Starter home: Rathpeacon, Co Cork €195,000

Family-friendly bungalow has plenty of garden space for child’s play.

Rathpeacon, Co Cork €195,000

Size: 111 sq m ( 1,200 sq ft)

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 1

BER: G

Features: Bungalow bless

Happy memories of time spent on a sun-soaked western Pacific island prompted a returning Missionary priest to call this Rathbeacon bungalow Mindanao.

Retiring to Ireland in the 1970s from the Phillipines island of that name, he built the 1,200 sq ft three-bedroom property on a site of a third of an acre.

Selling to the current owners in the 1990s, he told them that the walk to the city centre took exactly 40 minutes and that the back of the bungalow was a good spot for evening sun.

Mindful of Irish weather, the current owners have since put in double glazed teak windows, upgraded the oil-fired central heating and refurbished the property.

It’s now gone on the market with Keane Mahony Smith Auctioneers who are looking for offers of €195,000.

Accommodation includes a timber floored lounge with a fireplace and a 20’ long kitchen with white fitted units and appliances.

There’s also a bathroom and three carpeted bedrooms. Outside there is a carport and lawned gardens.

“This is a comfortable family home which is ready to move in to. It would suit a first time buyer or someone looking for an affordable detached house with large gardens for kids to run around in,’’ says auctioneer Darragh Taaffe, of Keane Mahony Smith.

Located at McSweeney’s Hill, Rathpeacon, Mindanao is around four kilometres from the city centre.

“It’s within a few minute’s drive from the link road and is within easy reach of shops in Blackpool Shopping Centre,’’ adds Mr Taaffe.

VERDICT: Affordable with good space.