Snooping around: Homes with a gym

Property of the week: Whidbourne Street, London WC1. Rising tower-like in this realm of terraces and apartment blocks, this unique gaff is currently divided into two one-bedroom split-level flats, but could be reclaimed as a single, four-storey home. You and your equity should benefit from the King’s Cross regeneration, which should glamorise the area, and it’s just a short walk to theatreland and the West End. Beware the congestion charge. Cost: £500,000. Chesterton, 020 7836 2888 Photograph: Chesterton/Chesterton

Wreck of the week: Hadstock, near Saffron Walden, Essex. This two-bed, grade II-listed cottage has been gravely neglected. The roof of the extension is collapsing, the thatch needs redoing, and there’s damp - £100,000 will make a pleasing difference. Which suddenly makes the £275,000 guide price less appealing. However, it’s spacious inside and out - it stands in a third of an acre - and has two receptions and a study. Set for auction February 12.
Mullucks Wells, 01799 520520 Photograph: Mullucks Wells/Mullucks Wells

Take three: homes with gyms. This open-plan, two-bedroom flat is an unusually affordable way of working off the festive flab. It’s below the stamp-duty threshold, and occupants get the use of a private gym, pool and reception foyer with a concierge. Set in Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, it’s just a stroll away from the city centre and overlooks a marina. It can be a touch dim, as it relies on stingy windows for natural light. Cost: £149,950.
Lang & Co, 01752 256000 Photograph: Lang & Co/Lang & Co

Take three: homes with gyms. A bay window swells the already huge living room and master bedroom in this two-bedder near Newmarket, Suffolk. Your £325,000 also buys you a reception, a kitchen, two shower/bathrooms and a garage. The building was once a hotel and is now a stately gated development with a gym, pool, sauna and communal gardens, and it’s but a brief trot to the races. Beware the toil to the second floor.
Jackson-Stops & Staff, 01638 662231 Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff/Jackson-Stops & Staff

Take three: homes with gyms. This three-bedder is in a handsome, leafy area in easy reach of Teddington station, Middlesex. The rather princely sum of £474,950 buys you a reception room, a kitchen/breakfast room, three beds, two bathrooms and, of course, a gym, which is in a large summerhouse in the garden. There’s also a 20ft-long living room with a wooden floor. Be mindful that two of the three bedrooms are diminutive and sans bathroom.
Townends, 020 8487 3443 Photograph: Townends/Townends