Starter home: Cork city - €120,000

PENTHOUSE might be too big a word for a small two-bed 600 sq ft city apartment — but it is top floor at least, in Harbour House.

No 12 is tucked under the dormer roof of this four-storey apartment block, near Cork’s Harbour Commissioners, bus station, City Quarter and Jury’s Inn on Lower Oliver Plunkett Street. Sherry FitzGerald seek offers around €120,000.

VERDICT: Handy city base.