Upmarket Colla Road €1.2m address ‘conkers’ all

Chestnut Grove has been designed by an architect in a salubrious Schull residential area

Chestnut Grove, Colla Road, Schull

Colla Road, Schull, West Cork
€1.2 million
Size	246 sq m (2,635 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	4
BER	B

FRESH to the autumn market with a €1.2m price tag is Chestnut Grove, a high-end, detached, four-bed home at the Schull village end of the salubrious Colla Rd.

More precisely, it’s just beyond the Holy Trinity Church, by the entrance to Grove Mews and the period, high-end holiday rental Grove House, having sold back in 2021 to a niche operating company called Monrock, who subsequently vastly upgraded it.

Selling the walk-in order, B-rated Chestnut Grove is Sean Carmody, of Charles P McCarthy auctioneers, and he prices it at €1.2m, a sort of figure not exactly untested in and around Schull and the Colla Rd.

A house by Colla Pier, called Smithereens, turns up on the Price Register at an exact €1.2m, while a house called Schull Point, right on the water by the harbour mouth and which featured here in mid-summer, is ‘sale agreed’ for c €2.5m.

Faced in stone and render and with lots of glazing, this corner-sited home is distinguished by quality finishes and floors, excellent kitchens and bathrooms/en-suites, large open/linked main living/dining/kitchen area, interior curved wall, and a ground-floor, en-suite bedroom (handy for guests), plus utitity with guest WC.

Above, the two front bedrooms have sliding-door access under pressed metal-box dormers to a balcony with water views.

They are served by a family bathroom; the main bedroom is to the rear, with en-suite and walk-in robes.

VERDICT: Super spec, strong location, and easily maintained grounds with sunny sit-out spot on Schull’s village fringes.