Starter Homes: Four Cork properties on the market starting at €205k

First-time buyers can choose from homes across Rochestown, Carrigtwohill, Midleton and Cork city, writes Trish Dromey

1 Abbotswood Mews, Monastery Road, Rochestown

Monastery Road, Rochestown
€295,000
Size	94 sq m ( 1,011 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	2
BER	C3

A modern three-bed end of terrace house with a guide of €295,000, it’s one of a small number of properties available at this price range in the Rochestown area.

Situated in a development of 33 houses built around a central green area, it dates from the early 2000s. Karl O’Brien of Savills says it’s a very well maintained former rental property with a C3 BER which is well located close to local amenities including shops and schools as well as the Cork Harbour Greenway.

Offering 94 sq metres of living space, it has an open plan kitchen /dining/ living space with fitted units and a fireplace. Upstairs there’s a bathroom and three bedrooms with fitted wardrobes including one en suite shower room.

Open plan with one parking space at the front, the property has an enclosed garden at the rear.

Located around one km from Cinnamon Cottage and the greenway, it’s a little over four km from Douglas village.

Mr O’Brien says that when he listed it early on the morning of January 3rd, the property attracted immediate first time buyer interest Recent sales in Abbotswood Mews include that of No 20, a larger mid terrace house which sold for €330,000 last year. This one, No 1, last sold in 2010 for €200,000.

Silversprings, Cork city
€275,000
Size	61 sq m ( 656 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	1
BER	C2

In the space of ten months this small 1970s built detached house at 195 Silversprings Court in Tivoli has been totally transformed.

Launching it on the market with a guide of €275,000, Mark Gosling of Behan Irwin & Gosling says the builder who bought the three-bed house replaced everything including the windows, heating system and flooring and has also put in a new kitchen and bathroom and upgraded the BER to a C2.

The 61 sq metre property has an open plan kitchen /dining /living space as well as a bathroom and three bedrooms.

The Property Price Register shows it selling for €163,000 in March 2023.

VERDICT: Ideal for a first time buyer or downsizer.

Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
€285,000
Size	93 sq m ( 1,001 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	3
BER	C1

This well-maintained, end-of-terrace property at 37 An Fána, Cul Ard, Carrigtwohill, is attracting interest from employees working in local multinationals.

That’s according to John Hornibrook, of Colbert & Co, who listed the property a little before Christmas with a guide of €285,000 — but has this week seen bidding go above €320,000.

“It’s a well-presented property in a popular development, situated within a 10-minute walk of the local train station and a 15-minute drive from Cork city,” Mr Hornibrook says.

Accommodation in the 93 sq m property includes a front living room, with a bay window and a fireplace, as well as guest WC and a tiled kitchen diner with fitted units and patio doors.

On the first floor, there’s a bathroom and three bedrooms — including one with an en suite.

Out front, it has parking space for two cars and — at the rear — a gravelled garden with a patio.

The end house in a terrace of four, it’s in a development of 33 houses.

Situated within a 10 minute drive from local multinationals — including Stryker and GE HealthCare — it’s also within easy reach, by train and road, of companies in Little Island. The only sale in An Fána in 2023 was of No 15, a three-bed end-of-terrace which sold for €305,000.

VERDICT: Seems to be very popular.

Midleton, Co. Cork
€205,000
Size	74 sq m (800 sq ft)
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	2
BER	B3

Kyle Kennedy of Hegarty Properties says the property is very well maintained and has a B3 BER.

It has an open-plan kitchen/dining/living room as well as a bathroom and two bedrooms, one en suite. It is within a 15-minute walk from the train station.

VERDICT: Affordable and ready to live in.