Make it a hoe, hoe, hoe Christmas at Sandown and turn it into a cracker

Alright, alright, not the prettiest in pictures right now, and even the concrete back yard hosts weeds and more weeds, and grass between the paving slabs, but in a way the photograph is honest — the place needs work.

And, you probably get what you pay for: the chance to do the house up to a better-looking prospect is made all the easier by the asking price, a quoted €125,000 via Michael O’Donoghue of REA O’Donoghue Clarke.

The house is 30, Sandown Crescent in Doughcloyne, Togher, close to the south ring road and Wilton Shopping Centre, as well as CUH, with schools and shops all around, and two third-level colleges a mile or two away also.