The PDF the buyer gets: 16 pages plus the 7-page BER certificate, 2 red, 3 amber. Click any page to open it.

Inside a river and coastal flood zone (high probability)

The point falls within the OPW 1 in 10 year (high probability), 1 in 100 year (medium probability), 1 in 200 year (medium probability) flood extent (South Western Cfram Study). Expect insurers to ask about it and check the OPW map before bidding. OPW recorded 11 past floods within 500 m: Clonakilty Flooding 19th November 2009 (19/11/2009), at this spot; Flooding at Clonakilty, Co Cork, 28th June 2012 (27/06/2012), 100 m away; Clonakilty, Co.Cork 6th January 2014 (06/01/2014), 120 m away. Recorded floods are the first thing an insurer's postcode model knows about; ask the seller what happened to this house.

BER F (2026 scale, was F): very poor, expect high bills and grant-worthy retrofit

340 kWh/m²/yr primary energy, 46.0 kg CO₂/m²/yr, 122 m², built 1860, Mid-terrace house. Certificate [number hidden], issued 2026-06-23, valid until 2036-06-23. Issued on the simplified A0 to G scale in force since 24 May 2026; for C and above the energy thresholds match the old letters (CSO).

Japanese knotweed recorded about 80 m away (2017)

2 records within 250 m, the latest from 2017. The record is placed to 100 m, so the plant may be anywhere within that of the point. Roots reach three metres down and seven metres out, come up through tarmac, drains and floors, and a fragment the size of a fingernail regrows. Treatment takes three to five seasons; excavated soil is licensed waste. UK lenders decline or condition mortgages when it is within seven metres of the house, and Irish lenders and surveyors are following. Walk the boundaries and any lane or stream behind the house, and ask the seller in writing whether knotweed is or was on the property and what treatment records exist. A lender's valuer may ask for a management plan from a specialist contractor. Records are sightings by surveyors and volunteers, not a survey of every garden: no record does not mean no plant. Knotweed has hollow bamboo-like canes with purple speckles, heart-shaped leaves and creamy flower tassels in late summer; it spreads along rivers, railways, roadsides and disturbed ground.

3 large developments proposed within 300 m

[ref hidden] (Cork County Council): The construction of a 3-storey apartment building, comprising of 10 no. apartment units (2no. studios, 2no. 1-bed and 6no. 2-bed units) with individual private open space areas. The proposed development will also.... Status: Awaiting Recommendation. 27 applications in the last three years in total. Building control: 14 commencement notices within 300 m since 2014, the latest Jun 2026 (Permission for construction of new private dwelling, together with wastewater treatment...).

On the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (regional rating)

House, built about 1850 to 1890, NIAH [number hidden]. Buildings the NIAH rates Regional or higher are normally added to the council's Record of Protected Structures: then windows, roofs, extensions and even paint need planning permission, works cost more, and BER-driven insulation is restricted. Ask the seller's solicitor for a Section 57 declaration and check the RPS in the development plan. The site is within a Sites and Monuments Record notification zone (historic town nearby, prison nearby, market-house nearby). Any digging (extension, septic tank, driveway) needs two months' notice to the National Monuments Service and the council will attach an archaeologist condition to planning.

Built about 1860: a pre-1900 mid-terrace house, solid walls and old services

Year of construction 1860, as recorded on the BER certificate. Solid walls in lime mortar, no damp-proof course and no cavity to insulate: these houses need to breathe, and modern cement render or sealed floors cause the damp they were meant to stop. Lead: houses plumbed before 1970 often still have lead pipes inside and to the street; Uisce Éireann replaces its side free, the house side is the owner's. A plumber can tell from the pipe at the stop tap. Asbestos, from later works: used in Irish building until the late 1980s and in some products until 2000, in soffits, garage and shed roofs, flue pipes, Artex ceilings, floor tiles and old boiler cupboards. Harmless left alone, expensive to remove; a surveyor should list any. Wiring: if never rewired, ask for a periodic inspection report from a Safe Electric contractor; rewiring a house runs to five figures. Nothing built before October 1964 needed planning permission, so an empty planning file is normal; see the heritage check for protected-structure status. A building survey is the only way to know, and the year tells the surveyor where to look.

No registered title mapped at this point

The Land Registry has no freehold or leasehold title mapped under this roof. That usually means the house is still in the Registry of Deeds, common for houses built before the 1970s in cities and towns. Your solicitor investigates the deeds instead of a folio, conveyancing takes a few weeks longer, and first registration in the Land Registry is compulsory after this sale, at the buyer's cost. Confirm on landdirect.ie: Proceed as Guest, search this Eircode; a registered property shows a folio number, an unregistered one shows nothing to buy.

Garden not on the Land Registry map: check at the viewing

The Land Registry has no boundary mapped under this roof (Registry of Deeds title, common for pre-1970s houses in towns), so the garden cannot be placed from the map. Take a compass app to the viewing and stand with your back to the rear wall: the direction you face is the garden's aspect. South and west catch the evening sun.

Medium radon area: about 1 in 10 homes affected

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Orange on the EPA map, which the EPA calls medium risk: at the 10% threshold for a High Radon Area, but not classed as one. Nothing to do before you buy; a €50 three-month test after you move in settles it, and a sump or fan fixes a high result.

On the Clonakilty and Environs sewer: treatment plant fails EU standards

The home sits inside the Clonakilty and Environs sewered area (EPA agglomeration D0051, about 13,829 population equivalent), so a public sewer connection is the norm. Confirm the actual connection with the seller or Uisce Éireann: the odd house inside a town boundary still has its own tank. Treatment plant: 3NP - Tertiary N&P Removal, latest EU directive compliance fail. The plant missed the EU treatment standard at the last check. It is a town-level problem, not a cost to you, but planning for new houses can be held back by an overloaded plant.

Zoned city/town/village centre, central area: Town Centre/Neighbourhood Centres

Promote the development of town centres and neighbourhood centres as the primary locations for retail and other uses that provide goods or services principally to visiting members of the public. Zoning objective from the Cork County Development Plan 2022. Not a residential zone; check what may be built next door.

Cork County Council keeps its register offline: ask the council

Every council must keep a Derelict Sites Register (Derelict Sites Act 1990) and let the public inspect it, but Cork County Council does not publish it as map data, so this section cannot be read from here. If the house or a neighbour looks neglected, ask the council's planning office whether the address is on the register or has had a section 8(2) notice. A listed site in a town or city pays a levy of 7% of its market value every year (Derelict Sites Act 1990, section 23), and the council can buy it compulsorily.

50% of homes privately rented (Ireland 19%)

Census small area 047096006, Clonakilty, in Clonakilty Urban electoral division: 65 occupied homes and 174 residents in April 2022. The stock is a mix of houses (48%) and apartments (52%), built across several periods, the largest share before 1919 (42%). Tenure: 44% owner-occupied (8% with a mortgage), 50% rented privately (well above the national 19%), 2% council or approved-housing tenants. Electricity heats 52% of homes; 10% have solar panels or another renewable. 9% of dwellings were vacant on Census night (Ireland 8%) and 5% are holiday homes (Ireland 3%). A small area is a block of about 100 homes, so this is the street rather than the district; the electoral-division figures are in the neighbourhood profile.

The Clonakilty Stream 40 m away: moderate water status

The nearest assessed river is the Clonakilty Stream, 40 m from this point, rated Moderate for 2019-2024 under the Water Framework Directive. Moderate means it fails the EU target, usually nutrients or silt from farms, sewage or urban run-off. Not a health warning, but the river is under pressure. The status is set for the whole water body, not this stretch, and the line is a generalised one, so treat the distance as approximate. No designated bathing water within 3.0 km.

Bus roughly hourly daytime, 1 min walk

Bus: Clonakilty stop 100 m (1 min walk), both directions, routes 237, 253, 253t. On a typical weekday 12 departures, first 07:00, last 22:07, roughly hourly between 7am and 7pm (all of them counted together). Saturday 11, Sunday 8. Another 1 stop within 500 m, adding route 230. No station within 2 km; nearest is Cork (Kent), 43.0 km in a straight line. Counts come from the current national timetable for a typical week; check live times and the exact route on the TFI journey planner before relying on a connection.

Weekday

12 buses

Saturday

11

Sunday

8

First

07:00

Last

22:07

Single address: a house or a whole building

[street hidden], Clonakilty, Co. Cork is the only Eircode at this roof. A Land Registry folio, the BER and the sale history all refer to the same property. Title: the Land Registry title section below shows whether this house is registered, freehold or leasehold, and draws the registered plot over the map.

No tenancy is registered at this Eircode with the RTB

The RTB register lists no tenancy for the Eircode: no landlord has registered a letting here, which is what an owner-occupied home looks like. Check it yourself in a minute: open rtb.ie/check-the-register, type the Eircode, the register answers on the spot. Two gaps: a tenancy registered years ago without an Eircode would not match, and a landlord who never registered leaves no trace here. If the listing or the seller mentions a tenant, treat the home as let regardless and ask the solicitor about vacant possession before you pay a deposit.

No coastal erosion mapped within 500 m

Not near the OPW predicted 2050 erosion line and no recorded erosion event nearby. Inland addresses will always be clear here; the ICPSS covers the soft (non-rock) coast only.

No county-wide defective-block or pyrite scheme for Co. Cork

Individual cases exist everywhere, so still get a structural survey. This check is about known regional problems only.

Built-up area on Kinsale Formation

Built-up area, subsoil not mapped by GSI, on Kinsale Formation (not depicted undivided on map). Nothing in the GSI layers that usually affects foundations or insurance.

No management company found for this address

No owners' or residents' management company on the CRO register carries the estate or street name (searched: [street hidden], CLONAKILTY). Typical for an older street or a rural house: no service charge. Newer estates with private open space usually do have one, so ask the seller directly if the estate was built after 2000.

Not on any strategic noise map

Below 55 dB Lden from mapped roads, railways and airports, or outside the mapped agglomerations and national routes. Local traffic and neighbours are not modelled.

Air quality typical for Ireland, within EU limits

Annual mean for the 1 km square around the home, 2024 (EEA map built from monitoring stations and modelling). PM2.5 7.2 µg/m³, 1.4 times the WHO guideline of 5 (Irish median 5.7); NO2 5.2 µg/m³, below the WHO guideline of 10 (Irish median 2.2). EU limits: today PM2.5 20 and NO2 40, from 2030 PM2.5 10 and NO2 20. Like most of Ireland, above the strict WHO guideline for fine particles but well inside EU limits.

No licensed industry, waste site or quarry within 2.0 km

Nothing in the EPA industrial and waste licence registers, the historic landfill register, the abandoned mines inventory or the GSI quarry directory within 2 km. Small workshops and farms are not licensed by the EPA and will not show here.

No high-voltage line or substation within 1.0 km

No 110, 220 or 400 kV pylon line mapped within 1.0 km of this point, and no substation right beside it. Ordinary street poles carry 10 to 20 kV and are not counted; every house has those. In cities the grid runs underground and does not show here.

No planning file for this address

Nothing on the national planning register (about 2010 on) or the building-control register (2014 on) names this Eircode or address. Exempted development never appears here. Since 27 July 2026 that covers a rear extension of up to 45 m² in total, a side or rear dormer of up to 30 m³ and a garden shed or office of up to 30 m², each within conditions. Before that date the limits were 40 m² and 25 m² and a dormer needed permission, so an older dormer with no file here is a question for the seller's solicitor. Ask the seller for the architect's certificate of exemption if anything has been added.

About €109.25 a year, LPT band 1

At €200,000 to €250,000 (last registered sale, 2025) the house sits in band 1 (up to €240,000). Basic rate €95. Cork County adds 15% in 2026. Valuations are fixed until 2030, so what the seller declared may be lower than today's price.

Stamp duty €2,000 to €2,500 and €700 to register the title

At €200,000 to €250,000 (last registered sale, 2025) stamp duty is 1%, €2,000 to €2,500, paid through your solicitor on closing. Registering you as owner with Tailte Éireann costs €700. On top of that come the solicitor's own fee (get it in writing, plus 23% VAT and searches), a survey and the lender's valuation. Help to Buy and the First Home Scheme are for new builds, so they do not apply to this house; for reference, the First Home Scheme ceiling in Cork County is €450,000 for houses. One exception: a tenant buying the home they rent after a Notice of Termination can use the First Home Scheme. Rates as published on 7 October 2026; a Budget can change them.

Stamp duty

€2,000 to €2,500

Land Registry

€700

Help to Buy

second-hand, no

First Home Scheme

second-hand, no

Last sold in 2025 for €200,000 to €250,000

1 registered sale: 2025 €200,000 to €250,000.

Median €325,000 within 1 km (29 sales, 12 months)

29 registered sales within 1 km in the last 12 months, median €325,000, up 8% on the previous 12 months (€300,000, 37 sales); the middle half sold between €200,000 and €440,000. RTB average new-tenancy rent in Cork, 2025 Q4: all homes €1,566, one-bed €1,153, two-bed €1,472, three-bed €1,608, apartments €1,428, semi-detached €1,738 a month, up 9% on 2024 Q4. Gross rental yield at the local median: about 5.8% before costs. Since 1 March 2026 rent control applies nationwide (it replaced the Rent Pressure Zones): rises for sitting tenants are capped at inflation or 2%, whichever is lower, so an investor's income follows the RTB index, not the asking rents.

Clonakilty station: 220 incidents in 2025, -30% on trend

Clonakilty Garda station, Co. Cork. 220 recorded incidents in 2025, -30% against the 2020 to 2024 average. Most common: public order 39, dangerous or negligent acts 29, theft 24; burglary 5. Busier than 67% of Ireland's 564 stations, which mostly reflects how big the station's area is.

Clonakilty Urban: marginally above average (Pobal 2022), 51% owner-occupied

Clonakilty Urban electoral division, Co. Cork, Census 2022: 4,475 residents; 51% owner-occupied (typical Irish division 85%); 29% private renters, 16% council or approved-housing tenants (typical Irish division 2%); 41% of adults with a third-level degree (typical Irish division 36%), 11% left school at primary level; 35% in professional or managerial jobs; unemployment 8% (typical for Ireland); 24% of families with children are lone-parent. Pobal HP index +1.3 ("Marginally Above Average"), more affluent than 59% of Irish electoral divisions. An electoral division averages 1,500 people, so a single estate can differ from these figures.

Full fibre available: Open Eir 5 Gb, NBI 5 Gb

Open Eir fibre 5 Gb, NBI fibre 5 Gb, Open Eir part-fibre 9 Mb. Inside the National Broadband Plan intervention area: NBI status "ready to connect" since 2025-02-19. Speeds are the operator's expected peak download; retail providers sell on these networks.

Good 4G from all three networks, 5G from all three

Outdoor 4G signal at the door: Eir very good, Three very good, Vodafone very good. 5G: Eir, Three, Vodafone. GoMo, 48, Tesco Mobile, Lyca, Sky and Clear ride on these networks, so pick by parent. Indoors expect one level lower; new A-rated homes with foil-backed insulation and triple glazing can lose 4G at the kitchen table even where the map says very good, so wifi calling matters.

Nearest mobile mast 320 m away

1 licensed mast site within 500 m, 1 within 1.0 km; the nearest is a shared site (Eir, Three and Vodafone) 320 m away. ComReg has measured radio emissions at a site 290 m away (report 19/78_4); ComReg says every one of the 1,900-plus sites it has surveyed came in well below the ICNIRP public limits, and the report is on Site Viewer. Public-health bodies (WHO, ICNIRP, the EPA) find no health effect from mast emissions at the levels measured in Ireland; the practical points are the view and that some buyers rule a house out over it.

Cork city centre 1 h 03 min at 8:15 on a Tuesday

Driving times for a departure at 8:15 on a Tuesday morning, using the typical traffic for that hour on each road: Cork city centre 1 h 03 min (54 km; 49 min with no traffic). Door to town centre, not to a workplace, and parking is extra. The area you can reach by car in 30 minutes at that hour is drawn on the map. Bus and rail options are in the Public transport section.

4 primary and 2 secondary schools nearby

4 primary schools within 1.5 km: Scoil na mBuachailli (180 m, 254 pupils, Catholic); St Joseph's Girls National School (831 m, 210 pupils, girls); Gaelscoil Mhichíl Uí Choileáin (864 m, 386 pupils, Gaelscoil); Kilgariffe N S (1.2 km, 51 pupils). 2 secondary schools within 3 km: Clonakilty Community College (370 m, 684 pupils, inter-denominational); Sacred Heart Secondary School (851 m, 538 pupils, girls). Gaelscoil and Irish-medium schools teach every subject through Irish. Enrolment is the Department's latest count; places depend on each school's admissions policy, so ask about catchment and waiting lists.

Daily errands on foot: shop, pharmacy and green space within a kilometre

Nearest: convenience shop (Asian Store) 80 m, pharmacy 580 m, GP 230 m, park 80 m. Within 1.5 km: 11 cafes, 11 pubs, 8 supermarkets, 6 parks, 5 convenience shops, 5 petrol stations, 3 GPs.