern and comfortable inside and supremely leafy and peaceful outside.