Starter home: Wilton, Cork City €179,000

An attic conversion has brought the living space of this mid terrace property at 34 Westlawn in Wilton up to over 900 sq ft — which is larger than you might expect.

Size: 85 sq m (914 sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 1 

Bedrooms: 4 

BER: D1

A four bed house, with a small box room, it’s on the market with Frank V Murphy auctioneers who are guiding it at €179,000.

Auctioneer John Barry says the condition is good while the location close to Wilton shopping Centre and Cork University Hospital is excellent.

Accommodation includes a living room, a kitchen diner, a shower room and four bedrooms.

It has one parking space at front and a long back garden at the rear. Built in the 1980s it has a D1 BER.

VERDICT: affordable and convenient for a FTB