Attractive house cladding involved sand (8)
I believe the answer is:
handsome
'attractive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'house cladding involved sand' is the wordplay.
'house' becomes 'home' (homing is a kind of housing).
'cladding' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'involved' is an anagram indicator (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'sand' with letters rearranged gives 'ands'.
'home' going around 'ands' is 'HANDSOME'.
(Other definitions for handsome that I've seen before include "large" , "Attractive in a strong, imposing way" , "Goodly" , "Well-proportioned" , "Good-looking, as a male say" .)