Starter home: Carrigtwohill, Cork €190,000

Well-kept, and handily located at Fota Rock, just east of Cork city at Carrigtwohill, is 6 Rose Lawn.

Size: 93sq m (1,000sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 3 

Bedrooms: 3 

BER: C1

It’s a three-bed semi-d, with one en suite, in a rapidly matured setting and is priced under the €200k mark by its selling agent Padraig O’Leary of Property Partners Matt Fallon, guiding €190,000 and who says it’s got an appeal to investors and to first-time buyers.

Local amenities are easily to hand, and the Jack Lynch tunnel is a ten-minute drive away.

VERDICT: all the essentials are in place