Starter homes: Well Road, Cork €255,000

Size: Sq m 116 (1,250 sq ft)

There’s extra space to the back of the three-bed townhouse at 8, Hettyfield Mews, thanks to a sun-room addition.

Likely to date about the early 1980s, the end-terrace house is just off the Well Road in Cork’s Douglas, and as another bonus has an attached garage on its side gable that’s a sizeable 24’ by 10’, and which is plumbed as a utility and also has a guest WC.

No 8 is on the market with Timothy Sullivan Associates, who pins a €255,000 guide to the 1,250 sq ft property, and which may have further extension potential at some stage thanks to the garage space to the side.

Mr Sullivan says No 8’s in good overall condition, and rooms include a main sitting room that’s 19’ by 13’ with fireplace, there’s a smaller dining room behind, and the kitchen has modern units.

Straight behind the house and reached from the back door is a simple sun-room, with low wall and a glass roof. There’s also external access via an arched gate from the front garden to the back patio garden.

Travel upstairs, and No 8 has three bedrooms, one a definite single size at 8’ by 7’, plus a main bathroom with shower.

VERDICT: A super-handy location within a short walk of Douglas, and ideal for those working in the fast-developing Mahon jobs hub.