Starter home: Glounthaune, Co Cork €190,000

A choice of two two-bed semis is on offer in Glounthaune where Savills auctioneers are selling both Nos 1 and 2 Factory Hill – each with a guide of €190,000.

Size: 80 sq m (850 sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 1 

Bedrooms: 2 

BER: D2

Located within 600 metres of Little Island train station, the properties were built in the 1990snd share a parking area with one other house.

There’s 850 sq of living space in each including an open plan kitchen/dining/living as well as two bedrooms and a bathroom Auctioneer Clare Dennehy says they could suit investors or first time buyers.

VERDICT: could be an alternative to an apartment