Only one property is openly for sale on Barra, and at £1.35 million it’s not for bargain hunters. Listed with The Modern House, the Isle of Barra Beach hotel is perched above Tangasdale Beach on the rugged Atlantic edge of the island, where its shiplike modernist form has earned architectural acclaim.

Is this Hebridean island the best place to move to in Britain?

January 13th, 2026

The Times

Designed by Lisa Shell Architects to resemble both Maunsell Forts and redshanks (a wading bird), this unique home hovers above salty marshland. 1 bed, shower, kitchen/living room, balcony.

Properties of the year: a look at the best houses of 2025

January 1st, 2026

The Week

In the Camden Square conservation area is this Victorian villa built over five floors with a 24-metre (80ft) garden. There is a separate one-bedroom flat with a private entrance on the lower ground floor.

Ultimate fantasy house hunt: dream homes for sale in Great Britain

December 26th, 2025

The Guardian

Bindloss Dawes Architects have created a zero-carbon house from unlikely source material, transforming an old tractor shed into a linear four-bedroom house. Located in rural splendour on the edge of a Dorset village, the new house retains the shape and footprint of the original agricultural structure, left derelict adjacent fields at the northern edge of the village.

A former agricultural building is transformed into a minimal rural home by Bindloss Dawes

December 12th, 2025

Wallpaper

Pant Hall is, in fact, a stone cottage, and sits near the England-Wales border. The closest town is Presteigne in Wales, three miles away, which is where it is listed by the agent. Set back from a lane by a driveway, it is a wonderful retreat in 2.4 hectares (six acres) of gardens tended by its artist owner for 13 years, with views of the Herefordshire hills.

Homes with exposed beams for sale in the UK – in pictures

December 5th, 2025

The Guardian

The design has retained period details like the sash windows, shuttering and cornicing, while the kitchen has been extended into the garden to “allow a greater sense of flow between indoors and out,” says The Modern House.

What does a 'mansion' look like in London? £2m homes that will be liable for Reeves' surcharge from 2028

November 27th, 2025

London Evening Standard

Down a quiet, cobbled street is a modest facade of London Stock brick and stripped back oak-framed windows that hint at the less than traditional approach inside. The hallway has double-height ceilings and there are roof lanterns to bring more light into the property, which is sandwiched between other buildings.

Mews-style homes for sale in England – in pictures

November 21st, 2025

The Guardian

In zone 1, a couple of minutes’ walk from Waterloo station, is this two-bedroom loft-style apartment, split over two floors, in an old basket-weaving factory. It was built in the 1920s with deep Crittall windows and a half-stucco facade.

Homes for sale in historic warehouses in England – in pictures

November 14th, 2025

The Guardian

Once home to the Lambeth School of Art, this Grade II*-listed building in South London has been transformed into a bright, three-bedroom apartment of architectural and historical depth. The school was founded in 1860, its stone laid by the Prince of Wales, and the building later became the City and Guilds of London Art School — where figures like Vincent van Gogh are thought to have studied. It’s listed with The Modern House for £2.85m.

Van Gogh may have studied at this former art school in London

November 11th, 2025

The Spaces

Hosted by the co-founder of The Modern House and architectural journalist Matt Gibbard, Homing explores not just how our homes look, but how they make us feel.

5 new podcasts to listen to this week

November 6th, 2025

The Independent

Set at the end of a private road on a quiet plot between Guildford and Dorking in the Surrey Hills, Copse House has been designed by the architect Mark Hillier and has more than 3,560 sq ft of bright and airy living space over two levels (plus a mezzanine office).

From Mayfair to the Med, 9 awe-inspiring homes for sale now

November 1st, 2025

The Times

The Roundhouse in Old Knebworth is a five-bedroom house built on the site of a disused water tank. As its name suggests, the three-storey house has a circular layout, and its 4,820 sq ft of living space is replete with reclaimed and local materials.

From South Hams to the Côte d’Azur — 9 jaw-dropping homes on sale now

October 25th, 2025

The Times

The Grade II-listed house was built in the early 1960s, designed by architect James Gowan for kitchen designer Chaim Schreiber. Gowan said he was inspired by castles in his native Scotland, and while its blue-brick exterior is intentionally “puritanical” inside it is light filled and contemporary.

'Genius' 1960s Schreiber House in Hampstead for sale for £9.5m

October 22nd, 2025

The Standard

On the northern side of Streatham Common is the playfully named Slice House. The two-bedroom property has been built in between two more typical red brick London houses.

Homes for sale with impressive entrances in England and Scotland – in pictures

October 3rd, 2025

The Guardian

From its façade of white Barra shells, timber fascia and full-height glazing to a lobby with terracotta tiles and a sitting area anchored by a curving brick fireplace, The Hacienda’s retro-cool design and flowing broken-plan layout is more or less the same as the day the Guptas moved in (they are only the second owners since it was built). The only significant change they’ve made was not long after buying, when they knocked through a wall to create a large home office, out of which they continue to work to this day (now in the green energy sector).

An Edinburgh Hacienda with Cali vibes is for sale at offers over £795,000

October 2nd, 2025

The Times

These are the estate agents used by those in the know - selling your home with either cult-status agency will, at the very least, earn you some serious bragging rights at your next dinner party.

What it really takes to sell your home with the UK's most stylish agency

September 25th, 2025

Red Online

As the co-founder of estate agencies The Modern House and Inigo I have been lucky enough to nose around numerous amazing homes featuring inventive ways of displaying art.

Are you hanging your art unconventionally enough?

September 22nd, 2025

The Financial Times

The views take centre stage in this ninth-floor flat in a Grade-II* listed building.

Homes for sale for first-time buyers in English cities

September 19th, 2025

The Guardian

Commercial conversions have a unique appeal, offering interesting layouts and architectural details that you rarely find in purpose-built homes.

How easy is it to turn a commercial space into a home?

September 15th, 2025

House & Garden

Another example of an estate agency that prizes design and architectural ingenuity over square footage.

Selling a quirky house? Treat it like a work of art

September 8th, 2025

The Financial Times

Summer is officially over, but for the future owner of this charming one-bedroom apartment for sale in Camberwell, the holiday feeling could become a year-round reality.

The south London flat that could double as a Mediterranean holiday home

September 2nd, 2025

House Beautiful