Wild Atlantic views at €785k Nohoval home in Cork
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Killowen home is a stone's throw from the sea and cliffs at south Cork's Nohoval. Agent Michael Pigott guides the B1 rated new build at €785,000
Nohoval, South Cork |
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€785,000 |
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Size |
223 sqm (2,400 sq ft) |
Bedrooms |
3/4 |
Bathrooms |
4 |
BER |
B1 |
PEOPLE will remember the covid period for any number of reasons, good, bad, and life-changing for many.
![More to it than first meets the eye More to it than first meets the eye](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849769_7_articleinline_DJI_0156.jpg)
It certainly was for Damien and Chloe Kingston who, as a young couple, had just finished a house build after returning to their native Cork and to Damien’s family homestead by the sea, after a carefree four years overseas in New Zealand.
![Lofty main living with first floor mezzanine for the views and light Lofty main living with first floor mezzanine for the views and light](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849772_7_articleinline_ITT_3346.jpg)
Their own Irish covid period came with finishing the house and then, the arrival of twins, a double blessing which they’ve happily embraced, with run around siblings Nathan and Paige now three years of age, and the best of buds.
![Twin sleeps Twin sleeps](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849775_7_articleinline_ITT_3245.jpg)
Since then, they’ve been parenting, working, and studying, and finessing the family home which they’ve just now decided to sell, to move just a bit closer to Chloe’s own family in Carrigaline.
![Scope it out? Scope it out?](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849778_7_articleinline_killowen_20nohoval_202.jpg)
Their home comes for sale this week with estate agent Michael Pigott, who lives locally at Nohoval and who knows the couple, twins Nathan and Paige, and wider Kingston family too: he guides at €795,000.
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Damien’s a self-employed plaster by profession and so knows the build trades well, while Chloe’s a legal executive who just graduated with a law degree this week, and who has just returned to the wider workforce after three years working from home/full-on child nurturing.
![Swing on by? Swing on by?](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849784_7_articleinline_ITT_3145.jpg)
The duo started their build project in 2018, on family owned land just a few fields away from the coastline at south Cork’s Nohoval, by a “secret” beach, in a super-quiet setting yet not remote, sharing the cul-de-sac with a handful of other neighbours.
![All pictures Ted Murphy All pictures Ted Murphy](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849787_7_articleinline_killowen_20nohoval_203_20Beach-2.jpg)
![First impressions.... First impressions....](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849790_7_articleinline_TM1_1640.jpg)
He pitched the house for those views and laid it out so that its relative size is concealed when first approached up along the drive.
The scenery grabber is the mezzanine/living room up over the kitchen/diner, looking out over a double height space and a gable wall of glass to the Atlantic and is, Chloe says, her favourite spot in the completed home.
![What's up? What's up?](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849793_7_articleinline_ITT_3323.jpg)
![Rooms to play, sleep and work Rooms to play, sleep and work](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849796_7_articleinline_ITT_3262.jpg)
Using family, friends, and work colleagues, both were hands-on with physical graft, and among the crew were architect Steve McClew, carpenter Darragh Quinlan, Christopher Scully, and stone mason Dave Hill, who came from East Cork and worked with the Kilkenny limestone they had sourced for facades/cladding to match the windowsill and wall cappings.
The stone came from O’Connell Stone in Killumney, and apart from making much of the overall look of the one-off, it was also used quite extensively in a well-sheltered, walled outdoor BBQ area with open fire, all faced in rough, dark limestone.
![Meat and greet at the BBQ spot Meat and greet at the BBQ spot](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849799_7_articleinline_TM1_1630.jpg)
![Corner windows clearly add class Corner windows clearly add class](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849802_7_articleinline_ITT_3378.jpg)
Work was started in 2018 and it finished up by St Patrick’s Day 2019, all having gone smoothly.
On an even higher plane, both physically up the hill and price-wise, was the 2022 sale of a large homestead on extensive landscaped grounds (about six acres) at Reagrove, Minane Bridge.
![Reagrove at Minane Bridge/Nohoval made c €2.2m all-in Reagrove at Minane Bridge/Nohoval made c €2.2m all-in](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849805_7_articleinline_PStokes_20-_20P17KV26_20-177_1_.jpg)
Back on the Kinsale side of Nohoval, yet another very strong result was the price paid for Annefield House near Ballinclashet, Oysterhaven, showing at €2.775m on the Price Register.
![Annefield House Oysterhaven made c €3m Annefield House Oysterhaven made c €3m](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849808_7_articleinline_Annefield_20House-Full_20size_20print-61_1_.jpg)
That’s the elite end of the scale in this wide and affluent farm hinterland, though, and the likely buyers for this €785,000 Killowen Nohoval modern, walk-in order home are going to be families/relocaters looking to trade up, and perhaps who can work remotely some or all of the week, to cut down on commutes, while the local national school Scoil Naomh Fionan is a short hop away by car.
![Beach over just a few fields away Beach over just a few fields away](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849811_7_articleinline_nohoval_20secret_20beach_1_.jpg)
Accommodation-wise, two of its four bedrooms have en suite bathrooms and walk-in robes/dressing rooms, and the main family bathroom also has a stand-alone bath.
![Main bathroom Main bathroom](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849814_7_articleinline_ITT_3201.jpg)
There’s a guest WC, pantry, and utility room, and occupants have the optional use of a room with a corner window as a living room/fourth bedroom, while the attached garage is multi-purpose too, great for unloading kids and shoping in the dry, and may be annexed/integrated in some future time for more domestic uses.
![High and dry: multi-purpose garage High and dry: multi-purpose garage](https://www.irishexaminer.com/cms_media/module_img/7699/3849835_6_articleinline_ITT_3363.jpg)