Starter homes: Blarney, Cork €52,950

Sq m: 818 (880 sq ft)

A house and an acre for just over €50,000 is on offer on the outskirts of Blarney, Co Cork at the moment through Fleming Auctioneers, Blarney.

The property, at the delightfully named, Knocknasuff, (there are plenty of brambles for jammaking here), is just a brisk walk to the tourist village off the Waterloo way, but is on a country byroad in a very sheltered, rural location.