Monkstown €165k harbour site offers rare opportunity to build a bespoke home

It's all about the location and the potential at this Monkstown site

Aerial view of the site in Castle Road Monkstown, Co. Cork

Monkstown, Co. Cork
€165,000
Size	0.02 ac site
Bedrooms	N/A
Bathrooms	N/A
BER	N/A

Forget packets of sandwiches and rickety kettles balanced on a toolbox, builders working here will be able to enjoy a whole other class of fare — it’s just 60 metres up the road from the very freshly opened Cinnamon Cottage Café in Cork harbour’s Monkstown.

And it’s not being presumptuous to anticipate builders arriving here either as The Old Coach House on Monkstown’s Castle Road is essentially a gateway to a compact site.

Granted it’s a very attractive arched likely mid 1800s gateway but there’s no other structure here.

There’s isn’t an eircode attached to this 0.02 acre site yet — something for new owners to add to their list of jobs.

With a good sympathetic development it could be a very lovely residence, notes Miah McGrath of McCarthy & McGrath Auctioneers: “It’s a great location adjacent to Monkstown Tennis Club and just metres from Monkstown Bay Sailing Club so with planning permission I could see this as a great mews style home.”

It’s 3km citywards to get to Passage West and Douglas is about 9km away. You’ve got your daily newspaper and croissants, scones and sausage rolls at the café and The Bosun and The Ensign pubs are around a 500m stroll away. It’s 14km to Cork Airport.

This site is co-owned by several local family members and is currently under offer.

VERDICT: A gentle amble from this site to the centre of Monkstown, with the efforts of a canny architect and clever builder — and a good cash flow — this site could be developed into an enviable harbourside home.