Cheap Irish Houses? Well, close enough anyway

Pictures: Niamh Whitty

The programme Cheap Irish Houses is a welcome and well-timed addition to the canon of Irish property-related TV shows — not everyone has makeover budgets of a few hundred grand to lash into a house post-purchase, or when ready for a major upgrade and extension.

With the first two of six episodes now aired featuring co-presenters Maggie Molloy (who started the theme and has 62,000 Instagram followers for her usually ramshackle finds) and Cork engineer/builder Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes, it’s a bit of a tonic to see possible homes unearthed, from as low as last week’s €62,000. And, there are even cheaper homes out there too.