This is a 21st-century addition to the wild glories of the highlands and is built to accommodate all the envious friends and family who will wish to share your views of loch and glen. There are four bathrooms among the seven bedrooms and an open-plan kitchen area for populous entertainment, but the master suite and the sixth bedroom have been left unfinished. You get 1.85 acres of this rugged scenery and many miles of it form the focal point of all the rooms. On the market for £425,000.
Strutt & Parker, 01463 723 597 Photograph: Strutt & Parker
If you lean far enough out of the windows you’ll see the quay and National Trust marshes that border this fetching flint village. This part of the coast is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty because of its wild shoreline. The cottage has been newly renovated with floors of wood or tile and a wood burning stove in the living room. The views are the most expansive aspect of it, though, for it has only one bedroom and a sliver of courtyard. On the market for £295,000.
Bedfords, 01328 730 500 Photograph: Bedfords
Painswick, with its mellow medieval buildings, considers itself “Queen of the Cotswolds”, an area so recklessly pretty that only the moneyed can afford a foothold here. £450,000 buys this three-bedroom cottage with elongated views across the valley beyond its walled garden and a secret garden through a gate beyond the main lawn. A study, conservatory and large kitchen diner with a utility room will absorb family overspill and there’s a detached garage. Occupants of the middle bedroom have to pass through the other two to reach the bathrooms and two staircases.
Hamptons International, 01452 812 354 Photograph: Hamptons International
The front of this old coastguard’s cottage overlooks the sea and the rear rolling countryside. Five minutes’ walk away is a beach beside the fishing village of North Hallsands and the coastal path crosses National Trust-owned cliff tops close by. French doors open the sitting room on to the lofty garden from where you can gaze over Start Bay. The three bedrooms are doubles with two bathrooms between them, although the third is an attic with restricted head height. Asking price: £400,000.
Marchand Petit, 01548 857 588 Photograph: Marchand Petit
This two-bedroom house at the foot of the Albera Massif looks out over the village and the Alt Empordè region to the sea and on clear days you can see to the Medes Islands. It was reconstructed from ruins last year using original stones which are cosily exposed inside. There are plans existing to convert the porch area into a guest house and a swimming pool has been dug in the gardens. Asking price: €575,000.
Lucas Fox, (+34) 933 562 989 Photograph: Lucas Fox
