On the outside Hadlow Tower is pure gothic fantasy, on the inside it is a spectacular five-bedroom family home, with a rooftop terrace offering a 360-degree view of west Kent.

The net-zero energy (NZE) home was designed intelligently to reduce household energy needs with on-site renewable energy systems that produce as much energy as the home consumes on a yearly basis.

A unique opportunity to own your own 30-acre AOC vineyard in the Provencal countryside, complete with this elegant 18th century bastide.

At first glance, we thought this French manor home must be located somewhere in the countryside of Normandy, however this property is actually in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Architect Selim Vural spent summers vacationing in Cape Cod, and after a colourful nighttime fishing encounter with a rainbow squid, he thought: “If squids can power themselves, so should houses”.

Château d’Aubiry is a marvelous Art Nouveau palace surrounded by 12 acres of parkland, which includes a 350-foot greenhouse designed by Gustave Eiffel (yes, the same one who built the Eiffel Tower).

Set at the edge of Toorak village, a prestigious cafe and boutique-lined neighbourhood in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, the design was inspired by the distinctive Parisian Haussmann style of architecture of the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris, combined with a New York sensibility for modern sophistication.

Set on 27 acres, the chateau overlooks its own lake, surrounded with 300-600 year old oak forests and boasting its own orchards.