Home of the year revealed

1 CITY HILLSIDE PLOT Taking two years to complete, this two-storey, three-bedroom house on a steeply sloping site by the coast in Wellington, New Zealand, has sweeping views across a valley and the ha

This London abode may be all understated chic, but at Christmas it is full-on festive ready

As a teenager, Tracey Bateman would look forward to babysitting the young children of her parents’ friends, because she absolutely loved their house. ‘It had this big hall with a sweeping staircase, h