On the top floor of this £599,000 penthouse a conservatory opens on to a roof terrace which looks over Kings Hill Golf Club and the neighbours’ roof tops to the Kent countryside. Although two bedrooms sounds stingy for such an outlay this is a flat on a palatial scale. Both are grandly sized doubles, both have their own bathrooms and either a dressing room or walk-in wardrobe and the master suite merges on to a balcony. A second balcony opens off the 39ft living room taking in another aspect of Kent and there’s a study and room for a gym or library on the mezzanine.
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The swish glass-fronted roof terrace off the fourth bedroom belies the 400-year-old vintage of this former coaching inn. From here – and the larger, lower terrace off the first floor – you can ingest wide green views over the Waveney Valley. This is capacious living with three quaint receptions and space for a study in the large inner lobby and there’s scope for further accommodation in the brick outbuilding. The 1.86 acres of garden stretches along 200 feet of river bank from where you have fishing rights. No onward chain. Asking price: £425,000.
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The 360 degree views of the city, the castle and Arthur’s Seat spread below the terraces and the roof garden belonging to this eighth-floor penthouse. Such supremacy over a world heritage site comes at a price. You’ll need to raise £1.83m before you can perch a deckchair on top of this glossy tower. Although you can watch the weather above the Pentland Hills over your supper tray, you are positioned in the heart of the city with the meadows behind and Princes Street a short stroll to the front. Each of the four bedrooms is served by its own designer bathroom and glassed walls absorb the vistas into the living areas. Despite your wealth you’re confined to one car in the underground car park.
Quartermile, 0845 0002525 Photograph: Quartermile
’Vibrantly raw and street-level cool’ is how Telford Homes sells Dalston, a once impoverished part of east London. To reinforce the point they’ve named this glass tower Vibe. Residents sunbathing in the communal roof garden need be in no doubt that they’ve obtained a cutting-edge lifestyle for they’ll have paid from £720,000 for the privilege. This sum buys a three-bedroom apartment with a balcony and a right to the residents’ gym, the only downside being you’ll have to wait two years before they’re built. Rail services round the corner at Dalston Junction will transfer you to the City. Recent regeneration has ensured a supply of bars and delis where pawn shops once proliferated, but you can still feel the thrill of a pioneer as you join the throng of moneyed hipsters pumping up the local property prices.
Telford Homes, 020 3538 6097
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This roof terrace is poised over the marina with views across the town rooftops to Spinola Bay. Inside it’s large, air-conditioned and glossily finished with white tiled floors and full-height windows in the open-plan living area. All three bedrooms are doubles, with a shower or bathroom for each, and there’s an allocated space for one car. The town centre and the waterside are a short walk away but, since there’s no pool, you may wish to get the car out for your morning swim. Asking price: £554,901.
Frank Salt, (+)356 2379 4136 Photograph: Frank Salt
