What you get for £2.25m the UK and Malta

If it’s scenery you like, this four-bedroom St Ives home with a 180-degree panorama across a vast expanse of open sea is for you. Set in mature and private gardens and grounds of just over a third of an acre, the house has views from St Ives and its harbour across a vast expanse of open sea and then miles of coastline to Trevose Head and beyond. The property, which is walking distance from Carbis Bay and Porthminster beaches, is in good condition but certain features are outdated.EPC E (potential D) — on a scale of A (best) to G (worst)Upside Natural beauty on your doorstep.Downside Remote.Price £2.25 millionContact lillicrapchilcott.com
The Coach House is a four-bedroom home in Passenham with 6,000 sq ft of space, including 3,300 sq ft of outbuildings, which encompass a grade I listed tithe barn and planning permission for another outhouse. Gorgeous grounds stretch to more than four acres. The home is full of period features including a handcrafted fireplace in Ancaster stone, but sections have been modernised and it has a new boiler.EPC ExemptUpside Surrounded by countryside, yet also a 15-minute drive to Milton Keynes.Downside The cost of maintaining it.Price £2.25 millionContact michaelgraham.co.uk
Street End Place is a seven-bedroom house in the village of Street End, a few miles outside Canterbury. The property has been in the same family for several generations — the original mansion was demolished in the 1960s and replaced by a bungalow, which was also knocked down and replaced with the house as it stands today. This is the first time it’s been on the market. The ground floor has a grand entrance hall with a dramatic split staircase, as well as a large drawing room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room and conservatory. Upstairs there is an enormous galleried landing and four bedrooms, all en suite, and two of which open onto a balcony. The property also has a three-bedroom stable cottage. Other outbuildings include a former stable block, detached store, double garage and a former estate office with a flat above. The property has a pair of walled gardens, a rear courtyard and sweeping lawns with mature trees. EPC C (potential B)Upside A staircase worthy of Scarlett O’Hara.Downside A lot of carpet to vacuum.Price £2.25 millionContact finns.co.uk
The Steps is a grade II* listed house with six bedrooms on the high street of the Cotswolds village of Moreton-in-Marsh. Dating from the mid-18th century, the Palladian-style townhouse has been renovated extensively, but still has plenty of period features including a Venetian window, wooden floors and shutters, working fireplaces and elegant cornices. Downstairs there’s a drawing room, sitting room and dining room, and a kitchen with a Belfast sink, electric Aga and American-style fridge/freezer; it adjoins a boot room. The ground-floor cloakroom has a Thomas Crapper WC. The first floor has three bedrooms — including one with a dressing room and Jack and Jill en suite. The top floor has three further bedrooms. Outside there’s half an acre of garden, with a raised terrace and a pair of single garages. EPC D (potential C)Upside Surely the grandest house on the street.Downside Tourists outside your door.Price £2.25 millionContact knightfrank.co.uk
Briar House is a grade II listed family home in Twickenham, southwest London. The ground floor has five reception rooms including a generous kitchen-diner, which leads into a garden room and rear courtyard perfect for alfresco entertaining. Upstairs, there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms, and outside is a detached one-bedroom annexe. The south-facing garden at the front of the house extends to 40ft. The railway station is a 15-minute walk away, for 23-minute trains to London Waterloo.EPC ExemptUpside Close to the bright lights of London city centre without the chaos.Downside Scandi-style extension clashes with the main home.Price £2.25 millionContact hamptons.co.uk
Set within five and a half acres, Badgers is a six-bedroom country home with a swimming pool, tennis court and sauna. Although it’s unlisted, the property dates from the 1500s and used to be two separate cottages. On the ground floor there are six reception rooms, a generous kitchen with an Aga, and two downstairs WCs. Upstairs are six bedrooms and three bathrooms with views across the High Weald National Landscape, and outhouses include a workshop, pool house, summerhouse and study. The gardens and grounds include expansive lawn, vegetable gardens and two fenced paddocks.EPC E (potential C)Upside Wadhurst was voted the best place to live in 2023 by The Sunday Times, and also made the list this year.Downside In need of an interiors update.Price £2.2 millionContact greenlizardhomes.co.uk
Spanning close to 10,000 sq ft of space, this Georgian country house outside Billingham, nine miles north of Middlesbrough, is built for entertaining. There are five bedrooms, with a bathroom for each one, four reception rooms and a grand kitchen with fitted white cabinets. The house is kitted out with luxurious, modern fixtures and fittings and it’s surrounded by more than five acres of attractive countryside, a kitchen garden and a wildlife pond. For the owners, there’s a study, laundry room, a home office with a studio on top, a hot tub and wine cellar. When guests arrive, there’s a large games room leading to a private balcony and a separate leisure suite, with a 26ft indoor pool and changing rooms, and a tennis court outside. EPC C (potential B)Upside Perfect for parties and large family gatherings.Downside Shared maintenance responsibility for a private road leading to Wynyard Hall, a popular wedding venue.Price £2.25 millionContact jackson-stops.co.uk
There are few pockets of big, detached family homes with private gardens as close to the centre of Edinburgh as the Wester Coates district near Roseburn. This elegant five-bedroom, three-bathroom villa with conservatory and electric-gated driveway plus two-car garage is as good an example as you’ll find of what your money can buy there. It sits on an elevated plot above a quiet avenue, off which is a footpath leading directly to the wonderful Water of Leith Walkway. Bus, tram and train connections at Haymarket are a mere 15-minute stroll away, meaning speedy travel to the whole of Edinburgh and beyond.EPC D (potential C)Upside Peaceful, detached family home within walking distance of the city centre.Downside A price that could buy you a country estate in some parts of Scotland.Price Offers over £2.25 millionContact ellisonsproperty.com
Addresses in Edinburgh don’t get much more exclusive than Mansionhouse Road in the Grange conservation area just south of the city centre. This six-bedroom, three-storey detached Victorian villa on one of the capital’s most desirable streets has been done up in recent years to the highest of standards. A contemporary open-plan kitchen flowing through into a sunroom with doors to the rear garden draws in loads of natural light from east and west, morning through to evening. A principal suite with connecting bathroom and dressing room occupies the entire top floor. The sandstone exterior has been polished up to the point that it looks as if the house could have been built yesterday.EPC D (potential C)Upside The Meadows, Edinburgh University and the Old Town all within walking distance.Downside Overlooked by a lot of other neighbouring properties.Price Offers over £2.3 millionContact savills.com
Beautifully converted, this four-bedroom period townhouse stands in the coveted, characterful old part of St Julian’s, a vibrant town on Malta’s eastern coastline. An arc of golden sand lies within a short stroll at St George’s Bay. The vaulted entrance hall is laid with attractive floor tiles and reception rooms include a dining room, study and lounge opening to a loggia. The guest cloakroom is kitted out with a Japanese loo and there’s a second hallway with a separate entrance too. Outside, the garden has a retractable awning to shield oneself from Malta’s 300 days of sun, and there are tropical plants, a lawn, alfresco dining area and a small pool. Upstairs, the principal bedroom has a television room, en suite bathroom and generous dressing room. Upside A solar water system and photovoltaic panels which power the property.Downside The garden is not huge.Price €2.7 million (£2.3 million)Contact homesofquality.com.mt