The Lough, Cork €500,000

You have to look beyond the existing house at 34 Hartlands Road to see where the €500k value is: it’s in the back garden.

This dated and tired dormer bungalow, Lough View, at No 34 blocks access to a prime quarter acre plot behind, which could take a couple of new-builds.

Knock the existing house, develop the grounds and then replace/reinstate the current home with another - and you could get three houses in this popular setting by the city amenity feature that is the Lough, on the doorstep of UCC and major hospitals too.