France Charente Maritime
About 15 minutes from the sea on the west coast of France, in Chenac-St-Seurin-d’Uzet, this property with swimming pool comes in three parts: the main house, a one-bed apartment and three-bed gite. The main house measures 129sq m (1,388sq ft) and was built around 1900. It has an open-plan 34sq m (366sq ft) kitchen/dining room with fireplace and views of the pool which is reached via French windows. The 33sq m (355sq ft) living room also has a fireplace and double doors to the swimming pool. Up oak stairs are three bedrooms and a bathroom. There are fruit trees in the garden, and a workshop.
Price: €399,000
Agent: frenchestateagents.com
Spain Valencia
This elevated 300sq m (3,229sq ft) villa has views out over its swimming pool to the countryside and sea beyond. A long, sandy beach is a 10-minute drive away. Near the small town of Palma de Gandia, and the larger one of Gandia, the three-storey house has seven bedrooms and four bathrooms. There is a good link between inside and out in this south-facing house with a pergola beside the dining area and a number of terraces, one with barbecue. Valencia and Alicante airports are an hour away.
Price: €399,000
Agent: forsalebysallyinspain.com
Caribbean St Vincent and the Grenadines
Surrounded by its own land, Lulleybye House, in Lower Bay, Bequia, has 280 degree views across a tropical landscape to the sea. The main part of the property has two bedrooms, an open-plan kitchen and dining room, and a living room which opens onto an ocean-facing balcony. Downstairs is a self-contained studio apartment. Two beaches – Lower Bay and Princess Margaret Beach – are an easy walk away.
Price: $470,000 (about €385,000)
Agent: Grenadinevillas.com
Italy Puglia
This nine-bedroom palazzo commands a central position in the town of Ceglie Messapica, which dates to the 15th century BC. Built in the 1930s, the house has many original features including decorative wrought-iron bannisters, vaulted ceilings and stone stairs and floor. Measuring 200sq m (2,152sq ft) Palazzo Plebiscito has six main rooms, a bathroom and store. Most of the accommodation is on the first floor, which is fitting for a classy Italian family who would hang out on the piano nobile to gain better views and escape the damp at ground level (where the hapless servants may indeed be based). There is a roof terrace and balconies to the front which overlook the town’s main square.
Price: €400,000
Agent: elitepuglia.com
