Scandi fashion meets West Cork appeal in €475k Schull Main Street condominium

A Scandi interiors vibe meets Schull heritage at this particular, upper-level one-off condominium, a part of a serious ‘best-in-class’ constructing renewal within the West Cork coastal hamlet chosen by Hamnet actor Paul Mescal some years again as his vacation dwelling base.

Done prime to toe with panache and design élan was Schull’s former and much-loved Adele’s Café and Bakery on the prime of Main Street — delivered by chef Nico Runske and his companion Holly Anderson Runske, together with his identify put up over the door as Nico’s restaurant and wine bar.

The proficient Mr Runske lower his culinary tooth at his Swedish mom Katarina Runske’s Grove House, a former Georgian-era home and small lodge on the sought-after Colla Road — usually dwelling to Schull’s highest-value properties, many within the million- and multi-million-euro worth vary.

Over the previous 5 years, the younger couple upgraded the constructing cloth at Nico’s to the best customary — from inside finishes to a brand new roof and rear works. While the restaurant garnered robust critiques and dependable seasonal prospects, the choice to promote was taken a couple of years again — initially with a price ticket in extra of €1m, later diminished to the €750,000–€800,000-plus vary.

With the restaurant as a consequence of reopen within the coming weeks and months with a unique meals providing and chef, the choice has been taken to supply the constructing’s overhead non-public residing lodging as a separate, stand-alone unit.

It is arguably an ideal lock-up-and-leave choice for a purchaser in search of a walk-in Schull town-centre dwelling completed to a excessive spec, with harbour and Cape Clear island views to the rear, and a solar terrace/balcony with stainless-steel railings.

For those that see potential within the now on-trend ‘living above the shop’ — or restaurant, on this case — the duplex-style condominium is on the market with property brokers Liam Hodnett of Hodnett Forde and Mary Cotter of Irish Rural Homes, with a information worth of €475,000 for the 1,275sq ft three-bedroom area, which incorporates in depth attic storage.

To get viewings off to a buzzy begin, the joint brokers will host an open viewing this Saturday from 1pm to 3pm, describing the lodging as “luxurious” and the renovation as reflecting the homeowners’ dedication “to the character of the building whilst simultaneously enhancing the home’s functionality and comfort”.

Entry is through non-public stairs off a shared street-level corridor, resulting in a first-floor fundamental residing and kitchen space, with birch ply models, open show shelving, and top-brand home equipment together with Smeg, Schott and Liebherr.

An built-in wood-burning range sits between show bookshelves. Flooring on each ranges is French oak, with natural-grain timber stairs. Windows are new sliding sashes with reclaimed pine shutters, and door handles are brass.

The property has been rewired and replumbed, with a brand new upstairs household toilet that includes a freestanding oval bathtub. The fundamental bed room suite features a bathe room/WC and a dressing space with built-in storage. Two additional bedrooms full the lodging, whereas a pull-down stairs supplies entry to a floored and insulated attic used for storage.

Auctioneer Liam Hodnett says a management-style settlement will cowl widespread areas and entry, including that the Runskes’ enhancements on the former Adele’s, now Nico’s, “offer both contemporary standards and lasting value for future owners”.

VERDICT: A tasty providing, upstairs and downstairs, on the Main Street of Wild Atlantic Way hub Schull — dwelling to a broad mixture of locals, blow-ins, sail-ins and the silver-screen set, from Paul Mescal to Saoirse Ronan at close by Ballydehob, in addition to company and regulars on the annual Fastnet Film Festival. Roll on summer time.