UNDER £300,000

Southfields Road, Strensall

Period property

Price guide: £295,000

Contact: Your Move Anscombs

Tel: 01904 621532

HOME, four large gold letters proclaim in the living room of this beautifully presented period semi-detached house just a few stone throws from York Golf Club and Strensall Common.

Quite right too. The sense of homeliness is apparent as soon as you walk into the hallway. And then you happen upon the kitchen.

You could forgive the current owners if they had decided to use some more gold letters in here to spell out the word Wow, because this really is the heart of the property.

Extended to the house’s full width, there is a wonderful character feel with exposed brick wall and central beam as well as light flooding down from the three skylight windows above.

Stylish modern units and a sociable central breakfast bar complete the look, while for more formal occasions there is a separate and airy dining room with a feature period built in pine cupboard.

Then, for less formal parties, how about the tiled roof al fresco patio. Very Mediterranean, just add a pair of olive trees and a pitcher of Aperol Spritz and on a sunny evening you could imagine yourself in North Tuscany, not North Yorkshire.

The use of space is impressive everywhere at Southfields Road. Two first floor double bedrooms with stripped pine floorboards and cast iron fireplaces have been augmented by a further bedroom in the converted attic space with two skylight windows to the front.

Then there is the large family bathroom with contemporary fittings and separate shower cubicle.

If all this space and style isn’t enough, go outside into the lawned garden where you will find not one but two sheds.

Another consideration for this brilliant property is it’s in the catchment for two highly regarded schools; the Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy in the village and the Huntington School, for which courtesy buses are provided for students to and from the village.

For under £300,000 you’re getting a great deal of property here, but even more importantly a great deal of homeliness.