Starter home: Tramore Road, Cork €285,000

The bonus of three decent worksheds, two with mechanics’ pits, could enable a buyer to work from home, and help pay the mortgage, on this four-bed bungalow called Sapphire. 

Set six doors away from the garda station on Tramore Road, and just off Cork’s south ring, Sapphire is guided at €285,000 by Johnny O’Flynn of Sherry FitzGerald, and could prove a smart buy given its good order, large garden, and super-handy sheds.

VERDICT: If you don’t need the pits for cars, how about wine cellar storage?