Starter home: Pasage West, Cork, €220,000/230,000

Sq m 128 (1,375 sq ft)

There’s a choice of these lofty Pembroke Woods homes right now for sale, with just €10,000 in price difference between them, and two selling agents to boot, so you pays your money, and you takes your choice.

Dearer of the duo at €230,000 is 14 Pembroke Heights, a three-storey detached home with top floor master en suite, bright main living space 25’ deep and just over 10’ wide.