Starter home: Dublin Hill, Cork €245,000

No 35 Delaney Park on Dublin Hill is unrecognisable as the small terraced house it once was. Dramatic changes have been brought about by the addition of two storey partially timber clad extension at the rear and by creative redecoration, writes Trish Dromey.

Previous owners put on the the extension but the current owners, who purchased in 2006, are responsible for the very striking décor which selling agents ERA Downey McCarthy say is worthy of an interior designer.

Within a 10-minute walk from Blackpool Shopping Centre, the house has both a front sitting room and a front living room — both with dark timber flooring and striking patterned curtains — while the brown and cream living room has a fireplace and a feature floral papered wall.