Starter home: Frankfield, Cork €240,000

When first built, No 14 Ardfield View was a showhouse for this Fleming Construction development, and now that’s best recalled by the site it came with, and the amount of landscaping that has gone into it.

New to market with Mark Gosling of Behan Irwin Gosling, this 930 sq ft three-bed semi is in very good overall condition, says the agent, adding there’s lots of colour in the grounds with hydrangeas and other shrubs, and plenty of space left over for extension.

There’s off-street parking for one car, and behind more than enough decking to park a large gathering on for outdoor entertaining.

VERDICT: The garden may well be the sale clincher.