Feast your eyes upon this smart 17th century country cottage in Berkshire
A stunning oak-framed addition has transformed a dark and dingy cottage into a light and bright family home
Real homes
Step inside beautiful real homes from around the world with our house tours. From chocolate box cottages in the Cotswolds to super-sleek modern homes in the capital, we go behind the front door of houses up and down the country, and find out how the owners and renters created their dream homes, whatever their style and budget.
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Credit: David Giles Have a look around this sophisticated modern-meets-traditional three-bed Victorian terrace in London
With no major work required, the owners could get straight to the fun bit – decorating!
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Credit: Georgia Burns Take a look around this bold and eclectic four-bed new-build in Bristol
The owner couldn’t deny this place’s potential
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Credit: Colin Poole Take a tour of this smart, three-bed Victorian terraced home in Hampshire
Thanks to help from friends and family, this makeover was done in a flash
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Image credit: Brent Darby Credit: Brent Darby Be amazed by this stunning modern country home in Buckinghamshire
A new kind of country, the owners have created a stunning modern country home with all the warmth of a traditional rural dwelling
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Image credit: David Giles Credit: David Giles Take a look around this creative Scandi-inspired 1970s family home in Oxfordshire
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Image credit: Colin Poole Credit: Colin Poole Take a tour of this extended contemporary home in Hertfordshire
This family took a boxy, modern brick house, extended it and replanned the internal layout
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Have a wander around this five-bedroom 1820s period house with a modern interior
The owners have brought a period house into the 21st-century with a contemporary glass extension and a modern interior
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Image credit: David Giles Credit: David Giles These are your 5 most-loved house tours from 2018 – and they are winners!
It's hard to pick a favourite house tour, but you did, and these are your top 5 real homes of 2018!
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Explore this enchanting timber-framed new build in a Surrey conservation area
Unable to find their forever home, this couple built their own oak-framed cottage, complete with an eclectic interior
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Credit: Colin Poole Be inspired by this Scandi-style Seventies end-of-terrace rental in Middlesbrough
This owner spent time, rather than money, turning an unloved rental into a beautiful, Scandi-inspired family home
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Credit: Colin Poole Step inside this elegant and restful three-bed 1950s semi in Kent
The owner has used a palette of soft neutrals to create a soothing mood that offsets the stresses of daily life
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Credit: Katie Lee Have a look around this scandi-minimalist warehouse apartment in Manchester
A converted cardboard factory presented these owners with a blank canvas
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Fall in love with this idyllic weatherboard farmhouse – perfect for a family Christmas
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Credit: Colin Poole Have a look around this country-style Thirties rented cottage in Norfolk
Undaunted by the limitations of renting when it came to personalising their home, this family got creative to give it style…
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Credit: Katie Lee Take a tour of this pretty four-bedroom Yorkshire stone detached house, built in 1921
The owners used a clever spectrum of soft colours for a calm-feeling home
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Credit: David Parmiter Have a look around this Scandi-style Eighties house in Oxfordshire
Vision, skills and talent turn a bland property into a stylish, Scandi-influenced home
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Take a turn around this newly renovated medieval cottage in East Sussex
A Grade II-listed three-bay medieval cottage that was once an old forge. It has four bedrooms
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Image credit: Polly Eltes Credit: Polly Eltes Step inside this rustic dream home on the edge of a forest in East Sussex
A country house with four bedrooms, built in the 1930s using materials reclaimed from older houses
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Credit: Georgia Burns Have a look around this bold and colourful 1930s semi in Leicestershire
The owner of this Thirties semi hadn’t counted on the amount of work it would need…
