Starter Homes: Crosshaven, Blackrock Road, Turners Cross, and Moneygourney

Two cottages and two terraced homes starting from €210k

Top right: Alverna, Point Rd, Crosshaven; Lower right: 3 Hollyville, Curragh Rd, Turners Cross; Lower left: Ashton Lodge, Blackrock Rd; Top left: 28 Fort Hill, Moneygourney

Tue, 28 Jul, 2026 - 09:10

Trish Dromey

Currabinny views from cute Crosshaven house

Crosshaven, Co Cork
€275,000
Size	65 sq m (700 sq ft)
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	1
BER	G

Cute but in need of significant renovation, Alverna on Point Rd has unobstructed views of the boats in the harbour and the woods across in Curraghbinny.

It’s a small semi-detached cottage which selling agent Roy Dennehy, of Dennehy Auctioneers, believes would be perfect for a downsizer. Built in the 1930s, it has traditional features including sash windows — but needs modernisation. It has a kitchen, living room, bathroom, and two bedrooms.

Mr Dennehy adds that a new owner might consider turning the garden into a parking space.

VERDICT: Point Rd cottages are rare to the market.

Compact and convenient cottage on the Blackrock Road

Blackrock Rd, Cork
€325,000
Size	40 sq m (430 sq ft)
Bedrooms	1
Bathrooms	1
BER	G

Ashton Lodge may be tiny but it’s Victorian, convenient to the city centre and, with a guide of €325,000, is the least expensive detached house you are likely to find on Cork’s Blackrock Road.

Located at the entrance to Ashton Park, it dates from the 1900s and was, highly probably, the gate lodge for nearby Ashton Park House.

The little redbrick property was bought and renovated by its most recent owner in the 1980s. Before the addition of a kitchenette and bathroom at the rear increased the size to 40sq m, the lodge would have been even smaller. Accommodation includes a living room, a galley kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom.

Alongside it is a paved area which is possibly around the same size as the lodge and could be used for parking.

“It’s been owner-occupied and has been well kept,” says Joe McCarthy of Barry auctioneers, noting that it’s within a 25-minute walk of Cork city centre and is within reach of the Marina Market and the Marina. It’s in a
convenient and prestigious location and the garden are at the side offers potential for extension.”

Another detached property on Blackrock Road changing owners recently is Rose Lodge, a five-bedroom house which sold for €3m last month.....

VERDICT: Attractive due to its Blackrock location, it could potentially be turned into a pretty bijou home.

Modern Moneygourney home

Douglas, Cork
€350,000
Size	94 sq m (1,005 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	3
BER	B

Given that all four properties sold in the Fort Hill development at Moneygourney in Douglas this year have exceeded their guide prices, it seems highly possible No 28 will follow suit.

Newly arrived on the market with an asking price of €350,000, it’s a modern three-bedroom end-of-terrace house with 94sq m of living space and a B energy rating.

Selling agent Stuart O’Grady, of Sherry Fitzgerald, expects the well-kept former rental property to be snapped up by a first-time buyer.

“It’s in a desirable residential location just off Maryborough hill and is within a short drive of amenities in Douglas village,” he says, pointing out that it offers access to range of schools as well as regular bus services and is close to the South Link Road Network.

Downstairs living accommodation in the 2006-built house includes a sitting room with a timber fireplace, as well as a kitchen/diner with shaker-style units. To the rear, there’s a WC and a small utility.

The upper floor has a bathroom and three bedrooms — two doubles including one with an en suite, as well as a small single room at the front which could be used as a home office.

The property has paved parking at the front and a garden at the rear with some decking.

The most recent sale of a similar house in Fort Hill was in February when No 33 sold for €356,000, significantly in excess of its €295,000 guide. More recently, No 47, a three-bedroom duplex, sold for €385,000 in April, going for €55,000 above its guide.

VERDICT: A house which qualifies for a green mortgage, it’s set to attract interest from young couples.

Turners Cross home with appeal for first-time-buyers and investors

Turners Cross, Cork
€210,000
Size	71 sq m (772 sq ft)
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	1
BER	G

Currently the most affordable property on the market in Turner’s Cross, No 3 Hollyville on Curragh Rd has a guide of €210,000.

The selling agent for the mid-terrace house, Fiona Waldron, of DNG O’Connor Finn, says the location is convenient and popular. A well-kept home which has been owner-occupied, it needs “modernisation and an energy upgrade but has very good potential”.