If a life in the sunny southeast tempts you, then here is a fine farm to consider: Knocknagopple House on 86ac, located between Waterford city and the picturesque village of Passage East.

The farm sits conveniently on the main road linking the two – the R683. It’s 9km from the quay in the centre of the city and 3km from Passage East.

It’s also a nice area – a steady stream of tourists and holiday makers head out to Passage East and take the ferry across the river to Ballyhack and on to Wexford town and Rosslare Harbour, enjoying the countryside as they pass through.

The farm is now on the market with Ennis Gough Property and for sale by private treaty. The guide price is €1.7m.

Among the highlights of this property is the fact it lies in one block. It has over 400m frontage on the main road and in addition, at the rear, frontage on the L8059 local road. There are three entrances into the fields, two on the main road and one on the local road.

The farm is good quality. It is in permanent pasture and lies in nine main fields. A stream runs along one side and past the front of the farm and on towards the River Suir near Faithlegg.

The land is let out on a short-term lease and a buyer will have vacant possession.

The farmhouse and yard are together in the centre of the farm on an elevated site. They are accessed by a gated entrance and a driveway of 250m.

The farmhouse and yard are together, in the centre of the holding.

The house is in very nice condition.

Living room with stove.

The two-storey house dates back to about 1850. It was extended in 1994 and is in very nice condition. Spacious at 2,500 sq ft (235m²), it has a sitting room, living room with stove, kitchen, dining room, a farm office, shower room and utility room. Upstairs there are six bedrooms, three of them ensuite, and the family bathroom.

Outside, there are pebbled parking areas at the front and rear of the house as well as a number of traditional, stone walled outbuildings.

The farmyard has steel sheds, built between the 1970s and 1990s which are in good working order.

They include a three-bay hayshed and two round roofed haysheds, each with a lean-to. One of these is a cubicle house. Gravel farm roads give access from the yard out to the fields.