Simon Lee
Homes & Property
30 years on: from a dull bungalow to a fairytale 'Venetian' palace
Inspired by Renaissance Venice, this amazing house also has a sunken garden set in the ruins of an abbey that never existed...
By Simon Lee
31 Aug 2017
Homes & Property
Victorian church for sale for half price of average London home
Just three hours from London, this immaculate church has plans in place for a six-bedroom home and can be yours for just £295,
By Simon Lee
13 Mar 2018
Homes & Property
This 15th-century castle rebuilt 10 years ago hides a historic secret
This 15th-century lair was rebuilt just 10 years ago to provide all the comforts of home in a majestic and historic setting.
By Simon Lee
27 Feb 2018
Homes & Property
Home built for 1920 Ideal Home Show and reassembled in Surrey for sale
Built inside Olympia for the 1920 Ideal Home Exhibition, this timber-clad, wood panelled jewel was dismantled and taken to a chocolate box village in Surrey.
By Simon Lee
20 Feb 2018
Homes & Property
Everything is round in this Space Age bachelor pad on sale for £260k
Shag-pile on the walls, circular rooms and a huge pool...what more could you want?
By Simon Lee
8 Jan 2018
Homes & Property
Flat for sale in secret-filled 400-year-old haunted house
A ghost is said to roam the corridors of this amazing Northampton house which could make a wonderful commuter home — if you're brave enough...
By Simon Lee
9 Feb 2018
Homes & Property
Grand Designs water tower converted into 10-storey home now for sale
The 150-year-old tower once supplied the workhouse Charlie Chaplin lived in as a child with water.
By Simon Lee
8 Feb 2018
Homes & Property
Disused public loo in 'Shoreditch-on-sea' to be ultimate beach house
The chance of a lifetime to have the sand literally on your doorstep in this trendy Kent resort dubbed "Shoreditch-on-Sea".
By Simon Lee
9 Jan 2018
Homes & Property
Thatched round cottage in ancient village isn't what you'd expect
Imagine the quintessential English country cottage and Honeypot Cottage might just be what springs to mind — but appearances can be deceiving.
By Simon Lee
6 Feb 2018
Homes & Property
Octagonal London house with scandalous royal links for sale
Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales used the Kingston mansion with grounds that this house sits on as their love nest.
By Simon Lee
30 Jan 2018
Homes & Property
Inside the Dome House: geodesic family home in Kent for sale for £1.2m
This Tatsfield property is on paper a conventional three-bedroom family home with a nice garden, but for many reasons is out of this world...
By Simon Lee
5 Aug 2016
Homes & Property
City centre 16th-century castle among most viewed properties in 2017
Deep pockets could turn this 7,000sq ft, 16th-century fortress into the ultimate suburban home...
By Simon Lee
28 Feb 2017
Homes & Property
Caring Wood revealed as winner of House of the Year 2017
A newly built oast-inspired home in Kent has just been awarded the hugely coveted House of the Year 2017 award.
28 Nov 2017
Interiors28 Nov 2017
Caring Wood revealed as winner of House of the Year 2017
A newly built oast-inspired home in Kent has just been awarded the hugely coveted House of the Year 2017 award.
Interiors29 Dec 2017
'Oast House on steroids' named winner of RIBA's House of the Year
A newly built oast-inspired home in Kent has been awarded the hugely coveted House of the Year 2017 award.
Homes & Property
Rightmove reveals Britain's top 10 property hotspots of the year
As 2017 comes to a close, Rightmove reveals the best-performing spots outside of London this year.
By Simon Lee
21 Dec 2017
Homes & Property
Lincolnshire water tower for sale for price of average London home
With average London prices within a whisker of £500k, this splendid conversion in Lincolnshire — for the same price — is far from average
By Simon Lee
19 Sept 2017
Homes & Property
Suburban 'ship' and rippling clifftop villa up for House of the Year
Two more finalists — this time with a watery influence — have been revealed for this year's RIBA House of the Year.
By Simon Lee
14 Nov 2017