Starter home: South Douglas Road, Cork €175,000

This two-bed cottage at 8 Sunview Terrace on the South Douglas Road has a back garden which goes on way longer than anything you would expect with a property of this size. 

Size: 91sq m (989sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 1 

Bedrooms: 2 

BER: G

Extending to a tenth of an acre, it offers the purchaser great scope for expansion.

On the market with a guide of €175,000, No 8 has 989 sq ft of living space and is in need of modernisation.

Auctioneer Paul O’Shea of Sherry FitzGerald says the Douglas location will make this attractive to both investors and first time buyers.

Verdict: Extra long garden a bonus. Auction May 24