The Guardian - 07.09.2019

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Saturday 7 September 2019 The Guardian •

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 Weymouth, Dorset
£1.8m
Designed by architect Hakim
Kennouchi of WKK Architects,
Brookwood was built in 2000 and
subsequently won a design award
from Weymouth Civic Society. It sits
on a secluded plot four miles north
Weymouth in the village of Upwey.
The four-bed main house has a huge
atrium as its centrepiece with an
architectural staircase and gallery
link to the fi rst fl oor. There is also a
swimming pool and pool room for
entertaining, an upper-fl oor balcony
overlooking the landscaped grounds
and a detached one-bed annexe.
Savills, 01202 856 800

 Minster on Sea, Kent
£695,000
A fi ve-bed, three-storey semi at
Scocles Court, a Vilasana Homes
development of 15 luxury, energy
effi cient “passive” houses on
the Isle of Sheppey which was
highly commended in three
categories at the 2019 London
Evening Standard New Homes
Awards. They use specialised triple
glazing and hyper-insulated cores
that claim to reduce electricity
bills by up to 80%. They also come
with an air purifi cation system that
provides heat to the whole house
but, it is claimed, with less energy
consumption than the underfl oor
heating required for just one room.
M&M , 01474 321 957

▲ Southampton, Hants
£175,000-£262,00
As part of a major regeneration
project – due to complete in 2021 – on
the banks of the River Itchen , these
new one- and two-bed apartments
right on the water’s edge are in
Meridian Waterside, winner of best
new development in the south at
the First Time Buyer Awards 2019.
Help to buy is available on selected
units and Southampton central train
station is just over a mile away.
Savills, 0238 071 3900

▼ Bawdsey, Suff olk
£1.25m
This early 19th-century Martello
tower, a scheduled monument in
an area of outstanding beauty , has
won a string of awards including
one in 2010 from the Royal Institute
of British Architects. The three-bed
home is topped by an undulating
roof with far-reaching 360-degree
views. And there’s a camera obscura
in one of the bedrooms refl ecting the
seascape onto the walls. The Modern
House, 020 3795 5920

 King’s Cross, London
£825,000-£7.25m
Gasholders London , winner of a 2018 Royal
Institute of British Architects national award ,
is a development of one-, two- and three-bed
apartments built within three refurbished
Grade II-listed, gasholder frames next to the
Regent’s Canal. About a third of the 145 homes
are available, with prices from £825,000 for
a studio rising to £7.25m for a penthouse.
Residents have access to a private gym and
spa, a business lounge, an entertainment suite
with screening room, a games room, a private
dining room and rooftop gardens. Knight
Frank, 020 3918 9628

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