City to Country: €425k West Cork escape or cosy Kimmage lodge in well sought-after location
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Cosy Lodge, 152 Kimmage Road West Dublin 12
Kimmage, Dublin 12 |
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€595,000 |
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Size |
124 sq m (1,334 sq ft) |
Bedrooms |
2 |
Bathrooms |
2 |
BER |
C3 |
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Graham Gaughran of DNG Terenure says the extended and upgraded property has a C3 BER and definitely lives up to its name.
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“It’s charming and picturesque and, with an attic conversion, now has 124 sq m of living space,’’ he says, explaining most of the work was done by previous owners although the current ones have done some redecoration since buying it eight years ago.
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Original features include a curved bay window and a high ceiling in the front sitting room with coving, picture rails and pine flooring. Newer additions to the room include a cast iron fireplace with a gas fire and a set of sliding doors which opens into an open-plan family room/kitchen/diner at the rear.
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The family room has a fireplace with a stove and the kitchen extension has shaker-style units and Velux windows.
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There’s a refurbished bathroom and two pine floored bedrooms at ground level and an attic room, used as a bedroom, as well as a shower room on the upper level.
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“It’s in a sought-after South Dublin location and is within easy reach of the villages of Kimmage, Terenure and Templeogue,’’ says Mr Gaughran.
Lisnagry, Limerick |
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€599,000 |
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Size |
219 sq m (2,357 sq ft) |
Bedrooms |
4 |
Bathrooms |
5 |
BER |
C2 |
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Quoting a guide of €599,000, auctioneer Brenda Mulcahy says the late 1990s built house, located 12km from Limerick city and 4km from Anacotty Business Park is the perfect rural haven for a trading up family.
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“The mature beech hedging and tree-lined borders provide a natural shield from the outside world,” she says, noting that despite its rusticity the property is within easy commuting distance of schools and amenities.
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Offering 219 sq m of living space, it was designed with certain period property features including a Georgian style fanlight entrance. At ground level there are two reception rooms, sunroom, kitchen, utility room and guest WC as well as an en suite study which could be a bedroom.
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Upstairs are four bedrooms including three en suites. Outside there’s a 45 sq metre converted stable which now houses a home office, gym and WC.
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Accessed by a long, tree-lined driveway, the house has a large gravelled patio area at the rear. At both the front and the rear, there are long expanses of railed paddock offering plenty of space for ponies.
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VERDICT: Attractive, spacious and rural but just a 15-minute drive from Limerick city.
Lismore, Waterford |
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€389,000 |
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Size |
167 sq m (1,800 sq ft) |
Bedrooms |
3 |
Bathrooms |
2 |
BER |
B3 |
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“It was built by the owners in 2008 and is very well-finished and maintained, has 167 sq m of accommodation and is on a site of three quarters of an acre,’’ says Denise Radley of Radley Auctioneers who recently listed it with a guide of €389,000.
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Accommodation includes an L-shaped large kitchen/diner/sunroom with cream units and a stove as well as a sitting room and a utility room. There’s also a bathroom and three bedrooms including one en suite. Overhead it has a 58 sq m floored attic which might be converted.
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Fitted with solar panels to heat the water, as well as double-glazing and oil- fired heating, the bungalow has a B3 BER. In the gardens there’s a large gravel driveway, a decked patio and a 55 sq m garage which new owners might want to turn into an office.
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Located a little less than five km from Lismore, the property is around eight from Cappoquin village.
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“It’s just a 25-minute drive from Dungarvan and a 60-minute one from Waterford City,” says Ms Radley, noting that Clonmel is within a 36 km drive.
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She says interest is coming from trade-up buyers in the locality and also from returning emigrants looking for a family home in the Lismore area.
Perfect for a buyer thinking of swapping city life for rural tranquillity.
Ahakista, West Cork |
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€425,000 |
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Size |
210 sq m (2,265 sq ft) |
Bedrooms |
3 |
Bathrooms |
3 |
BER |
C3 |
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Given the three-bed dormer property looks out onto woodland with pine trees at the front, Pine Vista makes a lot more sense. Selling agent Liam Hodnett of Hodnett Forde auctioneers says it also offers distant sea views - which would be better still if a new owner were to cut back overgrown shrubbery.
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Built in the early 1990s, it’s 210 sq m property with a C3 BER. While a well-kept, owner-occupied home, Mr Hodnett says décor is dated and the house will require redecoration and upgrading.
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At the front there’s a dining room with a large bay window and, on either side of the window, there are French doors, one set into to a spacious kitchen/diner, while the other opens into a sitting room with stone fireplace and a stove.
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At the rear there’s a utility room and a guest WC while the first floor has a bathroom and three bedrooms, one en suite.
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VERDICT: This part of West Cork is popular with celebrities, relocators and holiday home hunters.