Clifton, York, North YorkshireOn the corner of a Victorian terrace is a nine-bedroom, nine-bathroom guesthouse over five floors, close to the River Ouse. Immaculately decorated with a sense of fun, in the main communal room there’s an almost psychedelic feature wall, while neon lights spell out The President’s Lounge. A star-themed stained glass window illuminates the stairwell, and a mural of a bison, a church window and a priest is a talking point in the courtyard. There’s planning permission for change of use into a home. No permission needed to redecorate. £1.24m. Savills, 01904 617 818
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Bury St Edmunds, SuffolkSwan House is a Grade II*-listed townhouse with six bedrooms, four bathrooms and four reception rooms. It dates to the 16th century and was extended and improved in the 19th century. There are two cellars connected by a curved tunnel. The colour palette is bold, from bright red in one drawing room to pink in the main bedroom, with highly patterned wallpaper in the bathroom and dining room. The principle sitting room is colour-drenched in bottle green, across all walls and wooden panels, on the fireplace, ceiling and even the window frames. £1.85m. Savills, 01473 234 800
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Battersea, LondonBetween taller and grander red-brick affairs, is a quaint, one-bedroom house. The yellow and white property, over three floors, used to be the caretaker’s cottage to Connaught Mansions. On the ground floor is the living room painted in peppermint green, with high ceilings, a feature fireplace and the original rent collector’s safe. The kitchen, on the lower ground floor, is a warm yellow, with a huge butler sink and white ceiling with regimented exposed beams overhead. It opens on to the garden and patio. All moments from Battersea Park. £750,000. Knight Frank, 020 3866 2924
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Cucklington, SomersetOn the ridge overlooking Blackmore Vale is a 19th-century two-bedroom stone cottage with exposed beams, flagstone floors and an original bread oven. It has been sensitively renovated with solar panels on the roof, an EV charger, an air source heat pump and double-glazing. Planning permission has been granted to extend. Antiquey but bold colours have been applied – the sitting room is a fine example with Edward Bulmer’s deep Malahide paint offsetting whitewashed beams above, and giving the room real warmth in the winter. £685,000. Inigo, 020 3687 3071
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Watlington, OxfordshireOn the high street is a four-bedroom, Grade II-listed, early Georgian townhouse. It went from dwelling to shop in the 20th century and was then converted back. The dominant bay window is the biggest clue to its trading days (now allowing light into the main reception room), while the rare buffet (side table) in the parlour, exposed ceiling beams and refined plasterwork talk to its life as a Georgian home. Although most rooms have a neutral, off-white palette, the front room is on trend with a vermillion hue and matching curtains. £975,000. Inigo, 020 3687 3071
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