What you get for £725,000 in Dorset, Shropshire, Edinburgh and Spain

Dorset

Built in 2005, four-bedroom Stirling House near Shaftesbury is relatively new, but it looks older, and we mean that as a compliment. The walls are clad in dressed Shaftesbury greenstone, with Bath stone window surrounds, bronze casement windows and a slate roof. The interior is equally classical: solid oak flooring, exposed oak beams, wooden doors and a Shaker-style kitchen. In total there is 1,331 sq ft of floor space. It has pretty gardens that wrap around the house. The driveway is lined with box hedges. In the back there is a decked terrace and a home office. It’s in the village of Motcombe, which has a village shop that doubles as a post office with banking facilities, a primary school, a village hall and an inn with a restaurant.
EPC D (potential C)
Upside A period feel without the draughts.
Downside One of the bedrooms is downstairs.
Price £725,000
Contact hamptons.co.uk

Shropshire

Close to the Clun Valley and Welsh border, Berry Cottage’s selling point is its views. One mile away from the village of Hopton Castle, the property is truly remote and you’re unlikely to be disturbed. Parts of the cottage date from the late 18th century, with a modern extension creating a contrast of contemporary and traditional living. There are two en suite bedrooms, two reception areas and a garden room with an en suite. The kitchen has floor-to-ceiling windows and there are solar panels, a ground source heat pump and an electric car charger. The nearest railway station is two miles away at Hopton Heath.
EPC C — on a scale of A (best) to G (worst)
Upside Underfloor heating.
Downside Nothing in walking distance.
Price £725,000
Contact struttandparker.com

Herefordshire

With wooden beams and fixtures, Beech House has a country home feel to it, and thanks to a garden bursting with fruit trees and views of pasture land, it doesn’t disappoint. The ground floor has a large sitting room, dining room, sun room and kitchen, as well as a utility space and boot room. Upstairs are four bedrooms, one en suite with walk-in wardrobe space, and a separate family bathroom. A large fireplace with a wood-burning stove in the sitting room is a particular highlight and would encourage cosy evenings. Hereford is ten miles away and the closest airport is Birmingham, 56 miles away.
EPC E (potential C)
Upside Double garage.
Downside No pub in the immediate area.
Price £725,000
Contact grantco.co

Kent

In the village of Chartham Hatch, four miles from Canterbury, this five-bedroom home is a converted oast house. Despite its historical roots, the interiors look sleek and modern, with tiled floors, open-plan rooms and sophisticated lighting. The ground floor is an enormous open-plan sitting room/kitchen/dining room that measures 19.5ft x 20ft. It has a small WC. On the first floor are three bedrooms. The second floor has two additional large bedrooms: one 20ft x 14ft; the other a whopping 20ft x 18ft (on the floorplan it’s billed as a living room). Outside there are two workshops, a garage and parking for four cars. It has a low-maintenance garden and views of the countryside.
EPC D (potential C)
Upside No chance of claustrophobia in these airy rooms.
Downside Has lost any quaint and rustic appeal.
Price £700,000-£750,000
Contact sandersonsuk.com

Worcestershire

Grade II listed Lower House Barn in Areley Kings (a village on the River Severn) is a beamed beauty offering 2,663 sq ft of living space. The ground floor comprises a hall, snug and vast drawing room with two sets of arched double doors opening to the garden and a brick fireplace with an open fire plus a spiral staircase. A granite-topped kitchen is kitted out with a Neff dishwasher plus Miele-branded fridge, separate freezer and a coffee machine, and there’s a handy utility room and WC too. Upstairs you’ll find four bedrooms and two bathrooms. The manageable gardens include fruit trees, a sunken hot tub and barbecue area with an ornamental stream and pond.
EPC Exempt
Upside The swift 60.9 Mbps broadband speed is suitable for gamers.
Downside Some flooding in the area.
Price £725,000
Contact fishergerman.co.uk

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Cumbria

Snap up a period home on the edge of the Lake District National Park with plenty of equestrian potential for horse riders. Ympgarth is a characterful four-bedroom detached house built in the 18th century in the village of Stainton, three miles south of Penrith close to Ullswater, which is small but has a nursery, primary school, Methodist church, post office, pub and hotel. There’s a stone barn, a two-acre paddock and a small lawn garden. Penrith North Lakes is the nearest railway station, just over two miles away.
EPC E (potential C)
Upside Well-located country house.
Downside The garden and outbuilding need some TLC.
Price £725,000
Contact fineandcountry.co.uk

Powys

Nant Yr Hen Glawdd is an extended Welsh stone cottage in the village of Llangynog, which is a couple of miles outside Snowdonia National Park (Eryri). Sitting on a hill with views down the Tanat Valley, this house has greenery climbing over it and pretty mansard windows. There are lots of additional buildings bursting with potential. Inside the main house, there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms. The sitting room leads to the oak-framed summerhouse. Stood within the grounds are two outbuildings; one has been converted to a workshop with a mezzanine that has planning consent to be a holiday let. There’s also a garage built in 2020 with space for six cars on the ground floor and a home office upstairs.
EPC D (potential A)
Upside Lots of development potential.
Downside Surrounded by holiday/caravan parks.
Price £725,000
Contact knightfrank.co.uk

Cornwall

A Georgian village house in St Martin, south of the Helford River on the Lizard peninsula, is on the market for the first time in 35 years as a probate sale. On a half-acre plot backing on to farmer’s fields, the grade II listed home has mature gardens including an orchard. Downstairs are four reception rooms, a kitchen with a utility room including a sauna, and a conservatory. An elegant staircase curves up towards four bedrooms and two bathrooms. A pub that dates from the 16th century, the Prince of Wales, is a 15-minute walk away.
EPC F (potential D)
Upside Chain-free.
Downside Dated interiors (think basins in some bedrooms).
Price £725,000
Contact lillicrapchilcott.com

Moray

Overlooking the estuary where the mighty River Spey meets the Moray Firth, five-bedroom Dunfermline House has been linked with industries from fishing and shipbuilding to forestry since the 18th century. In more recent years it’s made for a fine family home, with lots of bright rooms with open sea views and a spacious green garden that rolls right down to the water’s edge. The interiors reveal the house’s age and history in rustic exposed stone walls and timber pillars and roof beams. The southeast wing can be accessed either directly from the kitchen or through external doors, meaning it can function as separate accommodation if desired.
EPC D (potential B)
Upside Stone barn suitable for conversion.
Downside Sea winds rattling your windows on stormy days.
Price Offers over £725,000
Contact galbraithgroup.com

Edinburgh

A pair of cottages dating from 1895 on the northern fringe of Penicuik outside Edinburgh have been cleverly united into one five-bedroom home, readied for a greener future with the installation of a ground source heat pump. House O’Muir Cottage, as the single dwelling is now known, comprises a two-storey sandstone main volume containing a dining-kitchen, sitting room and two en suite bedrooms, plus a second single-storey wing — connected via a sunny corner garden room — with three further bedrooms plus two bathrooms. The heat pump helps keep the house cosy and bills low. It comes with five years of a Renewable Heat Incentive grant still left to run.
EPC C (potential C)
Upside Pentland Hills on your doorstep, Edinburgh only 30-40 minutes away.
Downside Right on a main road.
Price Offers over £725,000
Contact savills.com

Spain

Gaze out over the Med from this penthouse in a gated development of 34 homes in La Heredia, among hills in the outskirts of Marbella. Two flats were combined to create a single 173 sq m penthouse, with three bedrooms — all with en suite bathrooms — and a generous 70 sq m terrace. From the newly built communal pool, you can apparently see all the way to Gibraltar and Africa. San Pedro beach and several golf courses, including La Quinta, are within 15 minutes’ drive. Malaga-Costa del Sol airport is about 40 minutes away by car, with direct flights from London taking just under three hours.
Upside Breathtaking views.
Downside The beach is a drive away.
Price €839,000 (about £721,000)
Contact spotblue.com