You don't have to travel to the Swiss Alps to live out your mountain chalet dreams. A Scandinavian-style home, made entirely of timber, in the Banner County, is less than a 20-minute drive from Lahinch Beach.
Set on the edge of a pine tree forest, a three-bedroom, D2 Ber-rated house looks like it was plucked straight from the set of Heidi.
Painted iron oxide red with its window surrounds picked out in yellow, it stands out from the more typical bungalows of rural Ireland.
Built in 2001, every single surface within is wood.
There's a veranda out front, a mezzanine level, and it comes with a self-contained apartment, where there is the potential to reinstate a sauna that once existed there.
Address: The Wooded House, Ballyea South, Inagh, Co. Clare, V95 F2D3
Price: €280,000
Agent: Streets Ahead Properties
In the main house, the rooms are spacious with wide doorframes.
You walk through the vibrant yellow, multi-glass pane front door straight into a spacious living cum dining room.
The home is warmed by oil-fired central heating and a solid-fuel stove, set atop a Liscannor flagstone. Extending to about 122 square metres, has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The apartment adds a further 42 square metres to the property.
A second multipane glass front door leads directly into the eat-in kitchen, whose off-white coloured cabinetry is set in an L-shape.
There is also built-in settee-style seating.
This too is dual aspect. Some of the timber wall is painted an espresso brown and show how well the surfaces can take paint.
Painting some of the surfaces in a breathable paint or wood tint would change its character, shifting the alpine aesthetic towards a Scandi chic one.
An open tread staircase leads up from here to the bedrooms.
In the self-contained apartment, the bedroom, shown above, is at mezzanine level, a cosy nest of a space, ideal for adult children or to have friends come and stay.
Ballyea South is located in Inagh, just a five-minute drive from the village's amenities, which include a primary school, creche, grocery shop, and church.
It is also just a 10-minute drive from the town of Ennistymon, which has plenty of shops, restaurants, and a thriving music and art scene. Lahinch beach is a 20-minute drive.
Streets Ahead Properties is seeking €280,000 for the house and apartment, which is set on 0.3 of an acre.
