The Parklands, Cockermouth, CA13 0XJ

The House Where Everyone Gets Their Own Space - And The Kids Can Still Play Outside Until Dark. Four bedrooms, three full bathrooms, three reception rooms - and red squirrels in the trees opposite. This is the room to breathe your family has been waiting for.

The Parklands is one of those addresses that families end up staying on for decades. It is quiet, it is green, and from the front of the house you look out across the trees where red squirrels actually live. Not in a brochure. In the trees. Right there.

Number 53 has been owned by the same family since it was built, and it shows - not in wear, but in the care. The structure is sound, the garden is established, and the layout has been doing what a family home should do for a long time. What it is ready for now is a family with ideas who want to put their own mark on it rather than inherit someone else's.

The ground floor gives you real room to spread out. Three reception rooms means the children can be noisy in one part of the house while someone works or reads quietly in another. The conservatory runs along the back and looks out onto the south-facing garden - it has an electric awning fitted, which means it actually works in summer without turning into a greenhouse. This is the kind of space that becomes the most-used room in the house from April to October.

Upstairs, four double bedrooms, two en-suites and the family bathroom means the morning rush is no longer a bottleneck. The main bedroom has fitted wardrobes running the length of the room and a window that looks out over the garden and the greenery beyond. The family bathroom has a corner spa bath and a separate enclosed shower cubicle, which perfectly suits both busy mornings and relaxing evenings.

The south-facing garden is private and well-established. The double garage and large drive mean cars, bikes, and the general accumulation of family life all have somewhere to go without cluttering the house.

Cockermouth is a proper Cumbrian market town with independent shops, good cafes and a real high street - and The Parklands is around a 10 to 15 minute walk from the centre of it. The primary schools are within easy walking distance of the front door. Cockermouth School - the secondary - is around a 20 to 25 minute walk, or a short cycle.

The décor is ready for updating and the new owners will want to put their own mark on it, but the fabric of the house is sound, the rooms are large enough to fit families rather than just furniture, and the layout is exactly right. There is a difference between a project and a canvas, and this is firmly the latter.

If you have been searching for a family home with enough room that everyone actually gets their own space - and a location where the children can walk to school through trees where red squirrels live - this is worth a look before someone else gets there first.

Call the team today to arrange a viewing.