Starter homes: Dillons Cross, Cork €100,000

Sq m: 83 (900 sq ft)

Bidding took off quickly on 22 Stream Hill, an early 1900s house in Cork city’s Gardiner’s Hill, right by Dillons Cross when it hit the market in April. But, the buyer has just pulled out, and so the three-bed home needing some upgrading and guided back at €100,000 is available via Behan Irwin Gosling auctioneers.

It need some upgrades, but has got lots of extra scope, in a handy setting near St Patrick’s NS.