Next time your Romeo comes a-calling, he'll know exactly where to find you because this ruggedly handsome Acomb home comes complete with its own balcony.

Offered by Ashtons (01904 799333) for £189,950, 20 York Road is a substantial semi in a good location just yards from the local shopping centre.

On the ground floor, a reception hall with an original ceramic tiled floor leads through to a sitting room with an impressive period fireplace, a dining room with an original cast iron fireplace in an ornate surround, and an enormous 33ft 10ins by 9ft breakfast kitchen with a ceramic tiled floor and a built-in dresser unit.

Upstairs on the first floor are a bathroom, a separate WC, four good-sized bedrooms, all with original cast iron fireplaces, and - drum roll please - a balcony overlooking York Road so you can watch the world and his wife wander by and check out what they have been buying from Safeway.

A substantial house needs a substantial garden of course, and this property certainly doesn't let the side down.

There is off-street parking for up to four cars at the side of the house and, at the back, an 80ft-long garden with a lawn, well-stocked beds, a patio and a vegetable plot.