Insta-worthy thatch cottage on the outside, it has an equally photogenic and upgraded interior, thanks to its designer owner.
Deep in strawberry-picking country is a chocolate box pretty, two-storey thatch cottage that epitomises the rural idyll.
Set on almost 1.5 acres of grounds, the owner of Wells Cottage, a pristinely whitewashed D2 Ber-rated abode, fell for it in 2019.
Address: Wells Cottage, Ballyrea, Wells, Ballyedmond, Gorey, Wexford, Y25 PF88
Asking price: €495,000
Agent: Warren Estates
Interior designer Jennifer Grace runs The Good Room in Baldoyle, D13, and she’s decorated it in a classic contemporary style with an emphasis on casual coastal.
She had it rewired and rethatched the main part of the house, replacing the thatch on the single-storey extension with a slate roof.
She also installed a new oil boiler and upgraded the system, including flushing it to optimise efficiency.
Insulation improvements have brought the Ber rating up from an E2 to a D2.
Wells Cottage is a rather spacious two-storey house.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom detached residence extends to 142 square metres.
Some of the walls are five feet thick, and parts of the property are reported to date from the 1600s.
The front door is under the thatched porch, and its front door has a half-door that, in summer, can allow air to circulate without small children or pets wandering outside unsupervised.
It has been painted in soft chalky neutral tones by paint company Farrow & Ball.
The neutral-coloured tiled floors are softened by layers of rugs.
To the left of the hall is the living room, a dual aspect space with a wood-burning stove set into its inglenook fireplace.
Soft grey linen upholstered seating is set around a large ottoman, ideal for accommodating visitors.
Across the hall in the eat-in kitchen, which has a Belfast-style sink, the cabinets are painted in Slipper Satin, and one wall has dresser-style joinery.
This opens through to a family room that opens out to the extensive sandstone paved terrace at the back,
There are two bedrooms at this level, a double and a bunk room, along with a shower room.
Upstairs, there are two more doubles set under the eaves.
These share a full bathroom.
The property last sold in 2019 for €455,000 according to the property price register.
Situated about 17 kilometres south of Gorey and east of Enniscorthy, it is 11 kilometres to the nearest beach at Cahore Strand.
Agents Warren Estates is seeking €495,000 for the property.
