Wendy and Patrick O’Connor used to live higher up the road and would admire this three-storey Victorian home with its little peaked attic window whenever they drove by.

“When it came up for sale, we snapped it up as we had just sold our house,” says Wendy.

“We went to view the house and fell in love with it. It had been modernised throughout, but had all the lovely period features like picture rails, huge cornice around the ceilings, stripped pine and mahogany staircase, stripped pine floorboards downstairs and stripped pine doors throughout.

“The kitchen was ideal, with its double glazed door to the sunny, enclosed patio yard, and the huge bathroom also appealed with its big bath and Victorian sink.”

The couple have lived here for about ten years, together with their three sons and visiting step-children. Now they have all flown the nest, so Wendy and Patrick are looking to retire to a little cottage, leaving a house with no upward chain.

Built in around 1895, it is an inner terrace with light and airy rooms, thanks to typically Victorian architecture, large windows making the most of the available light.

The house has an entrance hallway, lounge, dining room, basement and kitchen with modern beech units, dado rail and exposed beams bringing character to the space.

There are three bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor, with two further bedrooms and a shower room on the second.

There’s a cottage style garden at the front and a courtyard garden at the back, along with a further area where you can park three vehicles.

“It was in lovely condition when we bought it, as the previous owner had just modernised it throughout, including double glazed windows, doors and central heating,” Wendy says.

“It had been decorated in simple colours, with lovely fixtures and fittings in keeping with the Victorian high ceilings and gorgeous big cornice. The attic rooms were modernised and opened up nicely to full height, lovely stripped pine floorboards and doors making it ready to use as as a teenager’s pad. The attic has a proper staircase and a door so its totally separate from the first floor bedrooms.

“The best thing about owning a Victorian house is the space, with lovely big rooms and a huge bathroom. The thick walls make it just about soundproof from the neighbours, so you can have the TV nice and loud and there are no worries with the children’s loud music.

“Over the years we have replaced the kitchen, and it now has a lovely stainless steel range cooker, black worktops, modern beech wood units and a big freestanding fridge/freezer.”

She adds: “When our son was coming home from university with his girlfriend, we had a separate shower room fitted up in the attic with a corner shower, WC and wash basin. We also had a new Victorian-style fireplace fitted in the lounge, with a pine surround, green tiled hearth and open coal-effect gas fire, which we love.”

The house has also been redecorated over the years, carpets replaced and curtains and blinds fitted, so it is in ‘move in’ condition.

The couple have different favourite rooms, but apart from the bedrooms with cast iron bedsteads, Wendy’s favourite space is the dining kitchen.

“It opens out into our south-facing patio yard, where in summer the door is always open and we can eat out there. As well as our olive tree, we have a laburnum which we call the ‘food tree’ as we hang bird feeders on it which are visited every day by coal tits and goldfinches, a pair of collared doves, and even a squirrel. So even though we are a five minute walk into Brighouse, we have our own wildlife.”

This property in Halifax Road, Brighouse, is on the market for £239,995 with Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Brighouse, tel (01484) 711331