Location: Glasheen Road, Cork, €145/155,000

Size: Sq m 45/65 (500/700 sq ft)

ABSOLUTELY as good as brand-new, out-of-the-box builds are this side-by-side duo of townhouses on Cork City’s Glasheen Road. In fact, about the only thing remaining of the original early 1900s homes here are the lower section of their front walls.

From there onwards, upwards and inwards, all’s shiny and new.