Starter home: 

Size: 310 sq m (3,200 sq ft)

The €245,000 asking price on the house called Ard na Laoi at Bathview, Mallow is just for starters - there’s also planning in place for three more detached homes to be built, at this three-quarter acre town site, giving it an appeal to builders as well as families or those with a business plan in mind.

A former B&B, and proposed medical centre, it dates back 110 years, and now after being empty for a few years needs TLC, and new uses, suggests Barry Nagle of Global Properties in Cork who admits that right now, “it’s showing its age, and is looking for an owner to make it beautiful again.”

VERDICT: Lot of options.