xml serialization - c# Serializable Get the attribute and value from a list item -

i'm hoping can me following. i'm trying item description , value following xml in c#

<houselist>  <house key="bungalow" description="bungalow house">   <houseitem description="bedroom">4</houseitem>   <houseitem description="bathroom">3</houseitem>   <houseitem description="kitchen">2</houseitem>  </house> </houselist> 

at moment i'm trying this:

[serializable] [xmltype(typename = "house")] public class house {     private string key;     private string description;     private list<houseitem> items;  ......  public list<linkitem> items     {         { return items; }         set { items = value; }     }  [serializable] [xmltype(typename = "houseitem")] public class houseitem {     private string value;     private string description;      [xmlattribute(attributename = "description")]     public string description     {         { return description; }         set { description = value; }     }      [xmltext(datatype = "string")]     public string value     {         { return value; }         set { this.value = value; }     } } 

i've had no joy far populating list of houseitem , wondering if spot when i'm going wrong? or advice appreciated!

thanks!