{"id":545556,"date":"2026-07-12T07:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T07:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/545556\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T07:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T07:19:09","slug":"inside-estuary-ridge-kinsales-new-e950k-luxury-homes-overlooking-the-estuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/545556\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Estuary Ridge, Kinsale’s new \u20ac950k luxury homes overlooking the estuary"},"content":{"rendered":"

With more than 60 years in the business, Park Developments pride themselves on staying one step ahead: they were the first developer to include carpets in house sales at one of their early Dublin schemes; the first to dazzle house hunters with a colour telly in a showhouse; the first to offer kitchen appliances as part of the sales package in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

As buyers\u2019 expectations grew, the developer upped the ante: a Tudor-style estate in Dublin broke ground as the first homes in Ireland to include conservatories and painted kitchens in a new home sale. Cue queues of motivated home buyers and tyre kickers to view the show homes.<\/p>\n

In the noughties, a Diarmuid Gavin Chelsea Flower Show silver medal winning garden was transported back to Hanover Quay in Dublin 2 and installed as a landscaped courtyard.<\/p>\n

All of these touches are indicative of a developer skilled in marketing strategies and with an instinct for what home buyers like, which bodes well for Park Developments very first scheme in Cork, Estuary Ridge, where they\u2019re already on a winner with the Kinsale coastal location.<\/p>\n

A swish-looking nine-house development that does what it says on the tin: on a ridge, overlooking the Bandon river estuary, but with views extending in all directions to Kinsale town and its glittering marinas and across towards Compass Hill, it has the stamp of the kind of high-end product Kinsale is known for. It embraces the town\u2019s nautical traditions too, giving the homes names familiar to sailors: The Mooring, The Halyard, The Buoy, The Bowline. Two detached bungalows in the scheme are the well-heeled downsizer\u2019s dream: low maintenance, landscaped gardens, great views, within walking distance of the town and its quality hospitality offerings.<\/p>\n

Families keen for the outdoorsy lifestyle Kinsale can ably cater for \u2014 especially members of the sailing fraternity \u2014 will have a short stroll to the marina from one of the detached, four-bed, two-storey homes, of which the largest is 205 sq m.<\/p>\n

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If the showhouse doesn\u2019t convince you, nothing will. Tipperary-based Savvy Kitchens \u2014 who\u2019ve featured in TV shows \u2014 have worked their magic in units with colours reflective of ocean and driftwood. They\u2019ve also taken care of the bathrooms \u2014 think coral pinks and blues \u2014 and the wardrobes in all of the A-rated homes. Ash Wilson Design added deluxe finishing touches in these O\u2019Mahony Pike-designed properties with extra wide drives, terraced gardens and stretches of lawn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a very high PC package going with Estuary Ridge so the only thing the buyers will need to do is the flooring,\u201d say joint agents Elizabeth Hegarty of Savills and Patricia O\u2019Regan of Sheehy Bros.<\/p>\n

Ms O\u2019Regan adds that the aspect is fabulous, with south-west facing gardens and upstairs views of the open sea.<\/p>\n

While lots of developers sell off-plan, Ms Hegarty says Park Developments chose to hold private viewings, to showcase their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey wanted to build and demonstrate the quality of the product before selling,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The agents say they already have \u201cstrong local interest\u201d but that \u201coverseas enquiries won\u2019t be a surprise\u201d such is Kinsale\u2019s reputation, where millionaires and billionaires are known to sail in and snap up expensive properties.<\/p>\n

With prices starting at \u20ac950k and rising to almost \u20ac1.3m, Estuary Ridge isn\u2019t cheap, but the trade-off is a quality home in one of Ireland\u2019s most desirable coastal enclaves.<\/p>\n

\n VERDICT: It\u2019s Kinsale. What\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With more than 60 years in the business, Park Developments pride themselves on staying one step ahead: they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4257,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-545556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-cork-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}