Easy to cultivate gains at Aghada €695k four-bed home with a garden gym 

Forget wall-to-wall mirrors — the home gym at this East Cork house comes with harbour views and natural sea-breeze air conditioning

Church Road, Aghada, Co. Cork

Aghada, Co Cork
€695,000
Size	232 sq ft [2497 sq ft]
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2
BERC	C

THE gym at this east Cork house on Church Rd in Aghada has the best kind of air-con going — a fresh sea breeze blowing in from the harbour. Not too hard to organise when the gym is in a jaunty looking blue and white beach house-style garden room with sea views instead of wall-to-wall mirrors.

You’d definitely be inspired to eat healthy salads and smoothies if you’re dining at the table in this gym. But once you’ve earned your treat you can sit back and put your feet up with something a little more indulgent on the good-sized decking right outside in the garden.

Back at the main house, built in 1983, you know that it’s just that bit extra from the moment you enter the hall and see the compass rose inlaid into the Karndean flooring. An airy, serene aesthetic defined by white slanted walls and arched openings in the living room finds its perfect counterweight in a striking, chevron-patterned Richard Le Droff fireplace. A lovely spot for binoculars or a telescope.

The modern kitchen is at the ‘land’ side of the house with warm sand and clear ocean colours to keep the marine theme going.

“This house is meticulously maintained and in a great location — the People’s Path is a five-minute walk away offering a 5km shoreline walkway through Aghada village. It goes on to Whitegate Village, which has a Eurospar, a national school, playground, and Corkbeg Coffee based in a shipping container on the water’s edge,” notes Kyle Kennedy of Kennedy Estate Agents.

The main bedroom is on the entry level and the other three are at the lower level of this house.

VERDICT: A split-level coastal property with living spaces and bedrooms ‘flipped’ to max those views.