Residential Property/Co Cork: €1.6m : Values for large country homes have risen by up to 15 per cent in the greater Dublin area and by 7-10 per cent elsewhere, says Edward Townsend of Colliers Jackson-Stops.
He estimates that purchasers have on average €2 million to spend.
If that's the case, there should be lots of interest in Classes House in Ovens, Co Cork, which is quoting €1.6 million by private treaty through Sherry Fitzgerald.
With over 280sq m (3,000sq ft) the house stands on two acres of gardens with an additional four acres of riverside meadow. It dates from 1820 and much of its period detail is intact. The accommodation includes a kitchen, drawingroom, diningroom, family room, basement and four bedrooms, one en suite. The house is a two-minute drive from Ballincollig village.
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