If you're looking for a beautifully presented family home close to the town centre, with a new fitted kitchen and unusual layout, then this home in a popular residential estate could be worth putting on your list of must-see properties.

As well as the well-maintained and inviting interior, the house has impressive outside space with gardens to three sides incorporating lawns, patio and decking.

A driveway leading to an enclosed porch also provides off-road parking in addition to an integral garage while the front door opens into an entrance hall with doors to the garage on one side and a good-sized lounge on the other.

The hallway is illuminated by a glazed panel in the front door and side panels. It also has Amtico flooring and stairs to upper and lower levels.

The lounge has ceiling cornicing, a dado rail and a feature fireplace housing a stove-effect fire within a wooden surround.

From the hallway several steps lead down to a lower level featuring another hallway with a storage cupboard and doors to the family rooms which comprise a dining room with a sliding door to a patio, utility and fitted kitchen.

Th kitchen is a lovely room, almost 16ft by 10ft and with ample space for a dining area. It has been recently fitted with quality appliances and an excellent range of cream gloss wall and floor units with Silestone worksurfaces.

It features a Bosch double oven, Siemens hob with extractor over, sink with hot water tap, Siemens integrated dishwasher, fridge and microwave, a larder unit, plinth heater and corner carousel.

The utility, which also has cream units, is plumbed for a washing machine and has a convenient toilet.

From the ground floor another few steps lead to an upper level with one of the four bedrooms and the family bathroom which contains a white four-piece suite including a shower cubicle, spotlights, wall and floor tiling and a storage cupboard.

On the upper floor are the remaining three bedrooms, one of which is used as a study and the master which has a TV point and a range of light-coloured fitted wardrobes, one of them mirror-fronted.

Externally is a front lawn with flower bed and shrubs while a side path lead to an extensive banked area laid to lawn with bushes and shrubs.

In the back garden, and ideal for alfresco dining or entertaining, are a rear paved patio area and good-sized decked area with surrounding trees providing privacy. The garden also has a lawn, flowerbeds and an apple tree.

1 Valley Park, Whitehaven, is for sale at £220,000 from Cumberland Estate Agents. See here for full details.