Starter home: Killeens, Co Cork €179,000

With its attractive stone-fronted exterior and its affordable guide of €179,000, No 42 Seanabothair in Killeens, could make some first time buyer very happy.

Size: 78 sq m (840 sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 2 

Bedrooms: 2/3 

BER: C1

Built in 2002, it’s a two-bed town house with 840 sq ft of living space.

Selling agent John Barry of Frank V Murphy & Co Auctioneers says it’s owner occupied, very well maintained and very convenient to Blackpool.

Accommodation includes a tiled kitchen/dining room as well as a timber-floored living room.

The property originally had three bedrooms but the owners have made one large room out of the two smaller ones.

There’s also a bathroom and an en suite master bedroom.

The property has a back garden with a lawn, a patio and a blue shed.

VERDICT: tastefully decorated and affordably priced