Willow Cottage, Kilmoganny, Co Kilkenny Asking price: €260,000 Agent: DNG Ella Dunphy (056) 7786000 It’s amazing what a lick of paint and some carefully thought-out renovations can do. They worked a treat for Willow Cottage, a four-bedroom bungalow, in Co Kilkenny, which has been transformed by its current owners. “It was soulless when we first moved in,” says David White, a stone mason, who bought the property in late 2019 with his wife Jennifer.
“It was a house and not a home, and in need of some love.” Built by the council around 1930, the 1,160sq ft bungalow had been rented in recent years. While it was structurally sound, the interior had a clinical feel and needed overhauling.
Read more “It wasn’t particularly inviting, but we could see its potential,” adds Jennifer, who runs a business called Posy and Cosy, creating bespoke crochet baby blankets and personalised knitted cardigans. First, they made alterations to the imposing ramp up to the front entrance. David used his stone cutting skills to create an attractive stone feature, which softened the appearance, and added a new front door.
The front of the property, with ramp access Then the couple, who were expecting their first baby, got to work on the interior. “I was seven months pregnant and moving quite slowly as a result, but we got to work and little by little, painted every room,” says Jennifer. “We wanted to brighten up the house and modernise it.
” Their baby, a little boy called Fel.
