A feeling of style and space; Four-bedroom homes offer versatility for growing families. homemaker checks out some options now on the market across the North East.

THIS beautifully presented fourbedroom detached family home is in the popular rural village of Fourstones, near Hexham.

The house has all the benefits of rural living combined with easy access to the facilities of Hexham and to the A69 into Newcastle.

Accommodation includes a lounge with views over the surrounding countryside and Adams-style fireplace, dining room, family room, and kitchen leading to a patio area.

Upstairs there is a master bedroom with en-suite shower room, three further bedrooms and family bathroom.

There are attractive gardens to front, side and back, as well as a double garage.

Broadacres, Fourstones is for sale through Pattinson at offers in the region of pounds 359,500, tel: [phone] LOCATED within the attractive Northumbrian hamlet of Kirkheaton, this beautifully presented property is ideal for families.

Despite its period character, Garden House is a fairly new property, and although traditional on the outside, it has a contemporary feel inside. Features include an entrance hall with cloakroom, living room with attractive open fireplace and oak flooring, and study/sitting room. There is a dining kitchen with high quality units and utility room.

Upstairs there is a master bedroom with en-suite shower room, three further bedrooms, and quality bathroom.

The lawned gardens feature patio areas, and there is also scope for further landscaping.

Garden House is for sale through Foster Maddison at a guide price of pounds 445,000, tel: [phone].

THIS deceptively spacious cottage in Heddon-on-theWall, Northumberland, has stunning views over the Tyne Valley. The property has been extended to provide attractive family living accommodation. This includes a hall, dining room, lounge, dining kitchen, fabulous garden room and cloakroom.

The first floor has a master bedroom with en suite, and two further bedrooms. The second floor houses a fourth bedroom and shower room.

There is an extensive driveway and substantial outdoor space.

1 Bluebell Cottages is for sale through Halifax at offers in excess of pounds 450,000, tel: [phone].

THIS period property near Alnwick has been extended to provide attractive family accommodation.

The house on Garden Terrace, in the village of Edlingham, includes a living room with beamed ceiling and inglenook fireplace, garden room with countryside views and dining room. There is also a kitchen with range-style cooker and utility plus a versatile day room.

The first floor has the master bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and en suite, three further bedrooms and family bathroom.

There is a gated driveway and lawned gardens with patio areas.

4 Garden Terrace is for sale through Sanderson Young at a guide price of pounds 299,950, tel: [phone].

THIS stunning stone-built property in Newton, Northumberland, offers a tasteful blend of old and new.

Garden House, Town Farm, was built 10 years ago and is ideal for a range of buyers.

Accommodation includes a reception hall with cloakroom, drawing room with Minster stone fireplace and dining room. The day kitchen includes a preparation area with terracotta-tiled flooring and traditional units. There is also an Aga oven, Belfast sink and sitting area. The sun room has beamed ceilings and floor to ceiling windows.

The first floor has a reception landing with two double bedrooms, guest bedroom with en-suite shower room, master bedroom with en suite and family bathroom.

There are attractive gardens with sitting areas including an ornamental pond. There is also an attached double garage.

Garden House, Town Farm, is for sale through Mike Anton & Associates at a guide price of pounds 695,000, tel: [phone].