Starter Homes

ROCHESTOWN, CORK €265,000

Sq m: 125 (1,340 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

BER rating: Pending

Broadband: Yes

PROBABLY weighing in the upper end of the price threshold for most first time buyers is 73 Foxwood, a smart and sizeable semi-d that could well be a job for life.

Selling agent Jeremy Murphy has had some very recent sale successes in this Rochestown estate, and guides No 73 with its pleasant rear garden sunroom extension at €265,000.

It has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and two reception rooms, with the sun room off the back one, with a walled in sunny garden beyond, he adds.

VERDICT: If you don’t need more than three bedrooms, it has all the space you’d want.

TURNER’S CROSS, Cork €110,000

Sq m: 60 (646 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 2/3

BER rating: Pending

Broadband:Yes

This two/three bedroomed terraced house at 37, Fr Mathew Road, Turner’s Cross, Cork, is within a brisk walk of the city and is also located close to the south ring network, in a mature, residential area.

The guide price of €110,000 via agents Christy Ryan should suit first time buyers, but as the house will need renovation, and maybe an extension, those costs should be factored in to the overall spend.

VERDICT: A good starter home which could also suit an investment property, as the location is so close to town.