Stylish overhaul a winner as home finds willing bidders over €200,000

A PRICE survey marks the fact that the average Irish house now costs a startling and painful to fund €200,000. Just as that stark reality sinks in, a mature city house which came on the market in Cork pitched just below that figure has been bidded up well past200,000 by its first viewer.

No 3 East View Terrace in Cork city is a three-bedroomed mid-terraced house, gutted and given a total overhaul by its vendor since he bought it over the last few years.

Smart, stylish, individual, ready to move into and very well located, it is appealing mostly to first-time buyers keen on city living and who want a bit more space than an apartment offers. But with three bedrooms investors will also calculate their sums on likely rental returns.