Look, Cobh isn’t like the rest of Cork. You’re literally on the harbor. That salt air? It’s hitting your roof every single day – corroding flashings, working into mortar joints, finding every weak spot. And the wind doesn’t mess around either. Most of these buildings are Victorian terraces. Gorgeous. Historic. Also built in the 1880s when they thought overlapping some slate was adequate waterproofing. So you’ve got 130-year-old timber facing Atlantic weather patterns it was never designed for. Plus – and this is the kicker – there’s zero shelter here. Douglas has hills. Ballincollig’s inland. You’re just… exposed. Which means what works on a roof five miles away won’t cut it in Cobh. Different materials. Different fixing methods. Different everything, really. We’ve spent 20 years figuring out what actually lasts in Cork Harbour conditions. That’s not marketing talk – that’s just what it takes when you’re dealing with coastal properties that get hammered by weather most Cork homes never see.