You can jump in the water at the foot of the garden of this three-bed waterside cottage on 0.4 acres, seeking €425k, which is a quixotic mix of splendid isolation and yet is just 1.2 kilometres from the village, a car drive of 2 minutes. By boat, it's a little slower.
If you like sea breezes, swims at high tide, and to be able to take to water to do a little fishing, SUP boarding or kayaking when that calling comes, then Waterside cottage on the outskirts of historic village Fethard-on-Sea, on the eastern side of the Hook peninsula, could be the place for you to drop anchor.
Set on 0.44 acres that slope down to the water, the quirky detached dormer cottage is screened by mature hedging and trees.
Address: Waterside Cottage, Quay Road, Fethard-on-Sea, Co Wexford, Y34 PC94
Asking price: €425,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Radford
A six-bar gate, painted a farmyard red, marks the entrance.
The grounds include some fruit trees and slope down to a viewing platform, set just above the watermark, overlooking the water, a small inlet, and the sandbank on the other side.
This is an incredibly private spot to birdwatch the flats across the water or just shoot the breeze.
The property also comes with a mooring to the side of the house, where you can keep a small boat.
It’s ideal for a rowing boat with an outboard engine, that you could use to make excursions to town to pick up provisions from Fetherd-on-Sea, just for the hell of it.
By car, it’s a two-minute drive, while on foot, the journey time is about 15 minutes.
The real hook here is the setting, with a place to take a dip or take to the water at the end of the garden, for the kind of sums many exchange homes for, rather than telephone number pricing of super-prime properties.
So don’t expect sleek contemporary lines. Instead, enjoy its charm and offbeat layout.
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom house extends to 128 square metres across its two floors.
It has a porch big enough for buckets, spades, and wellies on days when the sun is absent.
Off the small hall is the first of its bedrooms.
And off it is the downstairs bathroom and utility room.
Opposite is an open plan kitchen, living diner. The dual aspect space is set out in an L-shape.
The dining area overlooks the garden and opens out to this verdant and ultra-private space, which includes a garden room.
Up a step is the kitchen. It doffs a cap at the coastal setting with marine blue subway tiles used as a splashback.
Vanilla coloured shaker door cabinetry is backed in timber panelling that is painted a sky blue to match the wainscotting around the room.
There is a similar style of panelling on the ceiling, above the living area, where a sofa is upholstered in shadow stripes of chambray, and the stairs up to the first floor lead up from here.
Upstairs, on the half landing, is a shower room.
On the first floor, there are two bedrooms.
The larger of the spaces is a big room, likely two rooms knocked into one, off which there is a shower room and a terrace that overlooks the sea.
This is a spellbinding and sheltered spot and likely the clincher for sea dogs looking for a place to drop anchor.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald Radford is seeking €425,000 for the D2 Ber-rated house.
