1. This spacious two-bedroom terraced house is ideal for a first-time buyer or buy-to-let investor.

The property is close to regular bus routes to the city centre and also convenient for all the amenities of busy Wigton Road, including a primary school.

It benefits from gas central heating and double glazing and is for sale in very good decorative order and with no forward chain.

The accommodation has a hall, two good-sized reception rooms – a living room with a feature fireplace and a dining room – a kitchen with a range of light-coloured units, a bathroom and two double bedrooms.

Externally there is a yard to the rear.

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2. This smart home would be a fantastic first buy, being on a generous corner plot with front and back gardens and a driveway for off-road parking, as well as double glazing and central heating.

It has an entrance hall with door to the lounge at the front of the house. The room has a feature fireplace, ceiling coving and built-in storage.

The 17ft dining kitchen has integrated appliances, a storage cupboard and door to the back garden.

Off the first-floor landing are two double bedrooms, one with a walk-in wardrobe and the other with a cupboard housing the boiler. The bathroom has a three-piece suite.

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3. This terraced property, which has been newly re-carpeted, is close to all the amenities of Carlisle city centre and within walking distance of the University of Carlisle.

The lounge has a brick-built fireplace with mahogany mantle and alcove storage and the kitchen has a range of wall and floor units with complementary work surfaces.

There is an integrated four-ring hob with fan above and a single electric oven. Other fixtures include a ceiling-mounted clothes pulley.

The downstairs bathroom has a modern three-piece suite and there are two double bedrooms.

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