Starter Homes

DOUGLAS CORK €180,000

Sq m: 87 (940 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 3

Broadband:Yes

In a handy location off the South Douglas Road in Cork is 8 Moss Lane, in the Riverway scheme. Auctioneer Malcolm Tyrell of Cohalan Downing guides the three-bed semi just a shade shy of 1,000 sq ft at €180,000. It’s got a 16’ by 11’ front sitting room with double doors to a 17’ by 11’ kitchen/dining room.

VERDICT: All the essentials, in a modern semi-d, at an affordable price.

CLONEA, WATERFORD €180,000

Sq m:100 (1,100 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms:1

Broadband:Yes

Set only a kilometre or so from the golden sands of Clonea strand, west Waterford, is this four-bed bungalow on an easy-keep, three-quarter acre site, on the market as an executor sale. Estate agent Eamonn Spratt in nearby Dungarvan guides at €180,000 and says it’s south-facing, and in a very popular Clonea setting, with beaches and golf course nearby. It has a sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, four bedrooms, hall and shower room.

VERDICT: The site is so good, you’ll want to extend this system-built home in time

CORK CITY €90,000

Sq m: 48 (520 sq ft))

Bedrooms: 1

Bathrooms: 1

Broadband: Yes

The city is literally at your feet from 1 Red Abbey Hall, a one-bed compact and easy-living apartment option at the top of Cork city’s Douglas Street by Evergreen Road. New to market with Trish Stokes of Lisney with a €90,000 guide, it’s already under offer near that sum —. very close, it’s at €89k

In very good order, it has a mini kitchen/living area 19’ by 12,’ bathroom and bedroom and even has the equivalent of a roof garden, with a walk-out outdoor space allowed by site’s sloping topography.

VERDICT: The outdoor space is a bonus.