Starter homes: Passage West, Cork €85,000

Sq. m: 67 (730 sq ft)

Set just off the roundabout on the Cork side of Passage West in the harbour is Rockenham, where the mid-terraced home 27 St Joseph’s Terrace is for sale.

Agent James Crowley guides this starter two-bed at a very manageable €85,000, and says it’s got walled gardens front and back, is south-facing with oil heating, and has two bedrooms upstairs with modern kitchen, bathroom and sitting room at entry level.

VERDICT: An easy first step, affordable to buy, and inexpensive to maintain and upgrade.