Home: Kent, Deal

‘Bungalow’ sounds too humble a term for this house. It has the ambience of a stately home in miniature inside, and comes with a studio and a separate one-bedroom cottage in two-thirds of an acre of landscaped gardens. A Victorian lodge, it’s garnished with panelling, leaded windows, Gothic features and vaulted ceilings. A kitchen should mitigate grocery bills. Cost: £935,000. Bright & Bright, 01304 374071

Home: Bridport, Dorset

It’s the location that matters with this one – a perch on the clifftop with aerial views along the Jurassic coast from Chesil Beach to Golden Cap and gardens with access to the cliff path. There’s planning permission to enlarge two of the four bedrooms and add balconies for sedentary sightseeing. Its stylishly upgraded four bedrooms, four bathrooms and three receptions enable it to earn its keep as a B&B. Yours for £825,000.Humberts, 01308 800164

Home: Dulcote, near Wells, Somerset.

Its origins as a barn have been fastidiously erased by hi-tech, hi-spec domestic indulgences such as underfloor heating, an iPod dock with ceiling-mounted speakers in the living room, an integrated sound and visual system, and programmable mood lighting in every room. Rustic views are absorbed through glassed walls. You and the other 17 residents share a pool, spa, library and gym, the price of which is a scary service charge. On the market for £435,000.Greenslade Taylor Hunt, 01749 605605

Home: near Maybole, Ayrshire

Once a lodge house serving a country estate, it’s now a glamour dwelling large enough to earn its keep as a B&B with bookings to the end of the year. To help cater for the guests, should you wish to retain them, you get to keep the American-style fridge-freezer and all the built-in kitchen appliances. Four bedrooms and four bathrooms sprawl across the single storey. A garden of nearly an acre looks down pastoral slopes to the sea. Cost: £390,000.Tepilo, 01702 870878

Away: Algorfa, Alicante, Spain

This is the showhouse on a new golfing estate, and you can have the self-same thing built to order if you can wait 18 months to move in. La Finca golf course is the tourist lure in this quaint inland town on the Costa Blanca – it’s a 15-minute drive for seaside pleasures. The template is a three-bedroom bungalow in its own grounds, 35 minutes from Alicante airport, with the use of a communal swimming pool and gardens. On the market for £193,000. Property & Spain, 020 8339 6036