Starter home: Ballinlough, Cork, €159,000

Although in need of TLC, 3 South View in Ballinlough will attract interest from investors and FTBs.

Attractions are the location off the Douglas Road near St Finbarr’s Hospital, and the affordable asking price of €159,000. Re-plumbed, rewired, and fitted with a new boiler it has 850 sq ft of living space.

At ground floor level there’s a kitchen, a living room, a dining area and a bathroom and upstairs there are two bedrooms.