Properties

The best houses for sale for around £500,000 – from a navigable 1920s Dutch barge on a marina in Isleworth, London, to a basement apartment in Clifton, Bristol

By Natasha Langan Last updated 6 February 26

The best houses for sale with libraries – from a country house in Surrey with a circular library, to a house in Pembrokeshire with custom-made bookshelves

By Natasha Langan Last updated 30 January 26

The best houses for sale with indoor swimming pools – from an 1830s converted stable block in Northamptonshire, to a manor house mentioned in the Domesday Book

By Natasha Langan Last updated 16 January 26

The best properties for sale with mountain views – from a 1780s house in the Catskill Mountains in New York State, to a 19th-century house near Pitlochry

By Natasha Langan Last updated 9 January 26

The best properties for sale with indoor gyms – from a four-storey mews house in London’s Knightsbridge, to a 1920s Arts & Crafts house in Melbury Abbas, Dorset

By Natasha Langan Published 30 December 25

The best houses for sale with beautiful fireplaces – from a 15th-century cottage in Kent to a 17th-century palazzo in Oxfordshire

By Natasha Langan Published 20 December 25

The best ski chalets on the market – from a traditional Alpine-style chalet in Switzerland to an award-winning Modernist building in Japan’s exclusive ski areas

By Natasha Langan Published 13 December 25