Starter Homes

TURNERS CROSS CORK €150,000

Sq m: 90 (980 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

BER rating: E1

Broadband: Yes

A private site, with garage, in a great location near Cork city centre mark Oakdene, or No 6 Beaufort Park as one to look over, says selling agent Lucy Wolfe. The old-fashioned semi-detached cottage is off Curragh Road in Turner’s Cross, has two reception rooms, three bedrooms and gas central heating.

VERDICT: A great place to call home.

CORK CITY €180,000

Sq m: 93 (1,000 sq ft))

Bedrooms: 5

Bathrooms: 1/2

Broadband: Yes

You’ve room for friends, and rent-a-roomers, at 10 Dunbar Street, in old Cork city centre near all services, including the South Parish Church right next door. The three-storey end-terrace older-era house has a back yard, gas heating, double glazing, up to five bedrooms and a kitchen, and rear living room overlooking a back yard.

VERDICT: Loads of city space.

GLANMIRE, CORK €215,000

Sq m: 114 (1,227 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 3

Broadband: Yes

Agent Garry O‘Donnell of ERA Downey McCarthy says they’ve had a good run of Glanmire house sales in the past year, and he reckons the quality — and pricing — of 11 Rivergrove will continue the trend.

He guides this smart four-bed semi-d at €215,000, noting it has two reception rooms, kitchen/diner, and three bathrooms, all immaculately maintained.

VERDICT: Add in a location at the entrance to Marwood, and a south-west aspected back garden, and it’s good to go.