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Park life in Dun LaoghaireCo Dublin, €645,000If you’ve been itching to buy inCosgrave’s Cualanor development inDun Laoghaire but can’t quite get thefunds, here’s one they did earlier –and cheaper. No 2 Brickfield Drive liesin the Honeypark development acrossthe road. The five-bedroom semi-detached house was completed in2014, when it sold for €580,000.The scheme has matured nicely. Thehouse has 198 sq m over three floors.It has all the hallmarks of a modern

Cosgrave property, including anairtight design and an A energyrating. There are two car parkingspaces to the front, a landscapedgarden to the back and a five-acrepark in the development. Park Pointeshopping centre is at the front of thescheme.Agent: huntersestateagent.ieThey say: Just off Glenageary RoadUpper, Honeypark is close to Dalkey,Sandycove and KillineyWe say: A quality build.

Co Cork, €650,000This curvy gem at Cappeenin Clonakilty is a nod to thelocal ring fort, which can beseen from the masterbedroom. Finished in achopped Liscannor stoneand cedar cladding, it slotsinto its three-quarter-acresite and scenicsurroundings.The house was built

in 2001, and while itsshape is unique, itslayout is practical foreveryday use.There are three reception

rooms, five bedrooms,three bathrooms and astudy. Many of the roomshave this smooth curvedshape, with feature brickinternal walls. The kitchen/dining/living room ispretty special, with a fullbow and a bank of

windows overlooking thegarden.Great use of glazing

allows natural light tobounce off the wallsthroughout the house.At night, carefully placedlights illuminate theexternal walls.The house is built on a

level site, and the land isgiven over to landscapedgardens with a polytunneland raised vegetable beds.There’s also a detachedstudio, which would beideal for home workers.Agents:charlesmccarthy.com;savills.ieThey say: Strikingresidence, which is uniqueyet superbly practical inits everyday useWe say: It’s as solid andintriguing as a ring fort.

Co Limerick, €750,000Brookfield House in Castleconnellhas been reduced from €825,000.This Georgian coach house sitswithin the original garden ofBallinacourty House but doesn’t lackspace — it comes with three acres ofgardens, paddocks and a tenniscourt. The refurbished house is justshy of 250 sq m. There are fourbedrooms, one with an en suite, anda ground floor sauna.Agent: sherryfitz.ieThey say: Much care has been givento retaining its old world charmWe say: The price drop could be thesweetener that clinches the sale.

Co Waterford, €265,000Above the Suir estuary atCheekpoint in CoWaterford, Cashelfean is avantage point for boats. Youcan see the estuary frommost rooms in the house.The sitting room to thefront has a double-heightwindow. A first-floorbalcony looks right out onto the water.

The house is 143 sq mand has three bedrooms.There’s a mixture ofcontemporary and countrystyles, with gloss units.Waterford is about 20minutes away.Agent: remax-ireland.comThey say: The views of theestuary are stunningWe say: It makes the mostof its surroundings

Overlooking the Suir

Fort with curve appeal

NICEMOVESFour to viewthis week

Georgian styleon three acres

Walled gardens surrounda charmingpinkhouse inCoDublin, on sale for€995,000,writesEithneDunne

Traditional cottagehas view to Killiney

When a property enjoysthe kind of views thatBel Air Cottage enjoys,theonlysensiblethingto

do ismake themost of them.Whichis precisely what its current ownerJim Foley has been doing since hebought the early 19th-century ver-nacular cottage 30 years ago.Perchedat the summitofKilliney

Hill Road in south Co Dublin, thetwo-storey detached cottage hasbird’s-eyeviewsacrossKillineyBayto the south and Killiney Hill Parkand the Irish Sea to the east.It’s no surprise, then, that the

first floor of the cottage, as well asbeing home to four bedrooms, has adual-aspectdrawingroomtomaxi-

mise onviewsboth to the south andto the east. It’s a place where Foley,who still marvels at the cottage’saspectafterthreedecades,hasspentmany a happy hour.Themasterbedroomis alsodual-

aspect, with one window facingsouth and theother overlooking theback garden.Itwas the views that drewhim to

theproperty in the first place;whenherealisedtheycamewithacottagefull of old-world charm, he waswon over entirely. “It has lots ofcharacter, lots of nooks and cran-nies,” he says.There may be nooks, crannies

and charm aplenty, but at 192 sqm,the cottage is also deceptively

spacious and— unusually for manyhouses in the vicinity — has secureparking for up to five cars.Foley also loves the quiet,

secluded feel to the place, eventhough it’s in the heart of Killineyvillage. “It feels like you’re in thecountryside,” he says.Much of this is down to the

privacythecottageenjoys,aswellasa beautifully landscaped, west-facing rear garden that rises upout-side the cottage and which isanother huge part of the property’sappeal.Fully walled and not overlooked,

it features mature trees, plants andflowerbeds. There are outhouses,paths, a small pond, and a gardenshed with a granite seat that looksout towards Killiney Hill Park andbeyond to the sea.“You could describe it as a beau-

tiful gardenwith ahouse attached,”says Foley.Whoever buys Bel Air Cottage,

which is on the market for€995,000, will be living in what isby any measure one of the mostexclusive addresses in Co Dublin.

Close to the roundabout in Kill-iney village, the cottage is a fewminutes’ walk from Killiney HillPark and within easy reach of thefashionable villages of Dalkey andGlasthule. While it is unknownexactlywhenitwasbuilt, it isshownontheOrdnanceSurvey,conductedfor Ireland between 1829 and 1842.Apart from some repair work in

the early years, Foley hasmade fewchanges to the cottage, as he very

muchwantedtokeep its traditional,homely feel.Healsoretaineditssignaturepink

colour, which, he says, has made italmost a landmark for people livingin the area. “Neighbours tell peoplethat if they’ve passed the pinkhouse, they’ve gone too far,” hesays.Nowhe is ready todownsize and,

although he feels the cottagewouldbenefit hugely from a cosmetic

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FAST AND FURIOUS 9They may be biennials, but foxglovesare faster to grow than you maythink, and will give you a fuss-freecottage garden in less than a year,finds Jane Powers

HIGH SPIRITS 4Built for whiskey magnate JamesAllman in the 19th century, ArdnacarrigHouse, in Bandon, Co Cork, has beencarefully restored to retain its specialcharacter. It’s on sale for €2m, writesEithne Dunne

CHANGING ROOMS 5Regular redecoration keeps EvaMcConkey’s Edwardian redbrick inGlasnevin — in the family for over acentury — moving with the times,says Barbara Egan

HIPSTER HEAVEN 7The explosion of coffee shops in trendyStoneybatter, Dublin 7, speaks of therecent gentrification the inner city areahas undergone. So who lives there, andwhat sort of property is available?Locals tell Cian Molloy about the“Ranelagh of the northside”

BEYOND THE SUNRISE 8Looking for a holiday home abroad?You may be better off further afield.Emma Wells finds some desirableoptions, from Argentina to South Africa

revamp,heknowshewon’tbetheone todo it. “It lends itselfto anupgrade; youcouldputa fine extension on theproperty and still keep thetraditional appearance,”he says, adding that hewillbe sad to leave. “It has awonderful aura and awarmth about it. It has beena lovely home.”

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Known locally as ‘the pink house’, Bel Air Cottage has dual-aspect views of Killiney Bay and the Irish Sea