Two lakeside properties on the Galway/Mayo border near Lough Corrib have come to the market with strong prices that illustrate the continued popularity of this remote but beautiful part of the country.
In Co Mayo, a three-bedroom timber-framed house with external limestone cladding on four acres at Ballycurrin Demesne, near Greenfields, is for sale by private treaty for £500,000-plus through newly-established Co Galway agent Helen Cassidy. Some 12 miles away at Clonbur, Co Galway, Tumneenaun House, a two-bedroom bungalow on half an acre, is for sale by private treaty through Jackson-Stops McCabe. It is being sold furnished for a price in the region of £265,000.
Both houses would make good holiday hideaways, particularly, of course, for anglers. The house at Ballycurrin Demesne, 10 miles from Cong, at Greenfields, is on a peninsula of wooded land extending out into the Corrib, and enjoys total seclusion.
Built to a Swiss design, the house features a wooden verandah overlooking the lake and extending half-way around the house, with a wooden terrace outside the main bedroom. The wood theme continues throughout the house, which has wood-lined walls, wooden floors and beamed ceilings. Downstairs is the kitchen, utility room, and openplan diningroom/livingroom with an open fireplace and French doors. There are two en suite bedrooms at this level. A staircase leads upstairs to an extensive galleried landing, off which is a third en suite bedroom.
The property includes a garage, a pumphouse, and water treatment system.
Tumneenaun House, in Clonbur, also enjoys a secluded setting, with views over Lough Corrib and the distant mountains. It is approached via a long lane from the main road, and has private access to the lakeshore and a boat slip, directly below the house.
The accommodation consists of a sittingroom with a large dining area which has a fireplace featuring hand-painted Portuguese tiles and a pine mantel. The kitchen has a stainless-steel sink and part-tiled walls. Both bedrooms have built-in cupboards, and one is en suite. There is also a guest annexe with quarry-tile floors throughout. This has an open-plan sittingroom with a curtained-off sleeping area containing two beds, a utility room, and a shower room. Outside, there is a garage/workshop, which can be used as a boathouse. This property has a telephone and a septic tank. It is just four miles from Cong, Co Mayo.
