THE vendor of a townhouse in Lychpit, Basingstoke, is prepared to pay the three per cent stamp duty for the buyer of the property, which is marketing at £275,000.

The Beddington Court house is on the award-winning Balfour Beatty development of The Topiary, which was built in the late 1980s.

Selling through estate agents Connells, the three-storey house has four bedrooms.

The ground floor consists of an integral garage, a utility room and cloakroom, while the two reception rooms and the kitchen are at first-floor level.

The reception rooms are divided by an archway feature and both have French doors out to a balcony at the front of the house.

The third floor is entirely taken up by the master bedroom and its en suite bathroom. Three more bedrooms and the family bathroom are on the second floor.

A paved back garden is edged with flower and shrub borders and has a brick-built barbecue for al fresco eating in the summer.