STEP inside this Hampshire home to discover a magical Victorian Christmas home - with its own Santa's grotto.

Sandy and Tony Green have spent several thousand pounds building up this fantastic collection of festive goodies, which even includes an old, traditional shop display and carol singers in the conservatory.

Their Christmas creativity could receive a boost if the couple, who live in Jacobs Walk, Hounsdown, become winners in the Daily Echo Haskins Festive Homes competition.

Part-time receptionist and mum-of-four Sandy, 34, said: "It's on a Victorian theme, and it's inside and outside. It's pretty tasteful and a lot of people come to look at the display and comment on it.

"It takes us about a week to get it all sorted. It's not 100 per cent finished this year, but we're nearly there."

She and husband Tony, 46, who works for a construction company, started putting together the display for their children Emma, 15, Shaun, 13, Jacob, 11, and 10-year-old Oliver - but it soon spiralled as more and more people started visiting the home.

They are up against dozens of other Hampshire residents for the title of the Daily Echo's Festive Home of the Year - a competition run in conjunction with Haskins home and garden centre, in West End.

Every day, we will bring you a picture of a nomination before revealing the winner. The top prize is £300 to spend in Haskins, with two runner-up prizes of £50 store vouchers.