As the discerning few – including actor Hugh Grant and chef Heston Blumenthal – have discovered, the Alpilles in southern France is the perfect place for a holiday house, especially one with historical charm.
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Capturing the zeitgeist
Self-Sufficiency In Italy: the Forci Estate, overlooking Lucca in Tuscany, is all about agricultural regeneration and environmental sustainability. The Palazzina would appeal to a buyer with an eye for history and a vision for a ‘greener’ future.
A classic Tuscan Farmhouse
Some love affairs are brief; others bloom into lifelong passions. Set in glorious countryside in Lucca province, the modestly priced six-bedroom Farmhouse Torre – which has period charm, a generous pool and a guest cottage – is the definition of eternal bliss.
The best of both worlds
A new, younger class of global homebuyer is leveraging the trend towards hybrid working. The prime residential market has been dominated by older HNWIs, but a new category of international home-buying executives in their forties or even thirties is now emerging.
Epicurean living with a view
High summer on the Côte d’Azur attracts the party crowd, so those in the know, craving a little tranquillité, head for the hills. This contemporary villa, close to Grimaud, would suit a buyer who wants easy access to Saint-Tropez but also needs security, privacy and generous entertaining spaces.
Staying Power
As the global property market rediscovers its mojo, Peter Swain salutes the sectors and cities forging ahead. Leading hostelry marques are offering remarkable residences that combine the ease and comfort of hotel living with all the privacy of one’s own four walls. In London and New York, tempting new projects woo with cutting-edge design and peerless panoramas.
Urban flight?
In the spring of 2020, when the worst of the pandemic hit, those owners who could, fled New York, Milan and London. It’s undeniable that some urbanites have left for the countryside – whether permanently or temporarily – but are reports of the city’s death a tad exaggerated?
Peak Property
Traditional chalets, convenient condos, hotel private residences and contemporary masterpieces in the Swiss Alps, Dolomites, Whistler, Aspen, Vermont and New Zealand’s Southern Alps: standout high-altitude homes for this ski season and summer sojourns.
Global trends
The latest global trends in city living are all about sporting, social and spa amenities, reports Peter Swain, who also explores global golf developments and the rising market in Lisbon.
The class of 2016
A degree of exposure to the political and economic exigencies of the times is inevitable for most, but seasoned observers appreciate that when it comes to seeking out exclusive residences worldwide, form is temporary, but class is permanent.
Property Times, 2016
Multiple home ownership provides one solution to the age-old problem of how to successfully balance the competing demands of business and quality leisure time. So what makes a well-rounded portfolio of properties?
A touch of club class
With Wentworth members up in arms over eye-watering new charges, golfers are househunting elsewhere. Peter Swain seeks out the best of the rest, from Surrey to Scotland.
Changing fortunes
As the global economy digests this year’s economic and political happenings, the property narrative is all about secondary markets. Today’s real-estate investors and lifestyle buyers need imagination, a sense of adventure and a little help from the wealth of research and knowledge in this Centurion guide.
A good time to buy in Europe
A combination of factors, including a weakening Euro, mark out an opportune moment to invest in continental Eurozone property.
2015 global property trends
Global wealth has never been so portable, real estate as an asset class so desirable or the choice of destination so wide. An appraisal of the where, what, why, who and how of 2015.
Private islands
The search for solitude has a simple solution – a private island sanctuary. Peter Swain examines the exclusive marketplace and assesses the options
Portugal’s sunny fairways prove a year round winner
When it comes to multi-golf course developments with upscale amenities and a variety of property at different price points, the Algarve in southern Portugal takes some beating reports PETER SWAIN. Not surprising it is the retirement choice for so many golf-loving Brits.
Heady Tuscan Renaissance
In the Italian region best known for sublime scenery, great art and rich food, peter Swain discovers an old hilltop village being brought back to life, where you don’t need to be a millionaire to buy a piece of paradise.
Olympic Gold for amateur landlords?
Peter Swain wonders if he and other amateur landlords can make some money by renting out their homes to Olympic visitors in late July and early August 2012
Ryder Cup property
Golf and property development go together like Colin Montgomery and the Ryder Cup – they’re a winning formula.