IN GEORGIAN TOWNHOUSE IN LONDON
Kensington, W8: terraced property with planning consent for an extension
What you get: Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, dressing room, playroom, two reception rooms, kitchen, roof terrace, balcony, garden, key to Edwardes Square shared gardens, underground parking. Large one-bedroom basement flat. 3,768 sq ft in total.
Where it is: Off Kensington High Street. Five minutes’ walk from Holland Park and High St Kensington Tube station.
Upside: The sale comes with six months’ free White Glove Lifestyle Concierge service, for the move itself, plus your needs thereafter. The square’s garden has a croquet lawn.
Downside: You will probably get addicted to the concierge service and have to cough up for ever after.
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COST: £4.75 million
CONTACT: Bective Leslie Marsh, 020-7795 4288
OUT MILL HOUSE IN OXFORDSHIRE
Cokethorpe Park: Grade II listed 1723 mill conversion by the River Windrush
What you get: Four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two reception rooms, kitchen, summer house, double garage with room above, greenhouse, gardens. 2,863 sq ft in all.
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Where it is: Fourteen miles from Oxford, for fast trains to London. Two miles from Witney, just off the A40.
Upside: Cotswold stone, lovely square rooms, leafy gardens with views.
Downside: Proximity to the A40 might disturb the peace and quiet.
COST: £850,000
CONTACT: John D Wood, 01865 311522
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AWAY HISTORIC HOME ON ALDERNEY
St Anne: magnificent Georgian townhouse in a Channel Island tax haven
What you get: Six bedroom suites, six reception rooms, study, two-bedroom cottage, walled garden with permission for a pool house. 8,700 sq ft in all.
Where it is: St Anne is the main town on the island. Regular flights to Alderney from the English South Coast, 70 miles away, take 45 minutes.
Upside: Les Mouriaux House is said to be the island’s best address, with a royal past. Beaches rival the Caribbean.
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Downside: You could feel a bit cut off.
COST: £2.25 million
CONTACT: Knight Frank 020-7629 8171