Underhill, Rockhill West, Rockchapel, Mallow, Co. Cork, P51 T0V1

Underhill is a charming, immaculately presented 4-bed extended and renovated dormer bungalow. The current owners have used space creatively to extend while retaining a welcoming atmosphere and maximising the light inside the property. The bright, square kitchen adjoins dining room with beautiful stone fireplace with Boru wood-burning stove, leading to cosy sitting room with Boru wood-burning insert (both chimneys lined and cowled). There is a bedroom off the dining room which could easily be used as a home office or playroom. A corridor from the kitchen, with 2nd bedroom and family bathroom, leads to a bright, spacious studio room with patio doors to the garden. The first floor has 2 further bedrooms, with master en suite, and plenty of storage space. All bedrooms are doubles.

The current owners have transformed the outside of the property into a rich and wondrous garden with a huge variety of plants and trees that work with the local climate. Trees include variety of flowering crabapples, hazel, bird cherry, bamboo, willlow, viburnum opulus and aronia, carefully postioned around a pond, with 2 sheds (10'x8' and 8'x6'), greenhouse and chicken coop.

A 4-year-old boiler in the adjacent shed heats the radiators in the house. There is a thermodynamic panel on the roof providing virtually constant hot water (set at 48°) and 11 solar panels with a connected battery, delivering 3.5 kilowatts.

Rockchapel (Séipéal na Carraige) is a delightful village in north Cork very close to the Kerry and Limerick borders. Abbeyfeale is the closest large town being c.20 km, Castleisland, Charleville are within 30 km and Kerry Airport is approx 45 km or 35 minutes. Nestled in the Mullaghareirk Mountains, the village is part of the culturally rich Sliabh Luachra area. It has a local National School with other essential local amenities, including two pubs, a shop, a community centre, Catholic church, GAA grounds and undertakers,