Thornton View, Thornton le Dale. Show home open to view, Saturday 25th June 2.30pm - 5.00pm

EVERYONE’S dream home would involve not only a fabulous location, but also the best mod cons in a well-laid out space – and that’s just what developer Malcolm Backhouse has come up with in the sought-after village of Thornton-le-Dale.

Malcolm has created a stylish and luxurious development in Castle Close consisting 7of eight, stonebuilt family homes, with one already sold, on show to prospective buyers on Saturday.

“They are exceptional properties and we expect there to be keen interest in them, despite the current recession,” said Malcolm.

The houses being showcased are Avenue House, Hill Cottage, High House, Lilac Cottage, Moor View and The Smithy. Each house has been individually designed and fitted out to a superb standard and prices range from £430,000 to £530,000.

All are equipped with large garages and open gardens and their interiors are blank canvases, allowing buyers and visitors to impart their own vision of their perfect home.

Visitors have the opportunity to view Rowan Cottage, a completed show home built from locally-sourced stone, which is an exceptional four-bedroom, three-bathroom house with a large kitchen, dining room and living room.

Like all the homes in the development, the cottage is installed with multimedia wiring. This features Sky TV, security wires and telephone lines in every room. Even though it is in a private and secure location, security cameras, for added safety, can be placed outside and the image can be filtered through your television screen. All rooms are fitted with warm water underfloor heating systems, supplied by Uponor, allowing each room to have its own, individual temperature.

The house also features two en-suite bathrooms: one with a shower for those quick dashes and the other has a bath for those more leisurely times. And there’s even a toilet and hand basin at the back of Rowan Cottage so the children don’t have to run through the entire house when playing in the garden.

The bathrooms in all the houses are beautifully tiled with fittings supplied by The Plumb Centre, such as towel rail. All the houses have a good-sized loft for usable space within the traditionally-styled roofs, double-glazed windows, a wheelchair-friendly cloakroom and come with a tenyear NHBC guarantee.

Prospective buyers have an extensive choice to suit their lifestyle and family, as all the houses differ in their layout and design.

Avenue House is fully equipped with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, but what sets it apart from the show home is that it has three reception rooms, perfect toentertain friends, family and impromptu guests.

Alternatively, large families will adore Hill Cottage, with its five bedrooms, three bathrooms, reception rooms and a large kitchen.

High House compromises four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two receptions and a large breakfast kitchen for Sunday brunches with all rooms beautifully finished.

Lilac Cottage, with its four bedrooms and three bathrooms, has two receptions rooms and a firstfloor study for those who work from home.

Moor View has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and three reception rooms.

And finally, The Smithy has a decadent, large master suite as well as three further bedrooms. Three reception rooms and a large, double garage tie everything together.

The open day is being held 2.30pm-5pm this Saturday and the agent is McBeath Property in Malton.