Starter home: St Luke’s, Cork City, €120,000

No less than eight open viewings have been scheduled for No 5 Mount Vernon Terrace in St Lukes before it goes for public auction on March 29.

Size: 98 sq m (1,055 sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 1 

Bedrooms: 2 

BER: Pending

Selling agents DNG Murphy Condon expect it to draw crowds because of its reasonable €120,000 AMV and also because of its location within walking distance of the city centre.

A mid terrace two bed period property it has double glazed aluminium windows and gas heating but requires full modernization.

VERDICT: Viewers are likely to include a good number of builders