Starter homes

We view a selection of starter homes from around the country.

Glanmire, Cork €235,000

Sq m: 120 (1,300 sq ft))

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 2

BER rating: C2

There is more house than you would imagine at Dromana, a three-bed semi-d in Cork’s Barnavara Hill, Glanmire.

It has two large linked reception rooms (the back one is 21’ by 12’) plus kitchen/ breakfast area, a guest loo, and bright hall, with most of the rooms painted a bright white as well.

Guided at €235,000 by agent Matt Fallon, Dromana has low-maintenance gardens front and back, with perimeter planting.

VERDICT: The location is very popular and condition is excellent.

Sneem, Kerry €110,000/€125,000

Sq ft: 1,215/1,530

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 3

BER rating: B3

The last four new-build houses in Sneem’s Ardsheelane scheme are for sale with agent Tom Spillane, fully finished and ready to move into.

He’s got one mid-terraced of 1,215 sq ft guiding €110,000, and three much larger (1,530 sq ft) three beds for €125,000. Prices here have ranged from €140,000 to over €200,000 in the past few years, selling to second-home buyers, holiday house owners and investors who rent them out.

VERDICT: Good specification, oil heating, and value, in Ring of Kerry’s picturesque Sneem.