Starter homes: Boreenmanna Road, Cork €225,000

Sq m: 130 (1,400 sq ft)

A bit different from the usual run of suburban homes in Cork’s Ballintemple is 1 Marble Hill — it’s a 1,400 sq ft four-bed end of terrace home, with decent gardens, shed and garage.

Likely to date to the early 1900s, it’s west-facing, with O’Connors Temple Hill funeral parlour immediately to the east, and is on the main Cork city-Mahon bus route, with lots of parks, sports fields and services all in the hinterland.