Starter homes: Bishopstown, Cork €300,000

Size: 120 sq m (1,300 sq ft)

It’s only seven years since the detached bungalow Winsley was considerably upgraded, but after a sale, and a few years more recently of being unoccupied, it now once more needs attention.

On three acres, it was bought perhaps a decade ago by a Bishopstown businessman, who took the majority of the grounds and built a very large new home directly above it. Before tackling the build, he did up Winsley to live in, and after making the move to the new home he put Winsley up for sale in 2007, then guiding €795,000.