Starter Homes

BLACKROCK, CORK €220,000

Sq m: 97 (1,050 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

BER rating: C2

Broadband: Yes

A high quality kitchen, and a good interior, are some of the attributes of 35 Willow Bank, off Church Road in Cork City’s Blackrock suburb.

Priced at €220,000 by agents Sherry FitzGerald, the three-bed semi-d has a good setting in the cu de sac, by a green, with private back garden and off-street parking. Piece de resistance is the Leicht granite-topped high-gloss kitchen in the 19’ by 11’ kitchen/diner, with French doors to the rear patio.

VERDICT: Check it out.

WATERGRASSHILL €145,000

Sq m: 102 (1,096 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

BER rating: C2

Broadband: Yes

There’s a nice bit of space on offer for the money at 35, The View in Priory Court, in commutable Wategrasshill in Cork.

The three-bed semi-d is priced at €145,000 by REA O’Donoghue Clarke, and comes with a good 15’ by 13’ living room which links to a narrower 11’ by 8’ dining room behind, with patio access. It has a good C2 BER rating, front and back gardens, off-street parking and a quality shed as big as the dining room.

VERDICT: 35 has been well kept.