This five-bedroom house is large and stately, and located in a conservation area near the beach at Littlehampton. It also has sea views and four exquisite reception rooms. On the downside, the garden is a fairly small courtyard.
On the market for £575,000 through Jackson-Stops & Staff (01903 885886). Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff
This cottage has all you would want from a country getaway – beamed ceilings, flagstone floors and a large garden melding into Snowdonia national park. Both bedrooms are doubles, and there’s a third in an annexe. It’s remote, and a goodly drive to the nearest shop, but that could be regarded as an advantage.
On the market for £240,000 through Jackson-Stops & Staff (01244 328361). Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff
Philippe Stark and the yoo design team will create the interior for this new development right in the middle of Berlin. Designed by Eike Becker architects, yoo Berlin comprises 86 apartments with a choice of one to four bedrooms. All have balconies and the development has a fitness centre, cafe and bar plus underground parking. Work started this July and completion is expected in Spring 2013. Prices from €376,544, plus an optional extra of €35,000 for an underground parking space.
Contact Cluttons Resorts (0207 584 3050). Photograph: Cluttons Resorts
Dream homes normally appeal to adults, but the slides from the top floor should ensure that these properties in the Soneva Gili development are just as popular with children. This is the first time that foreigners have been able to buy in the Maldives, and these 14 new over-water homes on the Lankanfushi Island, one of the smallest in the Maldives, are being sold on a 50-year leasehold with an option to extend to 90 years. Each will have four bedrooms, and the master suite has a private sun deck, jacuzzi and spa.
Yours for US$7m. Sales start in October – contact Clutton Resorts (020 7584 3050). Photograph: Cluttons Resorts
This Grade-II listed smallholding is habitable – just. But £50,000 spent on a new kitchen, bathroom and maybe roof will do the trick. The two-bedroom semi-detached cottage is set in a glorious valley with over three-and-a-half acres of its own and a big share of six-and-a-half acres of pasture. Planners might let you expand into the stone barn.
On the market for £150,000 through George F White (01388 527966). Photograph: George F White
