WITH great locations and good-sized rooms, townhouses can make fantastic properties.

Take, for example, 80 Heworth Green, right. This splendid townhouse was built around 1820 and is a short walk away from the city centre.

Accommodation, which includes four good-sized bedrooms, is laid out over three floors.

One bedroom is used as a lounge, and has an original cast-iron fireplace and an ornamental ceiling rose. The second bedroom is the master en-suite, with built-in bookshelves and laminated wood-effect flooring.

The sitting room looks on to the back garden and the dining room features a splay bay window with the original opening shutters.

There are white laminated units in the kitchen, surrounded by cupboards and drawers, and a breakfast area.

A garden of about 100ft in length lies to the rear, with a concrete paved sun patio and timber summerhouse. To the front, there is a gravelled forecourt garden with surrounding mature shrubs.

The property is priced at £390,000 through Stephensons.

l Next, Your Move Anscombs is offering 12 The Garden Village, Earswick. Priced at £295,000, this modern mid-town house is situated in an exclusive courtyard development around four miles north of York. There are four bedrooms, including a master bedroom with en-suite, and a bathroom with a white suite.

The stylish lounge features a bay window, while the modern fitted kitchen/dining room has a five-ring stainless steel gas hob, electric fan oven, integral fridge, freezer and dishwasher.

There is a small forecourted garden to the front and an enclosed garden with patio and lawn to the front. There is an allocated parking space.