Penrith Road, Bournemouth, BH5 1LT

Some houses get bought for what they are.

This one gets bought for what it could be — a detached four-bedroom home, 320 metres from the clifftop, that's held onto its original character throughout, from the kitchen to the carpets to a fitted dressing table in one of the bedrooms that most people would fight to keep rather than rip out.

Nothing here has been altered for the sake of a listing. It's simply been lived in, cared for, and left largely as it was.

Ground Floor The layout does a lot of the work before anyone even thinks about decor: a family room and a separate living room, a proper dining room, and a conservatory off the back that opens the whole ground floor up to the garden.

The kitchen sits between the dining room and family room, with a utility room alongside it for everything a kitchen shouldn't have to deal with alone.

A downstairs WC and generous hallway space complete the floor.

First Floor Four bedrooms lead off a hallway wide enough to be a room in its own right, ranging from a good double up to the largest at over 13 by 17 feet.

Two bathrooms serve the floor, along with a separate WC.

One of the bedrooms still has its original fitted furniture — a teal dressing table and wardrobes built into the wall — a detail that's increasingly rare and, for the right buyer, worth keeping rather than replacing.

Outside The back garden is a proper size, mostly laid to lawn with a patio for sitting out.

At the front, a block-paved driveway leads to a detached garage substantial enough to be closer to a double, plus a separate shed — useful storage that most houses this size simply don't have room for.

Across both floors the house comes in at 2,183 sq ft (203 sq m), with the garage and shed counted separately on top. EPC Rating: C