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Buy of the week: Clapham, SW4 - £895,000
Inspirational loft-style living is all yours at this mews development near Clapham High Street. At ground level are two double bedrooms (one en suite) and a main bathroom. One floor up, impressive light and space awaits in the reception room with its vaulted and part-glazed, double-height ceilings, wood floors, and chic, open-plan kitchen/breakfast bar. Stairs go up to a mezzanine-level dining space and roof terrace.

Out of town buy of the week: Bampton, Oxfordshire - £895,000
If you want to escape to the country in time for Christmas, this Cotswold stone farmhouse in Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, is perfect. Its posh gated entrance, sweeping lawns, former stables and outbuildings impress. Inside there are open fires, beamed ceilings in the reception rooms and a family room that opens on to a large terrace. Five bedrooms and a family bathroom are upstairs

Life-changer of the week: Maidstone, Kent - £875,000
A whole "oast" of possibilities await in lovely Loose, Kent, at this character home and its listed barn — perfect to rent out as a wedding venue. The Oast House has bags of family space in the kitchen/ breakfast room, glorious views of its walled garden from the doubleaspect sitting room, plus deep beams and open fires in the dining and drawing rooms. Four bedrooms are on the first floor, and there are two more above.