LOCATION: Ryde

BEDROOMS: four/five

PRICE: £375,000

AGENT: Lancasters

TELEPHONE: 01983 209020

Selling point: Mock Tudor lines will tick a box for many would-be buyers and this spacious, good-looking home scores here.

Handsome is and handsome does, so the old saying goes. And this not-so-old home in Ratcliffe Avenue, Ryde, would be a matinee star if we were talking Hollywood.

Instead, we are talking about a wrap on a first-rate family home in this highly sought-after residential street. It boasts a garage, ample parking and a good amount of accommodation for a growing family with three fine reception rooms plus a conservatory. There is also a ground floor study, currently used as a home office, that could easily be transformed to a fifth bedroom should the need arise.

The current owners have cared for his home for more than 20 years and recently fitted a new boiler. It is well presented throughout though there is undoubtedly score for a potention upgrade with new owners.

Entering the home under the mock-Tudor gable, the ground floor rooms fan off the entrance hall with a downstairs toilet, study and kitchen-breakfast room to the left and the spacious sitting room on the right. There is also useful storage in the hall.

Double doors from the sitting room and a single door from the kitchen access the dining room — this area could, at a future point, be opened up into the kitchen-breakfast area to form a magnificent living space in the modern manner. The dining room also has double doors to the conservatory, featuring dwarf wall and upvc construction which in turn opens out into the rear garden.

As it is, the kitchen is spacious at more than 16ft x 9ft, overlooking the rear garden. It features an integrated gas hob and cooker and is fitted with a range of floor and wall mounted oak-finished storage units and contrasting worktops. There is access to the rear of the garage and a handy utility room with storage units, sink and plumbing for a washing machine.

The sitting room is the main reception area with a frontal aspect and focal point electric fire and surround.

The stairs, off the entrance hall, lead to four upstairs bedrooms and a family bathroom with a white suite comprising a panelled bath, wc and washbasin.

There is access to a loft with pull-down ladder and linen cupboard from the landing

The master bedroom is a large double, including an en-suite shower room with cubicle, wc and washbasin.

Bedroom two is a generous L-shaped room with rear aspect and bedroom three, also a double, also overlooks the rear garden. Bedroom four is also a double and overlooks the drive.

Outside, the property has an attractive open front from the street with lawn and planting.

At the rear of the property is a secure, flat garden with a sunny aspect featuring a patio and lawn.

This home is certainly a looker — and once seen it could be a keeper.