Starter home: Turner’s Cross, €225,000

No 3 Woodview Terrace, Derrynane Road in Cork city’s older suburban Turner’s Cross, is a well-located fixer upper with good space.

Built in the 1940s and subsequently extended, it’s a three-bed house with 1,170 sq ft of living space.

Guiding at €225,000, it is on the market with Remax auctioneers who say it needs modernisation and redecoration.

It has a living room a dining room, a kitchen and three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. Fitted with oil central heating and double glazed windows it also comes with space at the side for an extension,

It’s set on a large site with a detached garage, the property is within a 10-minute walk from the city centre.

VERDICT: Has good space and some original features — some TLC could work wonders.