Starter Homes

KILBRITTAIN, CORK €110,000

Sq m: 90 (1,000 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 1

Broadband: Yes

Simple, central village life beckons at the Archway, a mid-terraced, street-fronting house with rear access in West Cork’s Kilbrittain, a mile from the beach at Harbour View.

It’s kept the character of an older house, with things like slate and wood floors, wood panelled ceilings, etc, with a brick fireplace in the 17’ by 10’ lounge, plus an open tread stairs to the upper three bedrooms and main bathroom. Agents SherryFitzGerald Brennan Busteed seek offers of €110,000.

VERDICT: Convenient coastal village setting.

GRENAGH, CORK €100,000-plus

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

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 2

Broadband: Yes

New to market with DNG Kevin Condon is 35, Gleann Aras in Grenagh, a mid-terraced townhouse within a walk of many local village amenities. It’s in good order, with porcelain tiled hall, living room and L-shaped kitchen/diner, there’s a guest WC, and one of the three wood-floored bedrooms is en suite.

VERDICT: It shouldn’t break the bank.

2 OSSORY PLACE €175,000

Sq m: 102 (1,100 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 2

Broadband: Yes

2 Ossory Place is a decent-sized mid-terraced townhouse which has recently been in two flats — but will convert back to a two-storey, three-bed home at the drop of a door/partition, says agent Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing, who is seeking €175,000 for the Evergreen Road property, within a 10 minute walk of Cork’s city centre, and which has shops, deli, pharmacy, schools, church on its doorstep.

VERDICT: It’s been re-roofed and has gas heating, plus several very nice fireplaces, and other features include original hall tiles, etc. Well worth a look.