Starter Homes

CORK CITY €95,000

Sq m:83 (900 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 1

Broadband: Yes

Convenience of location is the key to 3 Calville, slap-bang on Cork city’s Bandon Road — it’s right next door to an off-licence, across the road from legendary Lennoxs chip shop, and few minutes walk to UCC or to the Lough.

For sale for €95,000 with agents Irish and European, it’s a street-fronting four-bed with rear yard, in need of upgrading.

It has two ground floor reception rooms, kitchen, and shower room.

VERDICT: An affordable buy for FTBs or investors.

BALLINLOUGH, CORK €200,000

Sq m: 93 (1,000 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 1

Broadband: Yes

THE only secret to this family home called Fatima is how to find it — it’s tucked away off Cork’s Ballinlough Road, at 8 South Lodge Grove, with the local GAA pitch to its rear.

A traditional three-bed with two reception rooms, it overlooks a public green and has a €200,000 AMV quoted by TJ Cronin of Irish and European. It has gas central heating, and a garage.

VERDICT: Settled and well-served suburban location, with lots of sports amenities to hand.