Starter homes: Clonakilty, West Cork €239,000

Size: 130 sq m (1,400 sq ft)

The bedrooms tally at No 2 Chestnut Meadows might be modest, with just three rooms on offer, but the floor area is generous at 1,400 sq ft, and other bonuses with the Clonakilty town home is the fact it’s detached, is on a very decent size of about one-fifth of an acre, and there’s an attached garage, ready and prime for conversion and integration as further living space.

Built about 20 years ago in a scheme of 10 houses on Clon’s western fringes, and ranged around a shared green, No 2’s a home ready to be brought to a new level for private, family occupation.