DEVELOPERS building in Basingstoke and its surrounding areas are including many designs of three-storey homes in their portfolios.

But this three-storey, detached house in Lychpit was a pace setter when it was built about 17 years ago in a Scandinavian style.

The house is in Brickfields Close and selling through estate agents Fox and Sons at £325,000. Its split-level design offers four-bedroomed accommodation.

The entrance hall has stairs up to the second floor and down to the ground floor where the double garage and utility room are located.

The living accommodation offers a lounge with glazed sliding doors at each end. One set opens to a balcony at the front of the house and the other to the patio.

There is a separate dining room and a study, and the kitchen's white units are inset with an oven and hob.

The bedrooms are all on the second floor, where there is also a family bathroom. The master bedroom, which has a box bay window, has its own bathroom.

The back garden is terraced. Outside the sitting room there is a paved area, with a brick-built barbecue, and steps up to a second circular patio.

Similar homes in Brickfields Close have converted the ground-floor garage and utility area into annexe accommodation.