Starter home: Cork City Centre, €180,000

As addresses go, Apartment 1, 36 Grand Parade, surely has a ring to it — and, the location couldn’t be more central.

Size: 72 sq m (780sq ft)

Bathrooms: 2 

Bedrooms: 2 

BER: D2

Set just above Caseys extended furniture store on Cork’s Grand Parade is this two-bed 780sq ft apartment, for sale now with Regina Kelleher and Trish Stokes of Lisney nearby on the South Mall, and who guide the very comfortable space at €180,000.

It has got a living room and dining room to the front, west facing, plus a kitchenette, and behind are two bedrooms, one’s en suite and the other has access to a guest WC.

VERDICT: You won’t have far to go to get furniture.