Home on the price range of a Waterford farmstead for €695,000
THE owners of the 1850s- era Waterford farmstead called Caherbrack haven’t exactly been work-shy — the considerably upgraded lifestyle rural retreat not only has been renovated to a high and stylish standard over the past several years, it comes for sale on 10 acres complete with well-roofed stone outbuildings, a five-bay long barn, cattle shed, enclosure for hens, fruit cage, raised beds, pristine yard and pizza oven/BBQ ….oh, plus there’s a gym and even a garden maze for any remaining free time.Phew.Set near the small village of Toureen and Ballinamult, on the Tipperary/Waterford border, and in flatland Comeragh and Knockmealdown Mountain territory about 20km north of Dungarvan, Caherbrack was a 2025 market listing with estate agent Maria Lawlor, of Savills, who relaunches it at €695,000 after a previous ‘sale agreed didn’t proceed, and who bills it as “an exceptional farmhouse that has been beautifully renovated.”Dating to the mid-1800s and extended so that now there’s over 2,400 sq ft within, with three bedrooms and a mix of well-finished rooms spread over internal split levels, it has sustainability at its revamped core.It comes with 28 solar panels with advanced battery packs, and hits a C1 BER — not too scanty for a stone-built home.“The system significantly reduces running costs, making the home extremely economical to operate,” says Ms Lawlor.Any excess energy here appears to have come from the owners and went into creating a slice of rural idyll, with courtyards, re-roofed stone workshed and stores, and the five-bay long and low-slung barn has lovely broad sandstone arches.That barn, with close to 1,700 sq ft in five divisions inside, has scope for home industry, hobby farm-related uses, or could be converted to possible living/guest accommodation, subject to planning.The setting is quiet, set back off a country road by some woods, with the house and buildings in the middle of the 10 acres.Also useful for any livestock uses is the adjacent concreted yard with sheltering four-bay, dry-bedded cattle or other livestock shed, while the gardens have wired enclosures for poultry and, separately, another for growing soft fruit away from predatory birds.In addition, there’s a robust greenhouse and raised beds for further herb, salad, and veg growing.Meanwhile, for human inhabitants, the house has an irregular room layout, with double height entry hall/kitchen dining set inside a wide arched entrance and some exposed stone on the exterior. It also has feature lighting, a gable end window on high, hardwood stairs to a bedroom, and bathroom over a ground floor en-suite bedroom.Off in the other direction is a sunken living room with wood-burning stove set. Next up is the very large kitchen/dining living room, about 32’ by 15’, with an en-suite bedroom on one side.On the other side is a back hall with shower room/utility, effectively allowing the house to be used by several family generations, or shared with guests, allowing each a measure in privacy indoors.There’s versatility in how the house can be used/divided, under separate well re-roofed sections with extensive PV panels, with a mix of windows placements and heights.On the left section gable is a stone room with high ceilings, used as a home gym/games room, and with further upgrade potential also if new owners so wish, with the vendors having set the bar quite high in terms of finishes, bathroom/ shower room quality, heating etc.There’s an easy connection to outdoor sitting/BBQ spaces, including covered seating under a glass-roofed pergola-like aream with culinary produce on hand from the wood-framed/polycarbonate glasshouse. Separately, the 10 acres are a mix of grazing/paddock and lawn.For those who want to lose themselves in more ways than one, there’s the future growth potential (for smallies anyway) in the box hedge maze planted in recent years, with Savills’ drone images showing its outline looking like a scannable QR code!
VERDICT: So much on offer, from quiet rural setting to acres of land, buildings and barn, gardens, animal/livestock facilities, all already set up for hobby or even more serious small-scale farming or horticultural enterprise, along with adaptable 19th-century farmstead with eco-energy cred, and income earning potential to boot.
