A twist of fate led André and Lisanne Hedger to realise their dream of owning a chocolate-box thatched cottage in the heart of the countryside – the perfect place to create happy memories with their young family

Leaving London behind, Sophie and Richard Vermont transformed an 18th-century stable block on their farmstead into an idyllic rural retreat

Will and Sarah Leslie inherited a baronial-style castle in poor repair, and are slowly turning it into a fantasy family home

Set in Sutton, a quintessentially English village in the South Downs National Park in West Sussex, Daisy Cottage was once part of the estate of the land-owning Barlavington family and dates back at le

Danielle Bux found the ultimate country escape from her hectic US lifestyle in this 17th-century cottage, which she renovated remotely during the pandemic

The Griffin family fell under the spell of the Cumbrian landscape many years ago, and when their dream house went on the market they snapped it up and started renovating