Ash Tree Cottage, Mount Gardens, Sydenham, London, SE26. A Georgian cottage surrounded by mature gardens in the Sydenham Hill conservation area. It has a breakfast kitchen with a vaulted, beamed ceiling and bifold doors leading onto a dining terrace. 4 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, studio. £2m Knight Frank 020-3815 9410.
The Walled Garden, Tottingworth Park, East Sussex. A Modernist-style house built 20 years ago in a Victorian walled garden. It has a steel frame, glass walls and an open-plan living and kitchen area with integrated Miele appliances and 360-degree views over the garden. 5 beds, 4 baths, studio, workshop, 1.7 acres. £2m Hamptons 01892-640316.
Munstead Court, Godalming, Surrey. A modernised Arts and Crafts house built in 1905. It retains its leaded-light windows, open fireplaces and wood floors, and has a kitchen and family room with extensive units, an Aga, an atrium-style skylight and bifold doors on two sides leading onto the terraces. 7 beds, 7 baths, 2 receps, second kitchen, gym, barn, tennis court, stable block, gardens, 7.44 acres. £5.25m Strutt & Parker 01483-306565.
Subscribe to MoneyWeek
Subscribe to MoneyWeek today and get your first six magazine issues absolutely FREE
Sign up to Money Morning
Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter
Don't miss the latest investment and personal finances news, market analysis, plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter
Arawai House, Hill Brow, Hampshire. An 1870s Victorian house on the edge of a village with large gardens and grounds overlooking the South Downs. The kitchen is fitted with a Bora induction hob, a Quooker basin, a Miele oven and has full-length windows and French doors leading onto a decked terrace. The house retains its original fireplaces and sash windows with shutters. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, study, games room, annexe, cellar, 4 acres. £1.95m Savills 01483-796800.
Burnsall Street, Chelsea, London SW3. This three-storey, end-of-terrace house has been rebuilt to include an extended kitchen, which has state-of-the-art fittings, four ovens at eye level and bifold doors leading onto the south-facing garden. 3 beds, 2 baths, recep. £3.5m John D Wood 020-3369 4319.
Blacket Place, Newington, Edinburgh. An updated period property in Edinburgh’s Blacket conservation area. It has sash windows with shutters, stained-glass windows, an elegant staircase and a modern extension that includes an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area with sliding doors leading onto the terrace and garden. 4 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, study, utility, separate summer house/office. £1.5m+ Knight Frank 0131-222 9606.
Court A Pella, Newton St. Margarets, Hereford. A modernised period property set in landscaped gardens with a wildflower meadow. The house has flagstone floors, open fireplaces, exposed ceiling beams, a large dining kitchen with oak floors, bespoke cabinetry, marble worktops and doors leading onto the garden, and a dual-aspect sitting room with a vaulted ceiling. 3 beds, 3 baths, dressing room, 2 receps, static caravan, 3.76 acres. £1.25m Strutt & Parker 01584-873711.
-
Val d’Isère is a valley of delightsMoneyWeek Travel Matthew Partridge reviews Airelles Val d’Isere and Hotel Mont-Blanc in the famous French ski resort
-
Review: The Ozen Collection – a dream stay in the MaldivesMoneyWeek Travel Ozen Life Maadhoo and Ozen Reserve Bolifushi, where luxury meets nature, are almost too good to be true, says Nicole García Mérida.
-
Review: An odyssey through Sri LankaMoneyWeek Travel Merryn Somerset Webb explores the South Asian country’s ruins, jungle and fabulous food.
-
Flexjet review: the only way to flyMoneyWeek Travel Chris Carter flies with Flexjet, a provider of fractional ownership of private jets, to St Moritz in Switzerland for the Snow Polo World Cup.
-
South American nature holidays – take a walk on the wild sideTravel We find holidays in South America where you can explore nature in all its diversity.
-
10 cheapest places to rent in EnglandAs rent prices increase it’s good to know where renters can get the cheapest rent, and which are the least affordable areas to avoid.
-
Collectables: The Christmas gift for people who have everythingA collectable is deeply personal. It is the archetypal thoughtful Christmas gift.
-
Lucknam Park Hotel review: a stately stay in the countryMoneyWeek Travel Matthew Partridge tries his hand at horse riding at the luxury Lucknam Park Hotel in Wiltshire.
