River House

River House is the easy one. It's the most affordable of our houses with a proper kitchen, and everything about it is clean, bright and simple — no big styling statement, just a well-kept house you can settle into and forget about.

You come in through a gate in a terracotta-red wall with "River House" hand-painted on it. The front of the house is a covered open-air lounge with red floorboards, a grey L-shaped sofa, a striped hammock and bamboo blinds you can roll down against the sun. The kitchen runs along one side — gas hob, fridge, sink, white louvre cupboards, pots and pans on a rail — everything you need to actually cook, with a round table and carved chairs for dinner.

The bedroom is a good size and airy, with a few framed prints above the bed and an open wardrobe rail. The bathroom is the freshest of our more affordable houses — white tile, a band of patterned feature tile, and a walk-in rain shower. A small seasonal canal runs alongside; in the rainy months you'll hear it, the rest of the year it's quiet.