Starter home: Shandon Street, Cork €159,000

There are lots of options for buyers of this venerable, characterful home, No 112 Shandon Street, in the heart of Cork City.

It has views of St Ann’s steeple from its upstairs living quarters, which is spread over two levels and has stripped and waxed floors and other old timbers.

The levels are as suitable for sub-division into two apartments as for use as one home, says agent, Trevor O’Sullivan, of Coldwell Banker Carlton Real Estate.