Pouladuff Road, Cork city: €280,000

Carrying the sylvan-sounding name of Woodbine Chateau is this fascinating 1950s bungalow, near the Lough on Cork’s Pouladuff Road — and it’s well worth a peek.

Already a decent large size at 2,000 sq ft thanks to a box dormer addition and a simple sun room to the back, its trump card apart from old-world character is a smashing site of one-third of an acre, so close to the city, to UCC and the wildfowl sanctuary of The Lough. If you’re stuck for a more precise location, think the old Atlantic Homecare/Woodies DIY store on Pouladuff Road.

And, that proximity to Woodies is useful surely, as Woodbine Lawn is a do-er upper, needing pretty much a full modernising makeover. It’s still got its original steel windows, andthat allied to some open fires plus some gas ones helps propel it to a lowly-enough E1 BER.