Welcome to our property digest where we round up our top homes for sale or rent this week, in one bite-sized chunk. Among our finds is a vast Victorian grain mill and a renovation challenge in Lisbon.
Greenhouse cabins for rent in Liège, Belgium
1 bedroom; from €165 per night
Belgian practice Laboratoire designed this pair of angular cabins in the woodlands of Liège. The huts are inspired by a nearby greenhouse and provide accommodation for the gastronomic destination Domaine de la Roseraie.
Semington Brook Mill, Wiltshire
4 bedrooms + 3 bedrooms; £1.5m via Inigo
Living spaces are set across four levels inside this Wiltshire home – a converted flour mill from the 1800s. The colossal redbrick mill worked for a century before being converted into a residence in the 1970s. It’s not on the market and houses a series of intriguing spaces.
Ibiza villa by André Jacqmain
4 bedrooms; €4m via Domus Nova Ibiza
Belgian architect André Jacqmain designed this Ibizan villa as part of a ‘family and friends’ community in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia – in between Cala Moli and Cala Vadella. Jacqmain was a forerunner to postmodernism, and Villa Calo den Real is described as ‘cubism meets minimalism’, with the house paying particular attention to light and geometric volumes. See more.
Zulaikha Laurence House in Sydney
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Located in Balmain East, on the Sydney Harbourfront, Zulaikha Laurence House was designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer with Drew Heath Architect as a series of stepped glass volumes for its architect and artist owners in 2006. The striking house scooped the RAIA National Award for Residential Architecture in 2007 and is listed for sale via Modern House. It encompasses an original 1918 gunpowder store that has been altered and expanded by two storeys, just 20 metres from the harbour, and adapted into a modern home with water and tree views.
A Lisbon apartment ripe for renovation
5 bedrooms; €1.8m via Fantastic Frank Lisbon
While this ‘renovation challenge’ isn’t cheap, it offers plenty of rewards. The two-storey apartment is located on top of a 19th-century, low-rise apartment block in Santa Catarina. Rooms feature French doors, ceiling mouldings and parquet floors, while the floor plan could be adapted for its second life. See inside.
