Starter homes: Blackrock Road, Cork €149,000

Sq m: 70 (750 Sq ft)

Apartments at Dunraven Downs were built around the early 1980s for traders-down, coming a decade or so after two earlier blocks were built by the same Ashton address, near the city end of Cork’s Blackrock Road.

Now, the ground floor No 9 in Dunraven Downs is on the market with agent Tom Woodward, who guides at €149,000 for this well-set two-bed, with a sunny aspect. It overlooks well-kept grounds, and the newly reconstructed Ashton school. Within a walk of the city and with off-street parking, No 9 has an alarm, and video intercom.