Co Kilkenny/€250,000: A pretty two-bedroom cottage near Inistioge in Co Kilkenny has just come on the books at Seamus Callanan Auctioneers. Refurbished, Glenore Cottage is in a quiet rural setting about 2.5 miles from Inistiogue. The asking price is €250,000.

The house and gardens are surrounded by mature trees and shrubs which provide a good degree of privacy. A quaint double door opens into a small porch which in turn leads to a sittingroom with an original stone fireplace, old ceiling beams and three recessed windows overlooking the garden.

Next door, the larger kitchen diningroom has a full range of country-style units and double doors opening into a livingroom with a high vaulted ceiling and two bay windows. This is an extension to the cottage and it overlooks the lawned garden on three sides. Beyond the livingroom a lobby has a shower room, and a staircase leading to the upper floor where there are two bedrooms and a shower room.

The cottage-style gardens have been immaculately kept and the grounds include a large stone-built workshop suitable for a number of purposes.