Starter homes: Kinsale, Co Cork €80,000

Sq m: 81 (870 sq ft)

Kinsale just had a top €3 million house sale this month — but 4, The Stables, in the Glen (near where the new SuperValu is being built), is in a completely different price league

This three-storey end-terrace townhouse has scope for up to three bedrooms, if the mid-level living room is switched over, notes selling agent Mark Rose of Rose Property Services in Cork City. He has an offer in of €80,000, and has further interest building up because of its bolt-hole, lock- up- and- leave nature.

VERDICT: good for an investor or those looking to escape city life, in a central Kinsale setting.