Via The Modern House
Welcome to our weekend property digest, where we bring together the best houses for sale (or rent) that we’ve unearthed across the world. This week, we bring you a contemporary Cycladic home and an 18th-century Parisian home filled with frescoes.
Oikos retreat in Breakneck Gorge, Australia
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1 bedroom; rent it with POA from Bookings.com
The bedroom of this Australian holiday home has a wall of glass and sliding doors that open onto surrounding bushlands.
Porte Saint-Martin live/work space
2 bedrooms; €1.69m via Espaces Atypique
Period features abound inside this 18th century Paris apartment at Porte Sainte-Martin, including basket-weave parquet flooring, iron balconies and several frescoes and wall paintings. It’s among our top pick of Paris properties on the market right now – take a closer look.
A modernist home in Rye, UK
3 bedrooms; £2.25m via The Modern House
Echoing Mies van der Rohe’s Brick Country House, this 1964 country home by John Schwerdt is a mid-century time capsule. It features a cross-plan layout, with exposed bricks, timber ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows which peek onto 68-acres of Sylvia Crowe-designed gardens. See more.
Converted stable in London, UK
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2 bedrooms; via The Modern House £795,000
This vine-covered stable sits on a cobbled street in London’s Canning Cross. It’s been converted into a cosy home and event space with handmade details and metalwork.
Cycladic retreat on Syros, Greece
4 bedrooms; rent it via Off Grid Hideaways from €8,650 per week
This clifftop home by Block 722 Architects is a contemporary take on the traditional Cycladic architecture that dots Greece’s many islands. Rough stone and simple geometric volumes house laid-back living spaces with white walls and concrete floors.
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