The cottage at Audley Cove looks like it has been there for a long, long time. In fact it was built in the mid-1990s to the exacting standards of two newcomers to the area, a photographer and a doctor.

The couple, who moved to this picturesque part of West Cork from Germany, are returning there for work reasons and their three-bedroomed house is now on the market through James Lyons O'Keefe for around £500,000 (635,000). Audley Cove is two miles from Ballydehob and three miles from Schull. The house overlooks the beach.

It looks like a traditional two-storey farmhouse but with two stone-built, single-storey extensions. One of these is home to the master bedroom which opens out on to its own courtyard. There is also an en suite in the extension.

The other two bedrooms are upstairs. Both are doubles and share a large bathroom.

Downstairs is mostly open plan, with the livingroom at one side of the house and the kitchen at the other.

This is a well planned, bright living area with a tiled floor, open fireplace with a raised hearth and white fitted kitchen units tucked into one corner. There is a large utility room off the kitchen. The dining room is in the second extension.

The interior decoration has been kept simple with white walls throughout, a mix of wooden and tiled floors and tongue and groove cladding on bedroom ceilings.

A separate building provides guest accommodation. It has a living room, a sauna, a shower room and a sleeping platform in the loft.