OUR property of the week is a spacious family home with lake frontage and marvellous views over the Lake District countryside.

Fell End Cottage at Ghyll Head near Bowness-on-Windermere is for sale with Armistead Barnett for offers around £795,000.

It offers a wealth of potential to be upgraded and modernised into a stunning, contemporary home.

The original house is thought to date back to the 1930s.

The owners have substantially enlarged the property to create a family home of impressive proportions.

The cottage enjoys a pleasant, rural, leafy setting, with views towards a tarn from its elevated vantage point.

There are stunning walks and landscapes to enjoy.

The estate agents say Fell End Cottage is ready to move into as it is.

However, the property would also be ideal for those buyers who are looking to put their own stamp on a property as it "offers the scope to be altered to accommodate a more modern style of practical living".

There are several generously sized living spaces.

These include a traditionally styled kitchen with a neighbouring open living/dining area that runs the whole width of the house.

The main reception room is located at the front of the house and boasts glorious views of the gardens and the open countryside beyond.

Worthy of note is the extra living space on the first floor - an impressive room with a balcony.

There are four sizeable bedrooms and two spacious bathrooms over the two floors.

Armitstead Barnett say there is great potential for these rooms to be reconfigured to create the luxury of en-suite bathrooms, if the purchaser desired.

On the lower ground floor is an undercroft that has been used as a games room but would lend itself as useful storage space.

The undercroft houses the oil-fired central heating system. Drainage is via a septic tank.

Gardens wrap around the cottage and extend from the sloping driveway.

Mostly laid to lawn, the gardens are bordered by mature trees and planting, which gives a real sense of privacy and space.

Anyone looking to enjoy the outdoors will appreciate an access point beyond the property grounds to the lake, Windermere.

Offered with the house, this gives nine feet of lake frontage, a jetty and a mooring, reached along a shared walkway.

The estate agents point out the jetty is in need of some improvement work.

A large detached garage has been added to the house, giving ample room to store around six cars under cover.

This vast space also offers the potential to be converted into holiday accommodation to create another source of income, subject to the necessary planning consents.

www.abarnett.co.uk; tel 01539-751993.