Starter homes: Passage West, Cork harbour €220,000

Sq m: 134 (1,450 sq ft)

There’s a bit of style to the interior decor of 48 The Brambles, a four-bed semi-d in the Pembroke Woods development, on the Cork side of Passage West.

Agent Glenn O’Connor of DNG Creedon in Douglas guides at €220k and stresses its interior quality, and spaciousness at about 1,450 sq ft.

It has interlinked reception rooms, via twin solid wood doors, and the back is part sitting room/dining area, next to a fitted kitchen.

VERDICT: The same DNG agent also has a lofty three-storey four-bed 1,340 sq ft home for €220k at 1, Hillside, within Pembroke Woods.