Starter homes: Hillside setting on edge of Cork City main selling point of old bungalow

Location: Ovens, Cork

This tired, but tastily-placed Curraghbeg, Ovens bungalow is all about the setting. Newly for sale, for €120,000, via Robert O’Keeffe of Irish and European, this is a buy for someone who has vision and building ambition.

Set just north and west of Ballincollig, up along the River Lee in a wooded, hillside setting, it’s a do-er upper, or even a knock-down and a rebuild job, depending on a buyer’s scale of vision, and budget. Right now, it’s sort of two-up two-down, with porch added on one side and a single-storey wing on another. Not only is the site fairly private, it’s pretty overgrown: it looks like a strimmer had to be used to improve access.