Kilmacolm is well known for family homes. Walking through the village one is surrounded by great, imposing residences, almost all traditionally built, in the heart of some extremely pretty countryside.

It's the kind of place families move to when they tire of city living, and has become a thriving village with bowling clubs, tennis courts, golf courses, football grounds, restaurants and plenty of activities organised through local churches and social organisations.

It is close to M8's links to the rest of Scotland and within an hour's drive of Glasgow. Paisley is close by, and Kilmacolm is within an easy trip of the coastal towns of Greenock, Largs and everything in between. Children are well catered for by a wide choice of schools - and by houses which allow them to be not seen and not heard.

The market in Kilmacolm can be expensive. This house, for example, is going at offers over #245,000, but the homes are accommodating and above all, stylish.

As soon as you walk into Lynncroft, on Lochwinnoch Road, you get character. Timber wainscoting runs the length of the hall and all doors and surrounds are timber too. Even the underside of the stairs has not been forgotten - it has been panelled with strips of the same carved timber as the dado rail. A stained glass window shines down from the half-landing.

This house has three levels - ground floor, upper floor and basement, and offers 12 apartments. On the ground floor are the bay windowed lounge, the family room with its connecting sun room, a dining room and dining kitchen.

All of them - with the exception of the more modern kitchen - have features you'd expect to find in a house of this type. Carved wooden fireplaces, picture rails, elaborate cornicing and so on. The public rooms are well-formed, the dining room being the smallest of the three at 13ft.

The most formal of the three floors, this is meant for entertaining guests. Even the family room could be used as a second public room - the sun room makes it a particularly attractive apartment, especially during the summer.

Downstairs the less formal and more modern-looking rooms are used as a study and a children's den or TV room. The sitting room, study and sixth bedroom as well as the house's second bathroom might almost make a self-contained guest suite or granny flat, perhaps for older children looking for their first taste of independence without giving up the comforts of home.

Upstairs, four of the bedrooms are about the same size, with the fifth smaller. It is currently used as a dressing room. Once again the bedrooms offer features like fireplaces and cornicing.

The whole is set in its own attractive garden grounds and has lovely views over the surrounding countryside. To arrange viewing contact Slater Hogg and Howison on 01505 690110.