Being in the centre of things is not all about drawing attention to yourself.

When it comes to choosing a home, it defines you as someone who wants a convenient lifestyle, one where daily essentials are close by. For families, that means easy shopping, whether for main or top-up trips to the High Street, ready access to well-regarded schools, and straightforward access to commuting routes.

A property called Hillview in Salisbury Road at Cosham has all that, and more… It may have been built as the Victorian era turned to Edwardian, and the 19^th Century became the 20^th, but it still suits every need of a 21^st Century family.

The house, set in a terrace, has the typical twin height front bay, an attractive architectural feature of the era that was also highly practical as it both brought light and space into the rooms behind the bay.

In this case, there’s a living room on the ground floor and the master bedroom above, with sufficient floor area in the bedroom to have allowed for the installation of an en-suite shower room. There are two further first floor bedrooms, separated by a family bathroom.

Back on the ground floor, behind the living room is a dining room with a glazed panel throwing borrowed light into the entrance hall. At the rear of the hall is a door to the spacious kitchen / breakfast room, now well equipped with wood fronted units and still enjoying plenty of appliance space.

The breakfast area opens to a conservatory / utility where double French doors give access to the garden, a pleasing part of the property featuring luxuriant planting to either side of a lawn stretching back to the garage, currently used for storage and accessed via a rear service road.

Guide price is £285,000 (EPC Band D). For more information, contact Town and Country Southern on 023 93 277 288 or email sales@townandcountrysouthern.co.uk<