Trading up: Sunday’s Well, Cork €475,000

Sq m: 370 (4,000 sq ft)

Lisheen, near Wellington Bridge in Cork’s Sunday’s Well suburb, is on an exceptional riverside site. But, it’s also a considerable renovation challenge.

Essentially two old houses, with as much as a century in age difference between them, they’ve been derelict and vandalised in recent years, with a couple of market dalliances, hopes raised, and dreams dashed.