What will €145,000 buy in Dublin and west Cork?

Ballymun

14 Gateway View, Ballymun, Dublin 11
Agent: Kelly Bradshaw Dalton

On the first floor of a scheme on Ballymun's main street, this one-bedroom apartment measures 44sq m (474sq ft). Inside is an open-plan, dual-aspect living room and kitchen with large glazed doors onto a balcony, a bedroom with fitted wardrobe and a bathroom. There is communal parking.
Plus Well-presented bright home with balcony
Minus It faces the main road

West Cork

Curraheen, Rosscarbery, Co Cork
Agent: Charles McCarthy Auctioneers

This traditional stone cottage with outbuildings sits on half an acre of land in West Cork. The 92.9sq m (1,000sq ft) house, which needs refurbishing, has two receptions and a toilet on the ground floor and three bedrooms above. It is on the edge of Rosscarbery village, which is on an estuary running out to Rosscarbery Bay on the Atlantic. BER exempt.
Plus Pretty house close to the coast
Minus Needs refurbishment