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The Newlywed Times

The Newlywed Times

From the caricatured Cornish cottage made for "Sarah Jessica Parker meets Shakespeare" micro-weddings to the Cotswolds estate with all the free-wheeling pluckiness of a Mad Hatter banquet, these venues might just be the best-kept secrets on the British wedding scene. This year, plan the kind of wedding you wish you were invited to.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Northcott Beach House, The Parsonage, Winterfell, Castle Trinity, Anthology Farm, Weddings at Florin, Thornemead Castle, Weddings at Scarlet Hall, Weddings at The Stack, Weddings at Charity, Weddings at Anthology Farm, Weddings at The Lost Music Hall, Weddings at Senara, Weddings at Gwendolyn, Weddings at Gulliver´s Hall

New property arrival - Kailani

New property arrival - Kailani

Through helter-skelter lanes, beneath rainbow lanterns strung along the harbour wall, and past granite cottages with tiny fisher-folk doors, Kailani sits against the sea at the outer reaches of Mousehole. Beyond the boundaries, you´ll discover seafood bars, artisanal bakeries, and farm shops stocked with scones and apple cider. But inside, it´s all natural linen and sinking sofas; call it Cornish klys.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Kailani

The year of AI*

The year of AI*

It´s the year of AI, but not the one you might´ve imagined. Our portfolio is an alphabet soup of tangible marvels: manors designed by king’s architects, true-as-can-be treehouses, and castles where every surface is printed and patterned. Every inch of them is real and human-made. Craft is who we are, trust is what we offer... and from cloister to cantilever, nothing about us is artificial. Artificial Intelligence, meet Architectural Integrity.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Find, Cadence, Castle India, Found Tower, The Summer Folly, Suki, Verte

Oh, the places you´ll go

Oh, the places you´ll go

As the season for twinkling lights and not-so-silent nights comes to a close, and all about are swirling notions of what 2024 might bring, we become a collective of hopeful look-aheaders. Here´s your annual reminder that these are the good old days. So before life gets in the way, while there’s still tea in the pot and piles of shortbread to fuel the search, we invite you to indulge in the thrill of the finding...

Properties featured in this newsletter: Anthology Farm, Weddings at Anthology Farm

New property arrival - Moku

New property arrival - Moku

With pats of concrete and teak, Moku is a modern twist on a coastal classic — you won’t find an ounce of shiplap or seashells between its copper and fluted oak walls. Think skylit mezzanines, munchkin snugs, and a nucleal living space where all the world is put to rights over pots of béchamel and bottles of Malbec. All this just paces from the sand, in a portion of Cornwall that has become something of a micro-mecca for musicians and movie stars.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Moku

New property arrival - Talisman

New property arrival - Talisman

Picture an art gallery: all harmony and geometry. Then, imagine a troop of younglings were made its curators. In studio-meets-street market fashion, this beach house is a riot against essentialism: pickle green beams, Tiffany blue doors, marigold alcoves, and art couriered from Lebanon. This is Talisman, a RIBA award-winning family fortress with an indoor pool in Cornwall´s "Hollywood-on-Sea."

Properties featured in this newsletter: Talisman

The Journeyman

The Journeyman

Compelled to move, inspired to taste, and destined to travel; the human instinct to be in motion is so ingrained within us, that it´s no wonder the journey so often exceeds the destination. It´s in the pitstops and encounters, starlit suppers by the sea and train station samosas. For these journeys stay within us; they are our blueprint, our purpose. Our need to roam a part of our souls passed down through the generations, an inheritance of adventure, if you will.

Who owns Britain´s best homes?

Who owns Britain´s best homes?

From rockstars to restaurateurs, artists to astronomers, it takes extraordinary people to make Britain and Ireland´s most unique private homes. Here, through words and films, they invite you into their moorland manors, Italianate music halls, and "floating worlds." And now´s your chance to join them. We’re unearthing the nation’s most unique homes (and owners) to join our portfolio.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Lost Music Hall, Ukiyo, Senara, Botania

To the ends of the earth

To the ends of the earth

All explorers have their ideas on the matter. Some call to Ushuaia, the gateway to the land of icy tundras. Others claim the title belongs to Svalbard, Siberia, or even the Pacific Ocean habitue of Easter Island. But the notion that an “end” exists reveals a truth so often missed. Let them say what they will about the Arctic or Alaska, wise are those who find expeditionary extremes close to home.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Skyros, Little Red Lock, Found Tower, Ukiyo, The Glasshouse

The ultimate Christmas gifting

The ultimate Christmas gifting

This festive season, give the gift of roaming. From beach idling to playing hide-and-seek in country kingdoms, gift vouchers are an honest offering for Unique Folk, from Unique Folk.

The British Nordic

The British Nordic

We owe much to The Nordics. Givers of Edvard Munch and the Moomins, of LEGO and longships, of saunas and smörgåsbords. Somewhere along the way, we borrowed their yoke sweaters, and they our Fair Isle socks. We ate cinnamon buns and sang Super Trouper and coaxed ourselves into lakes too cold for our own good. This month, we´re shining a northern light on the best of British Nordic: from tables piled with cocoa and honey loaves to seaside cottages that are more Copenhagen than Cornwall.

Where to spend New Year´s

Where to spend New Year´s

There´s fortresses that happen where The Jungle Book meets Pride and Prejudice, manors with lashings of royal flavour, and music halls that are no stranger to Champagne-coupe countdowns. Whether your New Year´s Eve reveries involve banquet tables toppling with pistachio macarons and goat´s cheese crostini, or the quiet creep of midnight with card games and cocoa, we know just the place...

Properties featured in this newsletter: Castle India, Honeystone

New property arrival - The Studio

New property arrival - The Studio

In the beating heart of one of England’s “doubly-thankful” villages, The Studio is close to the art galleries and old inns of Stow-on-the-Wold, yet far enough from the bustle to hear the nuthatches. From humble cream-and-cheese beginnings to something that wouldn’t be out of place amidst the warehouses of artsy Tribeca, you might expect Basquiat to be reclining in the Eames chair, or perhaps a certain Q.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Studio

The season inbetwixt

The season inbetwixt

From valleys inhabited by the Pooka of Dingle to collegial streets where the Nazgûl took literary form, the British Isles contain enough folkloric tales to fill a thousand bedtime books. For our latest journal, we´ve curated our pick of mysteries and mythologies to inspire torchlit travel during these in-between months. Expect to find homes where the devil (and the angel) is in the detail, and places that´ll see you through from Hocus Pocus to Home Alone.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lost Cottage, Solas, Celestia, Margot´s Townhouse, The Milk Wood

Wedding wanderlust

Wedding wanderlust

This wedding season, it’s all about "the scene". Though there´s much to love about embroidered veils and Swiss meringue, modern lovers know that such sweet details don´t hold a candle to the destination. Recollections of calligraphed menus and wildflower bouquets may pale, but there are two things that live on in eternal vividity: the people and the place. That´s where we come in...

Properties featured in this newsletter: Scarlet Hall, Weddings at Scarlet Hall, Gulliver´s Hall, Senara, Weddings at Senara, Weddings at Gulliver´s Hall

Meet The Whimsies

Meet The Whimsies

Our homes are not just destinations; they are canvases upon which our guests can paint their unique stories. In our newest brand campaign, The Whimsies, we set out to honour the unique people who make unique places. Real people, found folk and friends, with authenticity baked into their bones. Between now and Christmas, they´re taking over the London Underground; but those in the club can meet them first, here...

New property arrival - The Milk Wood

New property arrival - The Milk Wood

Deep in Pembrokeshire´s Nevern Valley, there is an ancient sessile oak wood; and in the wood, there is a clearing; and in the middle of the clearing is a secret. A farmhouse, a barn, a cottage, and a bothy. Four dwellings so covert that only the wildfowl and weasels know their coordinates. In them, there´s curtained cubbyholes, cabinets licked in basil and burgundy, and outdoor rolltops that bring all the ethologists to the yard. There´s never been anything quite like it.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Milk Wood

Meet the architect-designed homes

Meet the architect-designed homes

So commanding, yet at the same time so unobtrusive, does a well-architected dwelling appear; some boast sedum roofs sprouting with wildflowers, others seem wedged like glass birds´ nests amongst the old oak trees. Here, we celebrate some of our most intentional architect-designed homes; the ones that stand out, sink in, defy gravity, or might as well be brandishing invisibility cloaks.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Find, Serpentine, Found Tower, The Summer Folly, Stratum, Verte

Just launched: Retreats

Just launched: Retreats

In partnership with luxury wilderness specialists RVIVAL, we introduce our trio of limited edition retreats in Cornwall and the Cotswolds: Return to the Wilds, A Survival Anthology, and Modern-Day Hunter-Gatherer. Think hands-on fire building, masterclasses on packrafting, and camera-tracking wild deer in the company of like-minded folk. All this in luxe comfort.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Retreats at Senara, Retreats at Anthology Farm, Retreats at Gulliver´s Hall

Any day stays

Any day stays

Gone are the days of poring over family calendars, swapping swim meets, and cancelling conferences, just to meet the check-in criteria. As far as we’re concerned, your holiday home should flex to suit your schedule, not the other way around. So... arrive any day, leave whenever you like (so long as you bed in for at least two nights), and do away with the rigidity of set arrival and departure days.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Find, Orlagh, The Lost Music Hall

The summer house

The summer house

From grand villas with crooning Salzburg appeal to clapperboards that feel more Colorado than Cornwall, our round-up of Britain and Ireland’s best summer houses will take you from Nicholas Sparks’ chapters to the silver screen. Expect to find a Banshees Of Inisherin-esque cottage in a Dark Sky Reserve and a "front row" beach home in the West Country that could´ve been plucked from The OC.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lost Cottage, Wildwood Holt, Monterey

New property arrival - Hiraeth

New property arrival - Hiraeth

Part concrete burrow, part timber birdhouse, Hiraeth happens where adobe architecture meets the Pembrokeshire rubric. Connected by a walkway flanked with old sessile oaks, its cottage and bothy are far enough to afford privacy, close enough that the young´uns may still hang tin can telephones between the windows. Expect a sauna, outdoor bathtub, and perhaps some Tylwyth Teg in the garden.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Hiraeth

New property arrival - Huckleberry

New property arrival - Huckleberry

Two households, both alike in dignity; one cottage and one barn, all beamed and bespoke, with separate living spaces and hardly a straight line between them. Inside, there´s microcement walls and softened angles that mimic the cavernous, cave-like interiors of the Cyclades. Outdoors, there´s a river hammock, rockface kitchen, fire pit, and hot tub that evoke feelings of a new life in the Welsh wilds.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Huckleberry

Stories from the hils

Stories from the hils

These are the places you catch a glimpse of in the distance; the kind that make you cross your fingers and toes in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, that one’s yours. Think carpets of wild thyme, glacial landforms, and pilgrimages that keep hill-walkers on their toes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Aria, Gaia Farmhouse

New property arrival - Monterey

New property arrival - Monterey

Sitting on a grassroots surf spot, Monterey is one of a new generation of beach houses in Cornwall: subtle, convivial, and just a few salty paces from the sea. There’s something about it that harks to a dream from the salad days: a beach of one´s own, porpoises for neighbours, and sunsets so pink they turn the whole place to candyfloss.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Monterey

New property arrival - Four Hundred Summers

New property arrival - Four Hundred Summers

Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first? Those glittering words, tumbled from the mouth of Peter Pan, were penned here in the Wolds. And Neverland, they say, was his ode to these milk and honey hillocks. Proof that there are still realms in England that have the floating power of pixie dust, Four Hundred Summers might be the AONB´s most becoming cottage.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Four Hundred Summers

New property arrival - Suki

New property arrival - Suki

Named after a concept that teaches the delights of refinement and exquisitely performed tea ceremonies, Suki is a Cornish beach house that could’ve been plucked from beneath a weeping cherry tree in Kyoto. With blushing plaster walls, a crackling woodburner, and furnishings kept to a meditative minimum, even Marie Kondo would approve of this joy-sparking space.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Suki

New property arrival - Leopoldina

New property arrival - Leopoldina

Created by the master architect behind Buckingham Palace, you´ll find this former aristocrat´s stables where landscaped gardens meet private beaches on the River Dart. A waterside home so sensitively shaped that it was commended in the Architect of the Year Awards, Leopoldina´s heated pool and yoga terrace bring modern chi to the ever-present flair of 1805.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Leopoldina

New property arrival - Botania

New property arrival - Botania

With rooms big enough to dance in and enormous mullion windows that overlook rewilded gardens, Botania is an Arts and Crafts manor with a life of its own. Here, moss carpets the steps, lilac wisteria braids the balustrades, and damselflies play hopscotch on the lily pond. Think Secret Garden meets Great Gatsby, and you´ll be partway there.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Botania

New property arrival - Orpheus

New property arrival - Orpheus

Fantasy pokes a portal into the real world at Orpheus, the 17th century estate where off-kilter tradition trumps modernity. With palatial bathtubs, state-of-the-art facilities, frescoed walls depicting the bards of Greek mythology, and a pool that could be lifted from Lake Como, Orpheus was made for the footloose and fancy-free. The secret´s out: this is where off-duty A-listers go to let loose.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Honeystone

New property arrival - Gorsestone

New property arrival - Gorsestone

Passed hand-to-hand from 15th-century herders to modern day professionals seeking refuge from the city, this former longhouse brings biophilic flair to Devon’s wildest chapter. From the glasshouse yoga space with views over butterscotch moorland to the “see it to believe it” cinema room, this is an archetypal celebration home where families come to create a lifetime of spirited stories deep within Sherlock’s storied country.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Gorsestone

New property arrival - The Marlings

New property arrival - The Marlings

With storied lintels, velveteen loungers, and lofty halls that could fit the Brady Bunch three times over, The Marlings unfolds across four dwellings, a banquet hall, and a pool house near the Cotswolds.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Marlings

Spring starts with a splash

Spring starts with a splash

With May comes the grand reopening of our private pools for the season. From the secluded backyards of village manors to the sprawling grounds of country estates, these homes become aquatic wonderlands at this time of year, primed for serene solo swims, Gatsby-esque pool parties, and all that’s in between.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Morwell, Castle Trinity, Wool Merchant´s House, Sugar Ray, The Palladian, Evania, The Aviary, Fawn Wood, Ariabelle, Castle India, Forestkeepers, Gulliver´s Hall, The Art House, The Marlings

New property arrival - Lowenek

New property arrival - Lowenek

Named after the Cornish word for joy, this coastal pile has all the hallmarks of a luxe beach house, but with cool familial flair. Part easy seaside retreat, part cheerful multi-gen gathering place, Lowenek might appear to be all floating aspects and modernity, but there´s cosy bones to this castle in the air that hovers overs Portreath Beach.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lowenek

Fancy yourself a Unique Homestays owner?

Fancy yourself a Unique Homestays owner?

Many of our Owners began as guests who went on to create their own portfolio-worthy paradise. So, if you´re seeking a new investment to provide a lucrative return, our Property Finding Service might be of interest to you too. A simpler home-finding experience, we can afford you unfettered access to our architectural expertise, interior know-how, and black book of contacts.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Tincture, Kilnwood, The Creamery, Supernova, Aurora, Inkwell Cottage

New property arrival - Celestia

New property arrival - Celestia

Here is a farmhouse fit for gathering, with secret sleeping nooks, suspended staircases, and century-old fireplaces that beckon bookworms and red wine drinkers to bask in the glow of open flames. Resting on a clearing beneath the flat-topped peaks of Pen-y-fan with stargazing gardens designed by Chelsea medallists The Rich Brothers, Celestia keeps lost forests, wild swimming spots, and constellations in its backcountry pocket.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Celestia

New property arrival - Margot´s Townhouse

New property arrival - Margot´s Townhouse

City dwellers get in line. With direct lines from Bristol and Waterloo, and hourly trains from Paddington, you´ll soon slip into holiday mode when you descend on the golden streets of Bradford-on-Avon. At this weaver´s workshop turned luxury townhouse, expect slick slabs of marble, gilt-framed mirrors, and a greenery-infused internal courtyard, all a three-minute walk from award-winning restaurants and pretty cycle paths on the riverside.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Margot´s Townhouse

Win with Unique Homestays & The White Company

Win with Unique Homestays & The White Company

Milk-white cob walls, artisanal earthenware, and glass bottles of ‘sleep mist’ at the bedside; The Fable is an ode to simple living. This spring sees the page turn on a new chapter as the storybook home features in a collaboration of fairytale proportions - painted head to toe in White Company details. To celebrate this first-of-its-kind partnership, we´re offering the chance to win a stay at The Fable, plus £500 to spend with The White Company.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Fable

Lazy Sunday stays

Lazy Sunday stays

Because everybody loves a lie-in, we´re offering generously late check-outs at select homes this season so that you can well and truly slip into Sunday mode. The all-new Lazy Sunday stays collection is designed for those who crave a weekend break, but can’t escape the Monday morning meetings. These two-night Friday to Sunday breaks, with an extended departure time of 6pm, ensure you get to make the most of your weekend away.

Storybook homes

Storybook homes

We built our childhoods in those pages. We climbed the beanstalk, tasted the porridge, and got lost in Hundred-Acre Woods. When we grew up, we never expected to find homes of storybook character nestled in our own backcountry. Yet, here they are. With turrets and follies and islands and eiderdowns, this curated collection invites you to fall down the rabbit hole to a life of fairytale proportions.

Marvellous Maycations

Marvellous Maycations

It´s a truth universally acknowledged: a weekend well spent brings a week of content. With a trio of bank holidays on the calendar this May, there´s plenty of opportunity to satiate your inner nomad with a chic short-haul stay.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Castle on the Well, Atlanta

New property arrival - Under the Yew Tree

New property arrival - Under the Yew Tree

A softened monastery, infused from doorknocker to chimney with monkish aestheticism and riddled with French-Greek fingerprints, Under the Yew Tree is British history incarnate. These days, its modernised insides are part Provençal, part Aegean; but leaded windows and penny-plain walls are the heart on its stone sleeve that speak to age and provenance.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Under the Yew Tree

Spring breaks for good eggs

Spring breaks for good eggs

We root about the garden on cocoa-scouting pilgrimages, herding foraged chocolates into baskets and keeping watch for bunnies darting between the daffodils. We return indoors only to turn boiled eggs into pastel Fabergés, and to make ice cream sandwiches out of hot cross buns. With little ones on a break from phonics and numeracy, there´s days to be filled by the coast and country.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Raffia, The Shipwreck, Villa Boden, Dandelion

New-wave wellbeing

New-wave wellbeing

There’s an art to practicing wellbeing, a fine balance of the little and the lofty. A eucalyptus-infused steam room here, a private wildflower meadow there. Sometimes a swim in the ocean to wash the day away, others a dip in the plunge pool. There’ll be mornings where the whole caterwauling crew will eat pancakes at the breakfast table, and evenings that call for a solo dinner in the village. More sleep, more tea, more laughter, more time, together.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lightkeepers, Terrarium

The great indoors

The great indoors

With gorgeous garden tubs, beds swathed in woollen blankets, and tables toppling under the weight of heavy cream and tarte tatin, our homes are at their most inviting during these chilly months. For coastal retreaters, painting in the window and dunking local shortbread into cups of cocoa are all that’s on the seaside syllabus. And in the glens and hilltops, country-goers will slosh through puddled bridleways and dream of the stew simmering on the Aga.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Elderwood Manor, Little Inka, The Crafters´ Hut, Gaia Farmhouse

A toast to new wedding destinations

A toast to new wedding destinations

For you, the star-crossed lovers of the nation, home went from being a place to a person a long time ago. And yet, here are two destination venues sure to hold a place in your heart forever. Two of our favourite properties have evolved to incorporate all-new spaces for wedding celebrations; places for shared vows, swapped rings, and memories made. Will you pick the wisteria-clad façade of the country manor adjoining The Lost Music Hall, or the sleek finish of Anthology Farm’s new wedding barn?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Weddings at Anthology Farm, Weddings at The Lost Music Hall

The forecast: what´s trending for 2023

The forecast: what´s trending for 2023

As we look ahead to 2023, we’re seeing out-of-the-box thinking (and travelling) on the horizon. Helipads, moated castles, and goat yoga on waterfront decking: just some of the requests so far. We´re kicking off January with a round-up of our top trends for this year, from the inside-outside snow globe aesthetic to places fit for shinrin-yoku.

These are the good old days

These are the good old days

As the season for twinkling lights and not-so-silent nights comes to a close, and all about are swirling notions of what 2023 might bring, we become a collective of hopeful look-aheaders. Here´s your annual reminder that these are the good old days. So before life gets in the way, while there’s still tea in the pot and piles of shortbread to fuel the search, indulge in the thrill of the finding...

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Limit, Gwendolyn, Ariabelle, Inkwell Cottage

New property arrival - Terrarium

New property arrival - Terrarium

Suspended over a crystalline natural pool that starts where the sleek interior ends, this modern family home is biophilic architecture at its best. An eco build crafted from silvered timber and cocooned by a regenerative garden, Terrarium happens where net zero ambitions meet award-winning design. First made famous on Grand Designs, this iconic retreat is now available for limited weeks during 2023.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Terrarium

Yuletide greetings

Yuletide greetings

As you wind up 2022 in a flurry of hand pies and clinking coupes, we pop in to tip our hat and thank you for bringing Unique Homestays into your fold. Whether you´ve stayed under our roofs or built castles in the sky while perusing our digital space, we honour your seat at our table this Christmas. With iconic new arrivals and a fresh calendar of content to inspire your wanderlust, we cannot wait to host you in 2023. Until then... eat, drink, and be merry.

Scavenger hunts

Scavenger hunts

Lakeland homes with Narnia-esque ambience, mountain farmhouses riddled with heirlooms, and life-sized gingerbread houses where floral installations grace the dinner table; this month we celebrate some of our most scout-and-seeker homes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Charity, Ellesmera Mill

New property arrival - Usonia

New property arrival - Usonia

Picture a Brooklyn loft with white bricks and polished floors, then give it a dose of shrinking potion and tuck it away in the Scottish treetops; this is Usonia, a mid-century modern home on St Cuthbert´s Way. If you carry a torch for cubic silhouettes, but have a soft spot for the Nordic decadence of sauna and hot tub living, this Melrose hideout will make your modernist heart beat a little faster.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Usonia

Go where the halls are already decked

Go where the halls are already decked

From peaceful escapes in the wilds to maritime retreats that feel at the ends of the earth, these one-of-a-kind homes have doors a flung, waiting for spontaneous seekers of a last-minute festive break. While mornings pass in a blur of ribbons and croissants, evenings are for cheese and television guides perused from fire-warmed snugs. Whatever the celebratory season looks like for you, be it a rambunctious party or the hopeful perusing of horoscopes, we have a hideaway to suit.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Senara, Novella

New property arrival - Lightkeepers

New property arrival - Lightkeepers

With picture windows that frame the Godrevy Island beacon from Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, Lightkeepers is an earthen cradle where ceramics and selenite interlace with knotted lumber and elemental treasures. Here are floors slabbed in eggshell stone and slaked lime walls that turn the place to clean coastal-hued canvas; and a dog-haven garden, plunge pool, and hot tub to boot.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lightkeepers

New property arrival - Stratum

New property arrival - Stratum

As though balanced by some meditative Cornish giant, Stratum is coastal stone stacking in architectural form; a gravity-defying home where superstructure engineering hides beneath floating staircases and metallic orb chandeliers. With its ocean-view hot tub, glass-front facade, and passage down to the surf, this is a luxury beach house where windswept hair and salty skin run amok.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Stratum

Give the gift of roaming

Give the gift of roaming

Sleep in heavenly peace, as only one who’s confident in their Christmas gifting can. Faithful friends and family deserve the gift of roaming; from idling over highlands to sinking into copper tubs and barefoot walks from the doors of Britain’s secret beach houses, gift vouchers are an honest offering for Unique Folk, from Unique Folk.

New property arrival - Pepper Shack

New property arrival - Pepper Shack

Meet Pepper Shack, a charcoal briquette that could replace the winter cave of even the most highfalutin hibernator. A soot-dark place for would-be artists in residence to write a play, compose an aria, or practice mindfulness while hot-tubbing in Jane Austen’s county.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pepper Shack

New property arrival - White Crow Cottage

New property arrival - White Crow Cottage

A biscuit tin cottage that sees your old-world charm and raises you poured concrete and Picassos, our newest arrival is a lesson in curveballs. Scratch past its centenarian surface and peel back its thatched roof to find staircases crafted from ribbons of oak and glass-roofed showers tucked under the eaves in a home where primo ballerino Rudolf Nureyev once holidayed.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Dancer´s Room

A season for lovers

A season for lovers

Oh, to retreat; what a simple way for lovers to spend a long weekend. The wind and rain´s no inconvenience to two who´d rather be locked indoors. If your romantic getaway’s been on the backburner, the time is nigh to burn the midnight oil. This month, we celebrate the season for lovers.

Haute Hibernation

Haute Hibernation

Oh, to hibernate; to spend winter in a meditative state, rationing the provisions and hiding from predators. While that might be the case for the hedgehogs and dormice of the nation, we have something heartier in store. This is haute hibernation, a time for burrowing beneath quilts and warming jammy Zinfandels at the fireside.

New property arrival - Charlotte´s Folly

New property arrival - Charlotte´s Folly

Once upon a time in a land not far away, a life-sized gingerbread house built for lodging Earls welcomed those in a fairytale state of mind. A Brothers Grimm hideaway that seems to sprout from the garden like a limewashed berry, Charlotte´s Folly is a terracotta trinket that tells a sweet tale of craftmanship and nostalgia.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Charlotte´s Folly

It´s time to rekindle Christmas

It´s time to rekindle Christmas

From Hansel and Gretel cottages to lakeside glasshouses, woodland estates to castles in private kingdoms, the homes which form our Christmas collection are something to write home about.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Fable, Castle Trinity, Galleon, Infinity, Pearl´s Place, The Maker´s House, Sienna, Ukiyo, Viola

Unique folk

Unique folk

In homes that brim with folkloric influence, the spirit of these isles and the people that make them come to the fore; in all their creativity and craftsmanship. It is in such spaces, where hand-painted bowls of figs rest on driftwood tables brought in from the local beach, that we make ourselves most at home.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sundance, Tincture, The Summer Folly, Heddwen, Little Inka, Pearl´s on Sea

New property arrival - Pomona

New property arrival - Pomona

1969 was one of the most culturally defining years in history. While Armstrong took man´s first steps on the moon, British artist Terence Coventry was starting out again on the south Cornwall coast. In the latest chapter of his mid-century home, sojourning families can claim it all for their own. With its kidney-shaped pool, exclusive access to the sculpture gardens and glass walls that connect those inside to nature, this seaside studio oozes artistic allure.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pomona

New property arrival - Senara

New property arrival - Senara

Flamingo pink sunsets, pastries on the beach and morning dips in the ocean before even the keenest of surfers have made their way to Gwithian’s blue shores; life at Senara is an idyllic one. Inside, this contemporary beach house flaunts Scandinavian vibes and sweeping views of St Ives Bay, while the garden includes a pool, sauna and Minack-inspired fire pit area for late-night s´mores.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Senara

New property arrival - Tincture

New property arrival - Tincture

Within the secluded peaks of the Cambrian Mountains, Tincture is a true escape into the wild. The fairytale cottage was crafted using ingenious sympathy towards the land in which it resides; off-grid and intentionally simple to frame the hills which dip in and out of sight between the elements outside.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Tincture

New property arrival - Idlewylde

New property arrival - Idlewylde

As comfortable within the wilderness as the peregrine falcons who soar above it, this remote cottage is an impossibly romantic retreat for couples. Transformed from tumbledown sheep shelter to luxury cottage, Idlewylde retains much of its heritage while merging a smorgasbord of centuries, cultures and countries between its Welsh stone walls.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Idlewylde

Blue sky thinking

Blue sky thinking

Symmetrical facades, dark nooks or enormous windows inviting nature´s views to flood in; the way in which we design our homes has a profound impact on both our mood and wellbeing. This month we explore the field of neuroarchitecture, taking inspiration from fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Steven Holl who said, “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”

New property arrival - Verte

New property arrival - Verte

Wraparound windows peering through the oaks, an angular grass roof and organic furnishings moulded from the surrounding estate; here is a treehouse in which even the most stoic of grown-ups can lose themselves in imagination. This RIBA award-winning home is part of our limited edition collection.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Verte

New property arrival - Solas

New property arrival - Solas

Just a stone´s throw from the paradisiacal shores of one of the UK´s best beaches, this modern home in the Outer Hebrides is seemingly perched on the edge of the world.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Solas

Rooms in bloom

Rooms in bloom

Fruiting banana trees, heritage orchards, natural swimming pools and banks of kaleidoscopic wildflowers; this month we explore some of our most exquisite gardens.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Walled Garden, The Zen Garden, Atelier Rose

New property arrival - Gaia Farmhouse

New property arrival - Gaia Farmhouse

Restored by an architect inspired by minimalist Scandinavian design, this 16th century farmhouse embraces the ebb and flow of seasonality. Green for the fells, grey for the stones and burnt umber for the bracken which covers the landscape in a fiery blanket from September until the first snow; Gaia Farmhouse sings a song of Cumbrian soul from the inside out.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Gaia Farmhouse

A love letter to summer

A love letter to summer

The longest day of the year and the largest music event in the country have marked the beginning of summer with heatwaves and glitter, sequins and sea swims. Windows are flung open and birdsong filters into our dreams from the early hours as the sun stretches into the sky, reminding us that there is so much to love about life.

Curious country escapes

Curious country escapes

It´s true what they say, a house in the country does not make it a ´country house´ but, while the film industry has bought us the likes of Aubrey Hall and Downton Abbey of late, we have been unearthing country homes that are altogether something quite different.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Artist´s Retreat, Ariabelle, Huntlington House, Gaia Farmhouse

The wedding edit

The wedding edit

With the grips of lockdown behind us, and outdoor weddings legalised for good, nothing is off the cards for couples getting married over the next few years and whether you´re planning a small elopement or grand country house wedding, our summer wedding roundup has it all.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Weddings at Scarlet Hall, Weddings at The Stack

A summer of poolside glamour

A summer of poolside glamour

Name something better than floating in scintillating waters under the hot summer sun, or slipping under the cool surface of a natural pool for a moonlit dip while the rest of the world is in slumber. This month we present four paradisical destinations complete with private pools that invite you to escape the feverish heat of the city.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sugar Ray, Rhapsody, Castle India, Bellatrix

The gateway to summer

The gateway to summer

Here marks the gateway to summer. The beginning of al fresco dining, late-night dancing at festivals and zinging salsas created from fresh garden produce. This coming month the UK sings its finest, most vibrant song; it was the author Maud Hart Lovelace who said, "It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside."

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Limit, Wildwood Holt

Britain´s buds of May

Britain´s buds of May

May is the unsung hero of British springtime; reliable sunshine, blossoming cherry trees littering pavements with confetti and long evenings of barbecues and wine. With schools still in session before the Jubilee weekend and half term, May makes for the perfect time to explore the UK.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Castle on the Well, The Artist´s Retreat

New property arrival - The Ruby Barn

New property arrival - The Ruby Barn

A hidden gem on the edge of the Cotswolds AONB, this luxury barn conversion was designed by a celebrity stylist and fashioned with a heart full of love.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Ruby Barn

Enchanted cottages

Enchanted cottages

Concealed by scrambling roses, hidden in valleys and in woodland glades filled with birdsong, lie some of the UK´s most enchanting stone dwellings. Delve into the land of fairytales with a Unique Homestays cottage escape this summer.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Fable, The Sorting Office

New property arrival - Bellatrix

New property arrival - Bellatrix

Inspired by Kit Kemp´s fearless Firmdale Hotels, this Gothic manor house in Cornwall´s forgotten south-east corner is a family escape where the whole gang can congregate together.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Bellatrix

New property arrival - The Glasshouse

New property arrival - The Glasshouse

Perched on the banks of the River Teifi on the west Wales coast, luxury retreat The Glasshouse seemingly sits between two worlds. An elemental aesthetic brings together reclaimed wood from the garden, local slate, a roaring woodburner and hot tub right on the riverbank.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Glasshouse

Grand gatherings

Grand gatherings

The veil of hibernation is slipping from our faces as we begin to come back together to embrace, to dance, to sit around large dining tables sharing never-ending stories.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Castle India, The Lost Music Hall, Benetfeld

New property arrival - Castle India

New property arrival - Castle India

A wild celebration of Mother Nature, Castle India is a luxury retreat perched on the banks of the River Lynher that offers an immersive experience of botanical beauty. Inside it´s all bold prints and entertaining spaces, while outside a natural pool awaits within nine acres of sub-tropical gardens.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Castle India

Cold water therapy

Cold water therapy

Whether Britain´s cerulean seas, moorland rivers or Highland waterfalls, immersing into cold water fills the body with tingling vitality. A therapy not prescribed in doctor´s surgeries, but an age-old connection to some of our wildest landscapes, we invite you to run far from the UK´s concrete jungles to dip your toes in our effervescent shores and cascading streams.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Aquila, Aurora

New photoshoot locations

New photoshoot locations

This month we introduce two new arrivals to our exclusive photoshoot collection. The woodland setting of In Clover will set the scene for new fashion lines, while Skyfall’s cornucopia of facilities will inspire anyone looking for a luxury country location not far from London.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Photoshoots at In Clover, Photoshoots at Skyfall

New property arrival - The Railway House

New property arrival - The Railway House

Scandinavian design and English elegance go hand in hand at The Railway House, with Turkish rugs, lofty ceilings and sculptural chandeliers creating a cosmopolitan yet cosy feel. Outside, heady herbs line the pathways while, beyond the walled garden, a river saunters through the surrounding farmland, tempting long walks alongside the resident otters and egrets.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Aria

Fantastical castles, towers and follies

Fantastical castles, towers and follies

This year, escape the shackles of the everyday by running away to a home where individuality, romance and frivolity are embraced.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Castle on the Well, The Summer Folly

New property arrival - Huntlington House

New property arrival - Huntlington House

The former Jacobean hunting lodge, Huntlington House has put down its working boots for the last time, entering its golden years where no luxury is spared and no desire too far-fetched. Refined, elegant but with hints of playful rascality throughout, this lavish manor ensures a jolly good time.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Huntlington House

New property arrivals - White Beach Cove, Isla Windmill and Saffron Tower

New property arrivals - White Beach Cove, Isla Windmill and Saffron Tower

Seemingly at the ends of the Earth, between mountains and sea, this trio of unique dwellings offers sublime escapism from strident city living. Island windmill, fairytale tower or white stone cottage, which will you choose first?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Isla Windmill, White Beach Cove, Saffron Tower

Winter wishes

Winter wishes

As 2021 draws to a close, we wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your support during another extraordinary year. We hope that this Christmas brought you together with friends and family to enjoy each other’s company, to share laughter over food and wine, and plot new adventures for the year ahead.

New property arrival - Aurora

New property arrival - Aurora

Clinging to the cliffs above Freathy, this cosy cabin for two flaunts a front row seat to nature´s changeable moods where days are spent rambling along the South West Coast Path or with toes dipped in sand on the beach below. As the sun sets and starry skies twinkle above, crack open the fizz and sink into the al fresco hot tub.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Aurora

New property arrival - The Artist´s Retreat

New property arrival - The Artist´s Retreat

Between the moors and sea in mystical North Cornwall, where folklore and truth twist to forge history, lies a bohemian home festooned in wisteria.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Artist´s Retreat

At home with Sarah

At home with Sarah

As we near the end of 2021 we bring our focus back to our roots and to Unique Homestays founder, Sarah Stanley. Here, she tells us what she thinks makes the perfect homestay, as well as gives an insight into her new home in Cornwall and how she will be spending Christmas.

New property arrival - Heddwen

New property arrival - Heddwen

A Welsh farmhouse with sweeping views of Cardigan Bay in one direction and Mount Snowdon grazing the clouds in the other, Heddwen welcomes visitors with open arms, offering the warm embrace of a grandmother not seen in years.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Heddwen

Green is the new black

Green is the new black

We are flipping Black Friday on its head; rather than flash sales or added gifts wrapped in plastic, we will be doubling our donations to Rewilding Britain for any 2021 bookings made up until midnight on Monday 29th November.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Firefly, The Pandy House

Curious escapes

Curious escapes

Throw caution to the wind, dive down the rabbit hole and explore wonderlands created by some of Britain´s biggest dreamers.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Limehouse Cottage, Pearl´s on Sea, Benetfeld, Amaia

New property arrival - Pearl´s on Sea

New property arrival - Pearl´s on Sea

A reinvented coastal shack embodying the spirit of faded glamour, Pearl´s on Sea is brimming with bohemian tempo and just a ten-minute stroll from Winchelsea Beach.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pearl´s on Sea

A maximalist Christmas

A maximalist Christmas

This month we share homes available over the festive season with more than a hint of va-va-voom, for a Noël like never before.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pearl´s Place, The Aviary, The Hatch

New property arrival - Little Inka

New property arrival - Little Inka

Tucked within an alpaca farm on the edge of Bodmin Moor, Little Inka pays homage to Cornwall´s founding elements of granite, slate and copper.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Little Inka

New property arrival - The Hatch

New property arrival - The Hatch

Earthen tones, organic textures and sinkable linen sofas; The Hatch is a feast for the senses in the heart of Crantock. Beyond the grounds, Crantock Beach and the South West Coast Path are just a stroll down the lane.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Hatch

The cosy club

The cosy club

As nature blazes with one last hoorah to the sun before it sinks into a nourishing slumber, it´s time to rest beneath the earth and gather energy to emerge in spring again.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Limit, The Hatch, Inkwell Cottage

New property arrival - Benetfeld

New property arrival - Benetfeld

Ablaze against Berkshire´s green and pleasant fields, new arrival Benetfeld is experiential, immersive and extraordinary.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Benetfeld

New property arrival - Amaia

New property arrival - Amaia

Seemingly floating above the ocean, Amaia emerges from the south Cornwall coast with grace and elegance; its organic wood and silver tones mirroring the view of its private beach below.

New property arrival - Limehouse Cottage

New property arrival - Limehouse Cottage

Hidden in a land where mountains, valleys and lakes collide Limehouse Cottage serves up luxury living with one hand and raw, organic beauty with the other.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Limehouse Cottage

New property arrival - The Maker´s House

New property arrival - The Maker´s House

Transporting groups far from the rhythms of everyday life, The Maker´s House´s Mediterranean vibes are reminiscent of lazy hedonistic holidays on Tuscan hills.

Britain in wonderland

Britain in wonderland

From woodlands hiding shining red toadstools to wide expanses of heathered moorland, plunging waterfalls and ridgelines so high one could reach up, grab a cloud and hitch a lift to the moon if they so wished; each odyssey leads to enchantment, every peek into the undergrowth reveals alchemy. Don´t let the love affair with homeland holidays end.

New property arrival - Oska

New property arrival - Oska

Echoing the shift of seasons within the surrounding countryside, Oska is a modern home that perfectly blends with its rural North Cornwall surroundings.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Oska

New property arrival - Forestkeepers

New property arrival - Forestkeepers

Designed with family enjoyment in mind, a treehouse and zipwire will captivate the imagination of children, while secluded courtyards hidden within colourful blooms provide the perfect setting for grownups to enjoy a quiet hour sipping coffee.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Forestkeepers

The great British summer holiday

The great British summer holiday

The summer holidays are here and with foreign travel limited, the UK is seeing a revival of love. Rally the troops and rediscover its marvels next summer in one of our most sought-after properties for 2022.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Brandy Thief, Alba Beach House, Ukiyo

New property arrival - The Darton

New property arrival - The Darton

Conjuring all the fond imaginings of what a modern English country escape should be, The Darton is chock-a-block with flagstone floors, inglenook fireplaces and deep velvet sofas tempting long afternoons sipping wine, nose in a good book.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Darton

New property arrival - The Sorting Office

New property arrival - The Sorting Office

Bordered by greenery and with public footpaths through Hampshire´s rolling hills accessed from the garden gate, The Sorting Office is the perfect springboard for rural adventures both small and mighty.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Sorting Office

New property arrival - The Summer Folly

New property arrival - The Summer Folly

Hidden within the grounds of Grimsthorpe Castle and Gardens, this whimsical folly hides a surprising interior of hand-painted frescoes, Moroccan tiles and bursts of sunshine yellow.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Summer Folly

New property arrival - Elderwood Manor

New property arrival - Elderwood Manor

A 19th century house which proudly sits between Exmoor and the Hartland Heritage Coast, Elderwood Manor is perfectly placed for Famous-Five style adventures. Through the front door and it´s all sweeping staircases, grand hallways and botanical wallpapers while outside, a hot tub entangled within a giant rhododendron offers magical evenings with unrivaled views of rural Devon.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Elderwood Manor

New property arrival - Deco Beach House

New property arrival - Deco Beach House

Hiding behind golden sand dunes and swaying grasses in the sheltered cove of Portmellon, Deco Beach House is an unabashed celebration of 1920´s coastal style. Outside, curved walls and a private foreshore await while the interiors are awash with crittall glass doors, antique mirrors and geometric patterns.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Deco Beach House

New property arrival - Maison Blanche

New property arrival - Maison Blanche

Graceful, fun and confident without losing sight of tradition, if Maison Blanche were a person, they would be the most charismatic in the room. Tactile and joyous at once, wander through beds of heady lavender, snooze to the soundtrack of birdsong and sink into a burbling hot tub under scintillating skies.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Maison Blanche

New property arrival - Gulliver´s Hall

New property arrival - Gulliver´s Hall

Wellness is key at Gulliver´s Hall and whether your days involve hopping between swimming pool, spa and sauna or are spent embracing nature in the expanse of wild woodland, the sunken stone hot tub will be a fine place to conclude the day.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Gulliver´s Hall

Hedonistic hideouts

Hedonistic hideouts

This month we invite you to give in to indulgence and explore the homes within our illustrious isles which offer true liberation from everyday routine. Destinations designed for the hedonists.

New property arrival - The Zen Garden

New property arrival - The Zen Garden

Radiating rest and relaxation, The Zen Garden is a home of two opposing yet harmonious halves; on one side crooked timber beams foraged from abandoned ships crisscross the ceilings, while the other is a contemporary haven.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Zen Garden

New property arrival - Dandelion

New property arrival - Dandelion

Open the front door and enter a world of flamboyance and flair, where giant disco balls refract shimmering rainbows and twisting succulents convolute across enormous windows. Sophisticated, playful and ever so elegant, Dandelion is a rambunctious escape for reunions, family gatherings and celebrations.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Dandelion

New property arrival - Fernden Lane

New property arrival - Fernden Lane

Just an hour by train from both central London and the balmy south coast, this 16th century farmhouse is perfectly placed for enjoying all that England has to offer. On arrival, twisting blooms clambering around mullioned windows extend the prettiest of welcomes, while oodles of country-luxe charm awaits inside.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Fernden Lane

New property arrival - The Pandy House

New property arrival - The Pandy House

Built with eccentricity in its bones and peace in its soul, The Pandy House encompasses the very essence of Snowdonia; elaborate as the National Park´s rich tapestry of valleys, forests and raging rivers, calm as the mountain peaks which sit high in the clouds.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Pandy House

A weddings revival

A weddings revival

Farewell matching bridesmaids, adieu neat bouquets and auf wiedersehen jet-lagged elopements on foreign soil; now, the UK weddings scene welcomes style and taste, over-the-top arrangements and foot-stomping parties which will leave wedding couture fraying at the hems.

New property arrival - Clementine House

New property arrival - Clementine House

Within only an hour of London, this large Grade II listed home and its clambering roses are a welcome tonic for anyone looking to escape the city. Clementine House exudes doll´s house charm, with exposed timber beams, blousy florals, pretty china and a powder blue front door.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Clementine House

New property arrival - Kohtalo

New property arrival - Kohtalo

With their paths entwined from the very beginning, the owners of Kohtalo first met on this very site on the edge of Exmoor way back when they were children. Now, this sleek modern home is a true manifestation of a life well lived, with furniture, artwork and decor tastefully collected from across the world.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Kohtalo

New property arrival - St Quentin´s

New property arrival - St Quentin´s

As though plucked from the set of a period drama, this Grade I listed country house sits within seven hundred acres of private estate. Encompassing tree avenues, lakes for wild swimming, rewilding schemes and a permaculture-led community farm, St Quentin´s is anything but ordinary.

Properties featured in this newsletter: St Quentin´s

New property arrival - Fjall

New property arrival - Fjall

Settled on the hillside of a soaring wooded valley, influenced by Japanese and Scandinavian principles of simple living, Fjall brings together the very best of the world beneath its blackened wood exterior.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Fjall

The English garden

The English garden

Over the past 12 months our personal growing spaces, both large and small, have become our sanctuaries away from the world but now, as hospitality reopens, we invite you to kick off your shoes and wander across the cushioned meadows of some of our finest English garden escapes.

New property arrival - Wildwood Holt

New property arrival - Wildwood Holt

Sitting deep in a valley near Cornwall´s illustrious Helford River on the remote Lizard Peninsula, this rustic-luxe riverside cottage is an idyllic retreat. Enveloped in birdsong and cradled by an abundance of scrambling blooms, weary travellers will soon forget any thoughts of city dwelling.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Wildwood Holt

New property arrival - Mesmire

New property arrival - Mesmire

Conceived by a botanical artist, luxury self-catering home Mesmire was designed to draw eyes across the water and embrace every ounce of magic that this secret fold of the Roseland Peninsula has to offer, fusing organic materials, eco-friendly features, and clean living with Scandi styling.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Mesmire

New property arrival - Elissa

New property arrival - Elissa

Strong in its stature but invitingly cosy on the inside, Elissa is a 120-year-old converted chapel nestled between Stroud and Cirencester, brimming with community tales and rich history.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Elissa

New property arrival - Harlequin House

New property arrival - Harlequin House

Positioned between blossoming orchards on the Rutland border, Harlequin House displays a fusion of texture, colour and designer patterns. Playfully renovated by two sisters, this 120-year-old Edwardian cottage is now the modern-day answer to the quintessential English country escape.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Harlequin House

New property arrival - Zephyros

New property arrival - Zephyros

Flaunting views across the Jurassic Coast and the rolling countryside, Zephyros is a contemporary abode with a zingy aesthetic. High ceilings and large windows gives a sense of infinite space, while a sprawling lawn, adventure playground and indoor heated swimming pool ensure that there is enough to keep the whole family entertained.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Zephyros

New property arrival - Alcazar

New property arrival - Alcazar

Once a hunting retreat for Henry VIII when he was courting Anne Boleyn in the early 1500s, this history-laden private home is now available for commercial photoshoots and filming.

Nomadic instinct

Nomadic instinct

As humans, we were born to roam; to follow the seasons and to chase the hunt, to be in motion with the sun, to pack up camp and follow the constellations.

The alchemy of architecture

The alchemy of architecture

This month we shine a light on modern homes which ride the wave of trends and evolving lifestyle throughout the ages; homes which work with nature, as if by magic, to truly stand the test of time.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Linea, Nevada (For Sale)

A 2021 love story

A 2021 love story

2020 was the year we stayed home and fell back in love with tradition. Home-cooked farm produce, paper books you can grasp between your fingers and sustainable staycations were all in high demand. With those elements in mind, we´ve been busy devising inspiration for your post-lockdown escapes. We start the year with a romantic elopement story from the Cornish coast, plus new arrivals and private catering options for your next break away.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Winterfell, Umber Cottage, Inkwell Cottage

Happy Christmas & New Year 2020

Happy Christmas & New Year 2020

As 2020 comes to an end, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your support during this unpredictable year. It’s been a wild journey through unchartered waters, with lockdowns and travel restrictions hindering many of your holiday plans, but there is a beacon of light on the horizon and we look forward to hosting you for your 2021 escapes and beyond.

New property arrival - Castle on the Well

New property arrival - Castle on the Well

Combining over an acre of blooming gardens with fairytale castellations, mullioned windows and a breathtaking dome room, this home on the edge of Exmoor National Park is sure to see children tear around the grounds with shouts of flaming dragons and brave princesses. Inside fuses traditional hunting lodge charm with a modern country twist, while the North Devon coast is just a short drive away, promising long summer holidays by the sea.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Castle on the Well

New property arrival - Iraia

New property arrival - Iraia

Seemingly floating above the sea on Seaton Beach, Iraia and its cool, silvery accoya exterior blends into the landscape as though it was born of the smoky shingles themselves.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Iraia

Less is more

Less is more

If there´s one thing we can thank 2020 for, it´s for slowing us down and reminding us what matters. For emptying our social calendars and showing us that distanced doorstep cups of tea with those we love can be special beyond belief. This Christmas season will, of course, be so very different to the sparkling nights we are used to, but for every work party missed will be a mulled wine shared in the garden or muddy puddle ramble, meaning more to us than those fizzy nights in bars ever could.

New property arrivals - Ivy Cove and Cabin Tapio

New property arrivals - Ivy Cove and Cabin Tapio

Winding up a year where an extraordinary amount of time has been spent indoors, our two latest arrivals could not have landed at a better time. An ode to all things organic, these are spaces where country air rolls through the windows, interior design mirrors the curves of the surf and close encounters with wildlife takes no more effort than stepping out of the front door.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Ivy Cove, Cabin Tapio

New property arrival - Old Cornish Manor

New property arrival - Old Cornish Manor

With the current amplified demand in staycations, the team at Unique Homestays have devised a means of fulfilling the demands of our corporate clients. Introducing Old Cornish Manor, a fusion of pared-back interiors with a rustic finish offering a blank canvas for storytellers and creatives to utilise as a striking backdrop for photoshoots, filming and product launches.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Photoshoots at Coswarth

New property arrival - Alba Beach House

New property arrival - Alba Beach House

Awash with weathered nautical regalia and dotted with sink-into leather chairs which tempt long mornings looking out to sea, this pink cob cottage soothes the soul. Bleached summer mornings and whiplashed winter storms are when this cottage really comes into its own, but the peace of St Ives in the shoulder seasons offers its own unique magic.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Alba Beach House

New property arrival - The Fourth Wall

New property arrival - The Fourth Wall

Travel back to Victorian London during a visit to this extraordinary city pad: a wonderland of plush velvets, eclectic furnishings and splashes of Moroccan and Turkish style.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Fourth Wall

Fantastical follies

Fantastical follies

Back when landscape design was dominated by the heart-over-head principles of Romanticism, country houses often featured eye-catching follies within their rambling grounds. Now that the staycation industry is booming, homeowners are once again becoming creative with their estates. From ornate waterside dwellings to forgotten farm buildings reimagined, the folly is making a comeback.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Dragonwood Boat House, Thornemead Castle, Rhapsody, The Walled Garden, Viola

New property arrival - Smokehouse Cottage

New property arrival - Smokehouse Cottage

A white stone dot tucked beneath the hills, discover a piece of Wales´ wild magic at this secluded bolthole on the Pembrokeshire coast. Formerly a smokery, this reclaimed fisherman’s cottage has been cleverly reinvented to create an authentic refuge hideaway; think painted stone walls, oak floorboards and wrought iron beds overlooking the shifting tides on St Bride´s Bay below.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Smokehouse Cottage

New property arrival - In Clover

New property arrival - In Clover

A luxurious take on the bucolic country retreat, this sumptuous home invites families to sink into a wood-fired hot tub under the moon and unfurl within its golden stone walls. Think Soho Home furnishings and stacks of vintage vinyl awaiting its turn after a prelude from the crackling open fire. With sleeps-six options in for Autumn, In Clover joins the collection just in time for an Indian summer.

Properties featured in this newsletter: In Clover

New property arrival - The Walled Garden

New property arrival - The Walled Garden

Starting life as the potato store within the kitchen gardens of Dyrham Park, this luxury retreat now invites guests to enjoy enchanting walled gardens and minimalistic modern interiors. A Gothic garden door opens out to Wonderland where guests can sip cocktails beside the ornamental Victorian pool or sunbathe on the river´s edge.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Walled Garden

New Property Arrival - Over Lemon River

New Property Arrival - Over Lemon River

Situated along the River Lemon, this romantic hideaway is a place where lovers and their four-legged friends can enjoy whilst the world wonders into insignificance.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Over Lemon River

Understated Luxury

Understated Luxury

When we look back to Summer 2020, we will always remember the time we savoured the smallest of luxuries; home-grown flowers, Glastonbury re-runs on the radio, windswept walks on empty beaches - but the luxury of clean, simple living will perhaps be the most precious of them all.

New Property Arrival - The Lost Music Hall

New Property Arrival - The Lost Music Hall

Located in The South Hams, this private wing of a grand Georgian manor was designed with entertaining in mind. Pared-back in style but nonetheless luxurious, The Lost Music Hall lends something for everyone to enjoy.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Lost Music Hall

New Property Arrivals - Villa Boden and The Old Beach Stores

New Property Arrivals - Villa Boden and The Old Beach Stores

At a time when coastal escapes have never felt more like a wellbeing essential, we welcome two new beachside boltholes to our collection.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Villa Boden, The Old Beach Stores

New Property Arrival - Little Red Lock

New Property Arrival - Little Red Lock

Filled to the beams with eccentricity and encircled by a wooden picket fence, Little Red Lock is a quintessential storybook hideaway. From the buttoned chesterfields to the clotted cream coloured Aga, English country charm oozes from inside its red brick walls. After exploring the Cotswolds market towns nearby, this secluded canal-side haven is the perfect place to wind down; enjoy twilight cruises on the kayaks and Autumn evenings by the fire.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Little Red Lock

Unique Folk

Unique Folk

If there is one thing the crisis has taught us it is that we are all in this together. As we safely reopen our doors and welcome you back into our homes, we reflect on the incredible community spirit we have experienced over the last three months. Your support has inspired us to introduce a new way of rewarding loyalty in our Unique Folk Programme.

New Property Arrival - Ukiyo

New Property Arrival - Ukiyo

Urban modernity flirts with the elements at this sustainable luxury retreat on the untamed Lizard Peninsula. Ukiyo is a nod to the modern Scandinavian summerhouse, clad in silvering Siberian larch wood which seemingly melts into the ocean setting. Its name derives from Japanese culture and translates to ‘the floating world’, a blissful state of detachment from the bothers of everyday life.

New Property Arrival - Barton Blanc

New Property Arrival - Barton Blanc

Hidden at the end of a sweeping drive within 33 acres encircled by bluebell woods, this sprawling country manor is a secluded haven in the heart of rural Devon. Checker-board tiled floors and decorative plaster ceilings hint at the age of this history-rich home, where modern luxuries meet monastic simplicity.

New Property Arrival - Sienna

New Property Arrival - Sienna

Set in a spellbinding slice of the Wild Atlantic Way, in the charming town of Kenmare, Sienna takes its name from the rich colours of the surrounding landscape.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sienna

For lovers

For lovers

With many soon-to-be-married couples weighing up their options amid ongoing restrictions on social gatherings and overseas travel, this month on the journal we look at the honeymoon through time, and present alternatives for cancelled celebrations. On the topic of couples´ escapes, here we also unveil our latest arrival.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Meadows

New Property Arrival - Roscoe

New Property Arrival - Roscoe

Sitting pretty in 13 acres of wildflower meadows, latest arrival Roscoe is a fusion of wood, glass and stone. Encapsulating all the essential elements for a luxury self-catering escape and within two hours of London.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Roscoe

New Property Arrival - Fawn Wood

New Property Arrival - Fawn Wood

Starting life from humble beginnings, this historic homestay has a treasure trove of enchanted stories and romantic entanglements. Hidden on the cusp of Winnie-the-Pooh´s Ashdown Forest, Fawn Wood invites families to enjoy a luxury country house retreat.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Fawn Wood

Britain in bloom

Britain in bloom

The theme for this month was always intended to be ‘Britain in bloom’, but perhaps now it’s more poignant than we ever imagined. The human world may well have come to a standstill but, amid travel bans and isolation orders, mother nature continues in all her beauty. Here we bring you Britain’s most enchanted garden escapes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Rhapsody, The Sculptor´s Gardens

Estate of mind

Estate of mind

A century ago, it was the Roaring Twenties; a time of social highlife and surging economy. 2020 may have started on the contrary, but that shouldn´t stop us from aspiring. Our inaugural property arrivals for the decade couldn´t be more apt for when the travel ban has been lifted.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Find, Wool Merchant´s House, Cadence, Atelier Rose

Natural Selection

Natural Selection

Great Britain and Ireland: not the first islands that come to mind when we think of indoor-outdoor living. That said, you’ll be hard pushed to find a nation more willing to take on the elements for a bracing hike or dog walk. As a new generation of architects put the environment at the heart of their projects, weaving buildings into the natural surroundings and crafting furnishings from organic materials, this month we showcase homes that embrace the living world.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Bohème, Skyros, Elemental, Montana, Kilnwood

Wonder Women

Wonder Women

If you know anything about Unique Homestays, you’ll know that spirited, creative women are at the core of our business. Next summer will mark 20 years since Sarah Stanley founded Unique Homestays, still remaining the sole director today with the help of a growing team of wonder women (and men!).

Properties featured in this newsletter: Siren [OLD], Little Scarlet

Green Love

Green Love

The colour of love turns green this February as we celebrate the rise of the eco wedding. Over on the journal we talk organic food, British bubbles and paperless post, showing how soon-to-be brides and grooms can consider the planet without sacrificing the vision of a beautifully designed luxury wedding.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Weddings at The Stack, Weddings at Romany

A Wild Romance

A Wild Romance

For us, Valentine´s weekend doesn´t call for flowers and chocolates - they should be part of every day. Instead, we crave for spontaneity, reconnection and rekindling of that special spark too often only associated with the honeymoon spell. With a full weekend put aside for the celebrations this year, whisk your loved one away to one of our luxury love nests, sure to set the tone for a wildly romantic escape.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Wishbone, Juneberry, The Shipwreck, Romany

Wellness Breaks for 2020

Wellness Breaks for 2020

The new year lends a perfect excuse to indulge in a little ‘you’ time. We’ve teamed up with Whitecalm, the retreat provider with the leading edge, to offer bespoke healthy holidays in select homestays throughout our collection. From yoga and meditation to personalised programmes matched to your DNA – you can choose a wellbeing experience as spiritual or scientific as you wish.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Anthology Farm, Linea, Jagger

New Property Arrivals- Jagger, Novella, Ten, The Residence, Orlagh

New Property Arrivals- Jagger, Novella, Ten, The Residence, Orlagh

We´re ending 2019 on a high with our newest additions.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Orlagh, Novella [OLD], Ten, Jagger, The Residence

New Property Arrival - Anthology Farm, The Tapestry and Madam Butterfly

New Property Arrival - Anthology Farm, The Tapestry and Madam Butterfly

While we have a soft spot for simple, elegant homes, the Unique Homestays aesthetic has never been shy of stuff. A maximalist approach offers a creative means to express the owners’ personality through their interior.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Madam Butterfly, The Tapestry, Anthology Farm

A New Era

A New Era

We believe in thinking differently, running a pioneering spirit through everything we do to bring you escapes that cannot be found elsewhere. With a fresh, understated design, our new look allows our homes to do the talking. In our eighteenth year there could not be a more fitting time to evolve and refine the brand. Less fuss, more of what you love. Because real luxury doesn´t need to be boastful.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Zingara

Cool Yule

Cool Yule

The magic of winter is most felt at home; the sound of little ones giggling at bath time, the scent of home-cooked stews, the amber glow of the fire reflected in the window frost. That home, however, doesn’t necessarily need to be yours. That home could simply be borrowed, just for the holidays.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pelsham Manor

New Property Arrival - Roserai

New Property Arrival - Roserai

Many people crave variety, often fuelling the need to travel and discover life beyond the everyday. As fascinating as it is to explore the world, global tourism now contributes to nearly 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. So when the opportunity arises to sample a flavour of another country right on our doorstep, it is more tempting than ever before. Today we bring you Roserai, a home that encapsulates south of France charm, introducing you to a life of afternoon naps in the hammock and glasses of Chardonnay among the rose gardens.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Roserai

Hunter Gatherers

Hunter Gatherers

That layered look, those amber hues and Sunday afternoon smorgasbords piled-high with figs, berries and cheese… it can only be October. This month we tap into our human instincts as we celebrate the start of the hunter-gatherer season. Over on the journal we delve into the biophilia hypothesis, as well as show how you can style your home for winter hibernation.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Elemental, The Brandy Thief

Holistic Holidays

Holistic Holidays

The end of summer is a bittersweet time of year, but these rare days of intersecting seasons are pure magic. As summer collapses to make way for the golden hues and muted notes of early autumn, it’s the perfect time to indulge in the decade’s favourite travel trend – a wellness break.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Fable, The Shipwreck, Kilnwood, Hollyhocks

Rewild The Nation

Rewild The Nation

Temperatures are rising, ice caps are melting and urgent action must be taken in order to slow the warming of our wonderful world. Our environment is a key priority and, in a new partnership with Rewilding Britain, we will be contributing to their effort of sequestering 47 million tonnes of CO2 per year back into the ground. From September, for every booking taken, we will donate to the charity to support the restoration of Great Britain´s eco systems, helping secure a future for generations to come.

The New Nomads

The New Nomads

The design world is welcoming a wild return of 1970’s bohemianism, but this time with a refined edge. Whether a rebellion against minimalism or a reaction to the uncertain political climate, there is an increasing desire to throw out the rulebook and create spaces which truly represent the people who reside within them.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Romany

New Property Arrival - Linea

New Property Arrival - Linea

Uniting the modern man with Mother Nature in wholly refined harmony, here is a self-catering home which not only complements the scenery in which it sits, but enhances it. With a pared-back, design-led interior, this luxury cliffhanger is as much a space for families as it is for creatives wanting a blue-sky thinking retreat.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Linea

London Calling

London Calling

With London being such a dynamic city full of history and spirited community, Unique Home Stays are on the hunt for inspiring and extraordinary properties that portray the delights of our capital.

A Bold Move

A Bold Move

In our journal we delve into concepts of ´brave travel´ and tempt you to take a leaf from Hunter S. Thompson´s book, who spent a year living and riding with the Hell´s Angels. He wrote “life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

Properties featured in this newsletter: Labyrinth, Linea

The Sustainable Traveller

The Sustainable Traveller

Snow-capped mountains, long stretches of golden sand and ancient forests alive with butterflies; the United Kingdom offers so much more than bleak weather and roast dinners. With such inspiring landscapes right on our front door and a planet in the depths of a climate emergency, this month we ask; is international travel really a necessity?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Seren Mor, The Pomegranate Tree, Kyn

New Property Arrival - Viola

New Property Arrival - Viola

We travel to escape. To escape the emails and pinging notifications, the choking traffic and being home too late to read goodnight stories to the children. We journey by trains, planes and automobiles to be slow and to stop, to reconnect with family, friends and the great outdoors, to restore within us what is caged by working hours and seemingly never-ending commitments.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Viola

New Property Arrivals - Juneberry and Little Cannon

New Property Arrivals - Juneberry and Little Cannon

Science has proven time and time again that even just one hour a day spent within nature is good for you; good for stress levels, excellent for health and healing and best of all for soul-soothing.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Juneberry

The Modern Feminine

The Modern Feminine

Pretty is back, but bolder than ever before. What once was grey is now emblazoned with florals, what was navy is now pastel in shade. Dark, ditsy-print wallpapers wrap whole rooms in moody glamour, lace curtains bellow in the breeze and a dash of retro chintz is unashamedly working its way back into fashion.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Tangle Belle, The Palladian, Elphinstone [OLD]

New Property Arrivals - Holanen and Rhapsody

New Property Arrivals - Holanen and Rhapsody

It was Pablo Picasso who once said “art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life” and today we bring you two new homestays which will blow the cobwebs right out of the daily grind. Bursting with colour, originality and pure imagination, and each so different from the other, these eclectic homes are the true spice of life. One serenely sits just above the sea on Cornwall’s gentle south coast, while the other is a riot of rock ‘n’ roll style (having hosted the likes of Genesis, The Police and Queen in the nineties), set deep in rural Surrey.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Holanen, Rhapsody

New Property Arrival - Damselfly

New Property Arrival - Damselfly

There are few truly wild places left between our patchwork of farmer´s fields and glow of city lights, but those that remain are wonders indeed, to be cherished like buried treasure found at the end of an arduous voyage. Today we bring you such a place, a magical cabin in the woods on the edge of Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor, where otters tangle in the burbling river and owls gently hoot in the branches overhead. At Damselfly there are only three things on the agenda; peace, tranquillity and a large glass of chilled pink lemonade.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Damselfly

Homes of the Makers

Homes of the Makers

To enter an artist’s residence is to enter another’s creative mind. Staying in the home of a creator lends a feeling that transcends simply viewing their work on a wall. This month on the journal we delve inside our homestays that act as galleries, studios and inspiration for the artisans who call them home.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Charity, Faraway House, The Aviary, The Cinders

New Property Arrival - The Aviary

New Property Arrival - The Aviary

Stretching out from winter slumber, the days are getting longer, afternoons warmer and layers thinner and with summer dreams almost within arm´s reach, we bring to you a brand new Cotswold escape which was made with balmy English days in mind. Welcome to The Aviary; the family retreat of dreams.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Aviary

The Hero’s Journey

The Hero’s Journey

There’s a small but mighty travel trend that’s sweeping the nation and we’re ready to assist. Increasing desires to fit more experiences into a restricted holiday allowance has resulted in a surge of culture-curious travellers wanting meticulously designed itineraries to help them make the most of their bite-sized breaks.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Oyster Catcher, Supernova [OLD], Stella Maris, Thornemead Castle

Love at Dusk

Love at Dusk

Forget flowers and forgo the clichés this year, instead channel the starry-eyed spirit of St Valentine into a love affair with adventure. Now’s the time to plot your escape and ensure you´ll be settling in somewhere truly special when twilight falls on February 14th. Who says the comforts of home and the thrill of adventure can´t go hand-in-hand?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sweetpea Cottage [OLD]

For the Wild Hearted

For the Wild Hearted

Whether trailing houseplants or sweeping ocean vistas, a close connection with Mother Nature soothes the soul and calms the busy mind so accustomed to checking emails at all hours of the day. January tends to walk hand-in-hand with dreary weather, so to boost those spirits and ignite inspiration we bring to your inbox four homes which unashamedly celebrate nature. Dust off those jackets, those hats and scarves; hibernation season is over.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Alchemy Hill, The Looking Glass, Walden Lakehouse, The Matchbox

New Property Arrivals for 2019

New Property Arrivals for 2019

The lull between Christmas and New Year is often a time of togetherness; of bubble and squeak for breakfast, boardgames and blustery walks to burn off the festive overindulgence. Before the goodbyes and long drives home, whilst you’re altogether, why not take this opportunity to set a date for the next reunion?

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Botanist, Thornemead Castle, Under the Rose [OLD], Saphir Beach House, Ammonite

New Property Arrivals - Gwendolyn and The Looking Glass

New Property Arrivals - Gwendolyn and The Looking Glass

There is something rather fine about settling into a squishy sofa with a steaming cup of tea as the winter storms rage outside. Finer still if said sofa has sea views and a roaring fire within toe-warming reach. This week we bring you two new properties with such qualities on Cornwall´s north coast, where sweeping views of the ocean, salt-kissed skin and fiery sunsets come as standard. Come rain, shine or wild winds, these two homes are destinations in their own right

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Looking Glass, Gwendolyn

It´s the Little Things

It´s the Little Things

The little things in life so often pass us by without even a glimpse of recognition; a slow morning drinking tea in bed, the subtle beauty of bee´s wings bobbing on the summer heat, the lingering smell of bonfires which fill the evening air at this time of year. It´s these finer details which come together to make the bigger picture, bringing such vibrancy and joy to this wonderful life. With this in mind, this month we are celebrating the small and mighty in our midst.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sea Sentry, The Sea Rose, Filly Island

New Property Arrivals - Little Portion and The Flower Press

New Property Arrivals - Little Portion and The Flower Press

The onset of winter certainly doesn´t mean the onset of hibernation. Rather than mourning the end of summer, we’re celebrating the comfort of woolly jumpers and large glasses of pinot noir, frosty mornings and roaring fires. It´s time to celebrate the cosier side of life and with this we bring you two new romantic cottages, in Cornwall and the Cotswolds, perfect for returning to after afternoons spent hiking or chilly cold water surfing. So come on in, it´s warm in here...

Properties featured in this newsletter: Little Portion, The Flower Press [OLD]

New Property Arrival - Lloyds Signal Station and Old Favourites Sundance and The Parsonage

New Property Arrival - Lloyds Signal Station and Old Favourites Sundance and The Parsonage

There is something exhilarating about journeying to the farthest reaches of land, where the heavens, sea and earth collide in a blaze of magnificent glory, where the enormity of the world under a blanket of stars is almost overwhelming and howling winds are as beautiful and appealing as balmy summer days. Our newest property resides in such a place; a place on the edge, a place that feels invitingly far away.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Parsonage, Sundance, The Signal Station

New Property Arrivals - The Redes and Wool Merchant´s House

New Property Arrivals - The Redes and Wool Merchant´s House

Luxury comes in many forms. To some it’s classic elegant interiors and lavish finishes, while to others it´s the freedom to rise from a cloud-like bed, to wander barefoot into the morning, cup of rich coffee in hand and not a whiff of phone signal in range.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Wool Merchant´s House, The Redes

Winter by the Sea

Winter by the Sea

This month the Unique Home Stays team have been trekking the South West Coast Path to raise money for the charity SUDEP Action. One evening, after a 12 mile hike I finished the day’s challenge on a little pebble beach. The moon shimmered over the water’s surface and the waves roared as they washed over the rocks; not a soul in sight, this felt like real luxury to me. This month, I decided, we shall celebrate homes by the sea.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Ellesmera Mill, Raffia, The Viewing Gallery

Latest Arrival - Evania

Latest Arrival - Evania

If you’re a fan of boutique shopping and swimming under the stars then you’ll want to add our new arrival to the top of your wish list. Evania is just fifteen minutes from Cheltenham, complete with ancient olive trees and a heated outdoor pool.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Evania

The Best Places to Work Remotely

The Best Places to Work Remotely

Humans were born to move. In early years mankind would roam freely, tracking the stars and migrating with the seasons. Whilst urbanisation may have made it more practical to stay static, living as a nomad is becoming easier than ever. More than just homes for the holidays, the properties we pick to join the portfolio also provide inspiring settings for those wanting to throw off the shackles of an office-based 9 to 5 and discover an alternative place to work for a while. For artists, writers and digital nomads with no fixed abode, back to school season has never been so attractive.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Seaglass [OLD], Sojourn, Little Scarlet

It´s Never Too Early...

It´s Never Too Early...

Albeit a little controversial, we’re making a bold move this year and have decided to drop the C word right in the middle of your August bank holiday. We considered it’s likely you’ve got all of the family together, so to save arguments on who’s hosting and who’s scrubbing the potato pots on the next bank holiday, opt for a home-away-from-home and let us take away the stress. With just 120 days to go, the countdown is on for your most absurdly magical and utterly unique Christmas yet.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sweetpea Cottage [OLD], Balthazar

Latest Arrivals - Alchemy Hill & The Cotton Tree

Latest Arrivals - Alchemy Hill & The Cotton Tree

As the evenings begin to draw in and the hedgerows grow heavy with blackberry buds and purple sloes, we’re reminded of how beautifully abundant the end of summer is. With our homes also in their most fruitful season, we are delighted to announce the arrival of two new retreats which both have availability for your end-of-summer escape. One in the rolling hummocks of Herefordshire and the other by the wild Cornish sea, our latest arrivals afford truly rejuvenating breaks in both the coast and country.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Alchemy Hill, The Cotton Tree

Remote Luxury

Remote Luxury

In the midst of August´s cheery chaos, we´d like to dedicate this month to remoteness. Whilst it´s likely the world’s best secrets will be forever kept and handed down to only the lucky few, we´ve toiled away to unearth those hidden gem homes that could be found. Gather with friends and family, or savour solitude, for a week amongst mountains, coast or countryside with little more than a canine or cinema room for company.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Aphrodite, Charity, Orbis, Pilgrim

Latest Arrival - Scarlet Hall

Latest Arrival - Scarlet Hall

In the midst of what feels like an endless summer, we´re delighted to introduce you to our red hot new arrival. Set in the grounds of a sprawling 12 acre estate, Scarlet Hall is the perfect marriage of rural and regal. Within its timber-framed wisteria-clad walls lies a wealth of history spanning farm tales, princes and Italian prisoners of war. The best part? Brand new to the portfolio, it´s currently available all summer long (and just look at that pool)!

Properties featured in this newsletter: Scarlet Hall

Living on The Edge

Living on The Edge

Everyone dreams of a home by the sea. There´s a tremendous sense of freedom that comes with living on the water´s edge and, in the midst of a long, hot summer, I´m sure you´ll agree that the idea couldn´t be any more appealing. This month we pay tribute to unique homes that connect their inhabitants to the most essential of elements, and reveal some sparkling new additions to the portfolio.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Walden Lakehouse, Papilio Creek

Latest Arrivals - Little Eden, Maberly, Felicity Park & Seren Mor

Latest Arrivals - Little Eden, Maberly, Felicity Park & Seren Mor

This week we reveal an inspiring quartet of new property arrivals, just in time to make the most of the sunshine cascading across the British Isles. Whether you choose a hidden loch-side cottage in the Scottish Highlands, a Grade-II listed family home in Devon´s leafy South Hams, a flamboyant Hampshire manor complete with heated pool or a striking beach house perched above the sands in Pembrokeshire, these homes are nothing short of extraordinary.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Little Eden, Seren Mor, Maberly, Felicity Park

Live Authentic

Live Authentic

Not too long ago, a guest described their stay as being amongst the most ´spellbinding and authentic´ holidays they´d ever had. It´s comments like this that bring us back to our core values. It’s our mission to ensure you experience the true cultural narrative of your destination. Authenticity should be both a goal and measure for the 21st century traveller. So hear our song through the noise of fake news and marketing mayhem, knowing that with us you´ll get what it says on the tin. Unique Home Stays.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Apifera

New Arrival - Balthazar

New Arrival - Balthazar

You´ll find our new arrival down a sweeping drive flanked by acre upon acre of pheasant-filled parkland, just outside the charming village of Chiddingfold (cited by Country Life as one of England´s most desirable places to live). Sleeping up to 33 guests and with elements devised by film set designers, Balthazar´s modern take on traditional luxury creates the most magnificent mansion imaginable.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Balthazar

Destination Unknown

Destination Unknown

Flee the city following the royal wedding celebrations and bask in the country’s beauty with a royally British staycation. This summer should be about scoffing strawberry jam scones and chilled rosé in the sunshine at a true home-from-home! Need inspiration? Let our Home Stay Specialists pick your next destination.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sugar Ray

Welcome to Pearl´s Place

Welcome to Pearl´s Place

This week we invite you to step into a wonderland at the end of a long, tree-lined drive in rural Somerset and journey to a world of feminine florals and gold gilt, Bohemian extravagance and tea parties on the lawn. Our latest arrival has heart and soul thrown into every nook and cranny. Flower-filled gardens, canopied beds and deeply romantic furnishings welcome you to fall through the rabbit hole and indulge in all that is wonderful about life.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pearl´s Place

Perfectly Imperfect

Perfectly Imperfect

As advocates of the unconventional, we´d like to introduce you to Wasi-Sabi: not a spicy sauce for your sushi, but the new hot thing in home trends. This ancient Japanese philosophy centres on finding the beauty in imperfection; appreciating characteristics such as asymmetry, roughness and natural objects. Whether the charm of a crooked old cottage or the chaos of a wildflower meadow, join us in celebrating these homes´ wondrous peculiarities.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Swallowtails, The Chalk House, August House

Run to the Hills

Run to the Hills

There´s something about life in the hills that truly makes one´s heart sing. We´ve searched high and low throughout fells, hills and valleys to bring you the most extraordinary homes in the British Isles. This month we reveal our latest arrival as well as Easter escape inspiration and a unique investment opportunity.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Edenvale

Wellness Retreats

Wellness Retreats

The nation´s thriving appetite for clean-living has pressed health experts to take the wishy-washy out of wellness. Optimal wellness comes down to finding harmony across six dimensions. If you´re looking for a good place to start, how about escaping to a luxury log cabin nestled on the borders of Snowdonia National Park?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Hinterland Cabin, Skyros

Latest Arrivals - Amethyst Meadows & Dusky Cottage

Latest Arrivals - Amethyst Meadows & Dusky Cottage

Last night the super blue moon illuminated landscapes from coast to coast and showcased just how awe-inspiring the British Isles can be. In the essence of all things magical, this week´s new arrivals couldn’t be more apt. Set near spellbinding Glastonbury, Amethyst Meadows takes its name from the purple flowering wisteria that frames its Georgian façade, whilst Dusky Cottage is just an amble up the lane from Devon´s dreamy Hope Cove.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Dusky Cottage, Amethyst Meadows

Your Bucket List Re-Imagined

Your Bucket List Re-Imagined

For many, a travel bucket list encapsulates well-worn paths to sought-after sites. But what about all those future iconic destinations that remain unearthed? Today we invite you to ditch the classic clichés and re-imagine your bucket list. Follow us off the beaten path, our escapes are nothing short of extraordinary.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Studio Fold [OLD], Atticus

New for 2018

New for 2018

What better way to start the new year than by unveiling two extraordinary new arrivals?! When you’ve polished off the last of the Champagne, let us give you a taste of the fizzing, vintage splendour bottled up in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Skyros, Stella Maris

Stripping It Back

Stripping It Back

These midwinter nights are drawing in on a world which seems busier by the day and life’s truest luxuries couldn’t be calling any louder. From remote hideaways made of roll tops and chimney pots, to salty white-washed retreats by the sea, there’s a special place for pared-back luxury amidst the festivities. At a time of indulgence, this month we strip it back to reveal the joys of the simple life.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Chalk House, The Creamery [OLD]

The Cosiest Cottages for Winter

The Cosiest Cottages for Winter

A characterful cottage puffing dandelion-like clouds from its crooked chimney into a frost sprinkled countryscape... Ah, the holiday season is almost upon us! Blustery walks, roaring open fires and delicious hampers stuffed with local goodies should be just what the doctor orders as the temperature drops. This month on the blog we picked seven holiday cottages that are a midwinter’s dream and here we unveil two new arrivals.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Theodora´s Cottage, Keepers

Britain´s Best Breaks for Foodies

Britain´s Best Breaks for Foodies

There’s nothing that compares to holidaying on home turf. A self-catering stay affords the freedom to tailor-make your break, tucking into the best local produce or following your nose to the finest eateries, indulging in your choice of Britain’s button-bursting fodder. With a menu for all tastes, we also unveil our latest property arrival!

Properties featured in this newsletter: Atlanta

Seaside Dreaming

Seaside Dreaming

We’re delighted to unveil the latest addition to our house party collection. One of a limited number still available for Christmas, rock up with 17 guests for a week of champagne breakfasts, frosty beach strolls and present swapping by the fire. New Year´s Day dip anyone? Wonderlands has celebratory escapes all wrapped up.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Wonderlands

Unique Home Stays Garden Party

Unique Home Stays Garden Party

Can you believe it’s been almost 12 months since we celebrated Unique Home Stays 15th birthday?! This year we took the party to the heart of the golden Cotswolds, gathering with owners and friends at the ever-enchanted Valentina’s Lost Orangery.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Valentina´s Lost Orangery

New Arrivals and Seasonal Stays

New Arrivals and Seasonal Stays

The ninth month has well and truly arrived, bringing bundles of twiggy kindling, feather pillows and textured throws into the home as we fall into the new season. Embracing all autumn´s splendours, this month we swap sun-kissed glows for weather-flushed cheeks and turn our heads to the next big holiday season.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Cotteswere, Wrey Mist

A Chalky Vintage Cottage and Bond-esque Lair

A Chalky Vintage Cottage and Bond-esque Lair

A perfect juxtaposition of olde-worlde and à la mode, this week we welcome two swoonsome new sleep-sixes to the portfolio. We adore them both, so we´ll leave you to decide which of these charming waterside homes best floats your boat.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Nevada [OLD], Hollyhocks

Win A Luxury Treatment With My Personal Sanctuary

Win A Luxury Treatment With My Personal Sanctuary

Here at Unique Home Stays we love nothing more than seeing our guests´ holiday snaps. The UK is a land of rolling green pastures, full of contrasts and intrigue. Whether in the comfort of your unique home-from-home or out and about in the local vicinity, we want to see how you enjoy your Unique Home Stays holidays. To give you a little incentive, we´ve launched a photography competition exclusively for 2017 summer guests, where you could win a luxury spa treatment for you and your loved ones.

The Epitome of Rustic Charm

The Epitome of Rustic Charm

This week we welcomed the most handsome rustic hideaway to our exclusive collection of homes. Hidden within the remains of an ancient fruit farm near the Malvern Hills, Wishbone is the epitome of pastoral perfection.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Wishbone

Two New Cornish Cliff-Hangers

Two New Cornish Cliff-Hangers

This week we introduce two Cornish cliff-hangers to our exclusive collection. Serpentine is a sleek and swish abode whilst Raffia flaunts a Scandinavian vibe. Both have striking differences however each property embodies a lifestyle that is all about kicking back and living at one with nature.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Serpentine, Raffia

Introducing Ever After

Introducing Ever After

Once upon a time in rural Kent, this picture-perfect home belonged to the family of British author Roger Hargreaves, famous for his much-loved Mr. Men stories. Now, this exclusive self-catering homestay affords others the chance to shape their own engaging tales within 57 private acres of pastoral paradise.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Ever After

The utterly enchanted, Ellesmera Mill

The utterly enchanted, Ellesmera Mill

With much delight, this week we welcome Ellesmera Mill to our exclusive collection. A bewitching blend of grace and rusticity, this 400-year-old millhouse is chock-full of old-world charm, and a gentle stroll through the valley leads to the gorgeous golden cove of Blackpool Sands.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Ellesmera Mill

The Most Photogenic Escapes

The Most Photogenic Escapes

Just like promenading along seaside boulevards in Victorian times, online posing is the sport of this decade. To help you on your way, we unveil a selection of our most photogenic escapes, which will see all your friends and followers swooning over your summer holiday snaps. This week we also reveal our new property arrival, The Hide.

Let´s Get Together

Let´s Get Together

The family vacation: the summer’s most anticipated-but simultaneously daunting-sacrament. According to industry experts, there´s only one motto to go by this year and that´s the more the merrier! Multigenerational travel is the perfect solution for families who seek togetherness in faraway places.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Parsonage, Atlas House, The Sanctuary

A Unique Exclusive

A Unique Exclusive

I knew it would take something quite special to coax us overseas. When we heard from the owner of a rustic white-washed cottage, with a cherry red roof and dreamy lakeside setting in Ireland, it was just the ticket.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lost Cottage

The Unique Guide to Solo Travel

The Unique Guide to Solo Travel

Not in the mood for a romantic weekend or grand gathering? We’ve compiled a Unique Guide to Going Solo so you can while away some ‘me’ time at the UK’s most inspiring and Instagrammable private homes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Avalon Manor, Sea Sentry, The Sea Rose, Sojourn, Sea Cabin [OLD], Zamani, The Nightfly

Introducing Midsummer Wood

Introducing Midsummer Wood

Imagine a real life Neverland where you are free to rekindle childhood fantasies and leave all grown-up responsibilities at the gate... Our enchanting new arrival calls you to run wild in private woodland, get lost amidst secret wildflower meadows, dive into a 13-metre indoor pool and unfurl within lavish Jacobean interiors. A truly magical millhouse.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Midsummer Wood

Spring Greens

Spring Greens

2017 has seen us go green for all things foliage. This month we’ve included a selection of our zestiest homes, where the illusion of nature indoors will provide the perfect aesthetic for your rejuvenating spring break.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Nautilus, Spinnakers, The Poet´s Hideaway

New Luxury Welsh Mountain Retreats

New Luxury Welsh Mountain Retreats

Lose your head in the clouds encircling Pen y Fan, dive into tumbling waterfalls, nose the shelves of Hay-on-Wye’s famous old bookshops and embrace all that this dramatic National Park has on offer with a unique escape at one of our luxury mountain retreats in the Brecon Beacons.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Faraway House, The Wilds

New! The Polo Farm

New! The Polo Farm

Tucked down a sweeping drive within a scene of tumbling hills, patchwork countryside and bluebell woodland, this luxury homestay near Cirencester offers a picture-perfect retreat in the rolling Cotswolds.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Polo Farm

Wellness Retreats

Wellness Retreats

Whatever life throws at you, there´s nothing that can´t be solved by a week in the wilderness. Whether taking a grand summer family vacation, or getting back to basics “one-on-one” in a luxury couples´ retreat; we all need to go someplace different, even if just for a little while. Need an excuse? Call it a ´wellness´ thing.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Bulrushes, Bohème

Welcome to Gatsby!

Welcome to Gatsby!

There are so many reasons we love February. Longer days, bright bursts of snowdrops peeping through the hedgerows, fluffy homemade pancakes sizzling away on the Aga… and all of those anonymous love letters landing on the doorstep this morning, of course. All of this aside, there’s one prevailing thing that’s captured our hearts this month. Gatsby.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Gatsby

Your 2017 Travel Bucket List

Your 2017 Travel Bucket List

With 2017 predicted ´the year of self-love´, there’s no better way to embrace the top trend than by drawing up your very own travel wish list. Reawaken your senses and open the doors to a whole new world of opportunities, people and experiences by making Unique Home Stays your go-to travel gurus this year.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Gypsea Rocks, Nomad

While you´ve got all the family together...

While you´ve got all the family together...

With the big day all wrapped up, now is the perfect time to plan your great escape for 2017. From cosy coastal retreats to sprawling country pads, get your next holiday in the diary while you have all the family together.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Salt House, Galleon

New for 2017

New for 2017

They say good things come in threes and our trio of new homestays certainly conforms to that. Will you whisk the family away for a luxury seaside escape at one of our two new beach houses? Or maybe you’ll forget the family altogether and opt for a romantic getaway at The Honey Bell, blissfully set within three acres of private grounds with only the birds and bees to disturb...

Properties featured in this newsletter: Infinity, Rockefeller, The Honey Bell

Welcome to Winterfell

Welcome to Winterfell

Christmas has come early at Unique Home Stays this year! In fact, it arrived one crisp, sunny morning earlier this month when I walked into the office to discover a file named ‘Winterfell’ wrapped up and placed on my desk. Now in pride of place within the Unique Home Stays portfolio, we couldn’t be more thrilled to introduce you to our newest property arrival.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Winterfell

Escape Christmas

Escape Christmas

From watching nostalgic films to endless Monopoly marathons and ‘quality time’ spent with your nearest and dearest, for many of us the festive season can all get a bit too much. So if you’re not a tinsel loving, chestnut-cracking, November present wrapper, then escape the Christmas-come-early brigade with a bolthole break that affords you room to breathe and prepare for the festivities ahead.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Dragonwood Boat House, Libertine, Firefly, Rockefeller

The Style Edit

The Style Edit

It’s been a month of bubbly, balloons and fireworks here at Unique Home Stays as we toasted to 15 years in business. To continue the milestone anniversary theme, this month we also celebrated the centenary of the fashion bible and collated a selection of our most ‘in-Vogue’ homestays.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Tickety-Boo, Bartholomew-OLD

Beyond Unique

Beyond Unique

The Found was originally built to defend Napoleonic forces in the 1800s and, after a stylish renovation, offers luxury self-catering accommodation with a difference. The Stack epitomises the true spirit of Cornwall. This engine house binds a classically Cornish Grade-II listed exterior together with vogueish interiors in a blissful marriage of contraries.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Found [OLD], The Stack

Introducing Islander

Introducing Islander

Islander is a paradise for pure escapism, idyllically positioned on the edge of Freathy cliff, overlooking Whitsand Bay in Cornwall. Whatever the weather, Islander´s beachside location, bubbling hot tub and Bahamas-inspired interiors provide a luxury homestay to rival those in the tropics.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Islander

Enchanted Winter Escapes

Enchanted Winter Escapes

As we wave goodbye to the sultry days of summer, we´re lusting after cosy winter stays and rolls in the Cornish hay. So let us tempt you with a selection of festive escapes and Poldark breaks, sure to get the heart racing this autumn.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Wilds [OLD], Seraphina [OLD], Aquila

Pet Perfect

Pet Perfect

So you’re off for a luxury weekend in the country and Rover’s off for a kennel-cation... Definitely not! We know that long walks, pub lunches and evenings by the fire just aren’t the same without your four-legged friends, so we’ve hand-picked the UK’s finest homes which welcome your pets on holiday too.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Hawkhurst, Charity

Two seductive new arrivals...

Two seductive new arrivals...

Introducing Darcy House and Little Scarlet! These two new Cotswolds cottages are the picture of rural glam, perfect for romantic weekends in the country. Both Darcy House and Little Scarlet, set in the sought-after locations of Brockhampton and Burford respectively, are stuffed to the beams with history and dripping with opulence.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Darcy House, Little Scarlet [OLD]

Introducing Our Grand New Arrival, Guinevere

Introducing Our Grand New Arrival, Guinevere

Unwind in style at this unique 16th century country manor house set within 38 acres of private stately grounds. Gifting views of the serene Surrey Hills and beyond, Guinevere is a jaw-dropping luxury family estate idyllically located on the outskirts of Shamley Green, just over an hour’s drive from London yet a world away from city life.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Guinevere

The Summer of The (Home)Staycation!

The Summer of The (Home)Staycation!

It’s been dubbed “The Summer of The Staycation” and with over a third of Brits expected to holiday on home turf this summer, the trend has never been hotter. What could possibly be more romantic than whisking your loved one away for a last minute escape by the coast? Go on, be spontaneous!

Properties featured in this newsletter: Barefoot Beach House, Zenith, Somerby, Huckleberry [Old]

Boom! Introducing Sea Sentry

Boom! Introducing Sea Sentry

Sojourn in one of the most unique holiday homes the UK has on offer with a luxury break at Sea Sentry. This WW2 guard tower nestles on the south Devon coast in sought-after Shaldon and has been brought bang into the 21st Century with an armoury of quirky mod cons, making it an ingeniously designed luxury bolthole for two.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Sea Sentry

Introducing Little Bear!

Introducing Little Bear!

A cres upon acres of bluebell-swathed woodland provides the heart-stirring backdrop for this secret hideaway in the heart of the Weald Downlands in West Sussex. Forget Goldilocks and her three Ursidae visitors; this dreamy cabin in the woods complete with eco hot tub is a private grown-up celebration of stylish interiors and epicurean delights which have been thoughtfully-crafted with discerning pleasure seekers in mind.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Little Bear

Bouncing Balls and Garden Frolics

Bouncing Balls and Garden Frolics

During this little lull between the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and the start of Wimbledon on The English Season social calendar, we’ve been busy hand-picking some of Britain’s most beautiful homes to deliver you your horticultural and sporting fixes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Morwell, Goldhorn, Willow Moon, Burcombe House, Castle Trinity, Delphin, Under the Greenwood

Two brand new luxury boltholes on the Cornish coast

Two brand new luxury boltholes on the Cornish coast

For those who dream of long balmy summers by the sea, let our new property arrivals seduce your wanderlust and take you on a bohemian journey down to two of our favourite coastal spots in Cornwall.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Siren [OLD], Sea Cabin [OLD]

Paradise Summer

Paradise Summer

For the last 15 years we´ve been exploring the most far-flung corners of the UK, handpicking you the finest homestays for unforgettable family frolics and romantic escapades. Flaunting pools for splashing about in, grassy lawns for roly-polying along, and deep bathtubs for soaking beach bodies in before an evening of charades and champers beside the fire; take a look at our selection of beautiful homes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Woodlanders, Voyager, Arcalia

Luxury Eco Escapes and an Exclusive Property Comeback!

Luxury Eco Escapes and an Exclusive Property Comeback!

Hurrah! Like the arrival of the birds returning for spring, this month we cheer “happy homecoming” to highland hideaway Supernova. Also, with spring greens in mind, let us inspire you further by turning your attention to our collection of luxury eco-friendly breaks; providing tonics for the soul, whatever the season.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Find, The Retreat, Supernova [OLD], The Edge

Go Your Own Way

Go Your Own Way

2016 is looking set to be the year when to ´go your own way´ and travelling solo will be a popular trend in which one in three Britons will indulge.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Skyfall, Little Loventor, Castaway, Valentina´s Lost Orangery, Hummingbird House, Phillimores, The Riddle

Live Unique

Live Unique

We have created inspiring Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook pages where you can share your own Unique Home Stays experiences as well as enjoy others´, we send you monthly updates of our latest property arrivals and now we bring you our all-new luxury travel blog: Live Unique!

Inspirational Escapes for the New Year

Inspirational Escapes for the New Year

With the magic and mayhem of Christmas firmly put back in its box, now is the time to thumb a new chapter and start writing the agenda for 2016.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Seaglass [OLD], Dragonwood Boat House, Two Bare Feet, Sojourn

Children´s Christmas Art Competition

Children´s Christmas Art Competition

Get creative this Christmas for a chance to win a children´s hamper full of goodies...

Properties featured in this newsletter: Snow Goose, Marmalade Cottage

Ultimately Unique

Ultimately Unique

Coco Chanel once said "In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different" and we hope to radiate this philosophy in all that we do here at Unique Home Stays.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Worthyvale Mill, The Find, Aphrodite, The Art House, Caspian Ranch, Harlequin Manor

Cornish business on national TV

Cornish business on national TV

Luxury accommodation specialist Unique Home Stays is taking part in an innovative productivity experiment to be aired on prime time national television

Ultimate Winter Indulgence

Ultimate Winter Indulgence

Luxury linens made for lie-ins, snuggly sofas and cupboards stocked with fresh butter and crusty bread; our properties have all the home comforts needed for your blissful wintertime escape.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Creekside Boat House, Little Gillyflower, The Art House, Tamarisk Beach House, The Cable Hut, The Fable

Unique Festive Escapes

Unique Festive Escapes

Crisp country walks, berry picking and pumpkin carving; the UK really comes into its own in autumn. The new season heralds some gorgeous new property arrivals, and looking ahead many of our owners are already preparing to fill their homes with magic for your festive escapes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pelsham Manor, Valency Wood, Montana [OLD], Smuggler´s Cottage, The Spyglass [OLD], Burdock Fox

In Vogue Homes

In Vogue Homes

Calling all trailblazers and trendsetters! It´s just a few days until London Fashion Week takes the UK by storm with seven days of apparel voyeurism, so let us dazzle you with a catwalk of our most show-stopping homes.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Honeystone Manor, The Parsonage, Wildwood House, Bohème, Valentina´s Lost Orangery, The Sea Rose, Elysian [OLD]

Win Big with our Summer Photography Competition

Win Big with our Summer Photography Competition

Win £500 to spend on your next Unique Escape, plus a stylish summer prize bundle from Roo´s Beach.

Unique Pet-Friendly Escapes

Unique Pet-Friendly Escapes

What better time than Autumn for a UK staycation with your canine companion? The holiday crowds retire home, many beaches lift their dog ban and the woody air is ripe for exploration!

Properties featured in this newsletter: Avalon Manor, The Herringbone, Tempest, Stardust, The Chantry, Peacock Blue

Introducing Tempest

Introducing Tempest

For families who like to spend their holidays beside the seaside, our new property arrival will have landed just in time! Tempest is a stunning beach house sublimely perched on Tregonhawke cliff in Cornwall´s ´forgotten corner´.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Tempest

Become a Unique Home Stays Property Owner

Become a Unique Home Stays Property Owner

With the British summer underway, what do you have in store for your grand getaway this year? Tennis marathons at Honeystone Manor, seaside picnics at Artists´ Beach House? Or perhaps it´s swimming in Eirianfa´s moonlit lake followed by fireside stories.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Beacon House, Honeystone Manor, Mackerel Skies, Eirianfa, Daydreamer, Blue Point, Firefly

Go Solo

Go Solo

The Unique Home Stays marketing desk is forever piled high with dreamy interior magazines and travel books, but I recently found a quote by British explorer Freya Stark - “to awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world” - which makes me ask, when was the last time you invested in true ´me time´?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Twelve Penny Barn, The Creamery [OLD], Eirianfa, The Honey Pot, Faerie Door Cottage, Elysian [OLD], The Cable Hut

Enchanting Escapes

Enchanting Escapes

This month, let us take you on a Unique adventure... Imagine a world where the flowers are budding into bloom, the birds are singing a song of spring and their woodland friends are stirring from their winter slumber to feel the first rays of summer.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Pollyanna, Snow Goose, The Restoratory, Libertine, Valentina´s Lost Orangery, Weddings at The Lost Orangery, Filly Island

A Unique Kind of Luxury

A Unique Kind of Luxury

What is luxury? This month sees the launch of a new exhibition at the V&A exploring conceptual ideas of luxury. Here at Unique Home Stays we believe that ´luxury´ is unique and means different things to different people...

Properties featured in this newsletter: Butterfield House, Rowton Manor, Havana, Cornucopia, The Chantry, The Sea Rose, Beauport

Spring Greens

Spring Greens

Longer days, snowdrop posies, evanescent rainbows and migrating songbirds bringing a new dawn chorus: springtime has arrived! Unique Home Stays are passionate about the planet, so let us tempt you into taking a greener approach this spring with one of our stylish eco-friendly retreats.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Romansleigh, The Find, Quillet, The Fisherman´s Knot, The Sea Rose, Saltwood Chy, Elysian [OLD]

A dose of wanderlust

A dose of wanderlust

The spirit of St. Valentine has well and truly cast its spell over Unique Home Stays HQ! This month we bring you something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue...

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Beacon House, Northcott Beach House, Florin, Dragonwood Boat House, Prairie De Gorge

Valentine´s getaways and an exclusive reveal of our new Unique venture

Valentine´s getaways and an exclusive reveal of our new Unique venture

Introducing the all new Unique Home Stays Property Finding Service! Looking for your dream home or property investment project? Let our Property Consultants use their inside knowledge and expertise to assist you in securing a Unique Home Stay of your very own.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lofty, The Snuggery, The Retreat, Pixie Nook [OLD], Little Otterling, Puddleduck, Sweetpea Cottage [OLD]

Christmas sparkle and coastal retreats

Christmas sparkle and coastal retreats

Unique Home Stays HQ is ablaze with Christmas cheer as the holiday season approaches! Looking ahead to the New Year, a big dose of Vitamin Sea will be a welcome tonic for the soul after the festivities.

Properties featured in this newsletter: North Rock Beach House, Nautilus, Waterstone, The Bulrushes, Pepper Cove, Tamarisk Beach House, Featherdown

Don´t compromise on size

Don´t compromise on size

Our alternative group options give you and your party additional flexibility for finding your dream holiday home without compromise, so you can still experience a spacious coastal retreat or magnificent manor with just a select few of your nearest and dearest in tow!

Properties featured in this newsletter: Cotswolds Manor, Rocklyn Manor, Bampton Farm, Goldhorn, Castaway, Two Bare Feet, Sea Spell

How chic is your shed?

How chic is your shed?

If you´re looking for a new home project this season, take inspiration from our luxury love nest collection and see how these bijou boltholes have been transformed into beautifully designed self-catering couples retreats.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Love Lane Lodge, The Chapel on Cloud Island, Stargazer, Little Gillyflower, Barefoot Beach House, Goldhorn, Sundance, Moontide

The most wonderful time of the year!

The most wonderful time of the year!

What a wonderful month September is; the holiday crowds have retired home and the pace of life seems to mellow under the late summer sun. Let your worries melt away and your biggest conundrum be deciding whether to head out for a last beach barbeque, or rather to curl up by the fire to plan your Christmas and New Year holidays. Oh, life´s big decisions!

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Artists´ Retreat, Avalon Manor, Kingfisher Folly, The House in the Sea, The Herringbone, Morwell, Puddleduck, The Cowshed, Castaway

Pawfect escapes for you and your pampered pooch

Pawfect escapes for you and your pampered pooch

From the wilds of the highlands to the fine sands of Cornwall, unique dog friendly cottages your canine companions love a UK break just as much as you do...

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Find, Florin, Turtledove Hideaway, Neptune House, Longhorn Farm, The Sea Compass, Grey Goose Cottage, Sundance

Love is in the air!

Love is in the air!

This month, our loved-up guests have inspired us with tales of their romantic escapes; from the groom-to-be who got down on one knee with a bunch of roses hand-picked from the garden, to the couple who watched dolphins frolic in the sunset as they champagne toasted their engagement...

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Beacon House, The Butlery, The Parisian [OLD], Crabber´s Nip, The Oyster Shell, Montana [OLD], The Viewing Gallery

The Intrigue of Unique

The Intrigue of Unique

As the summer zephyr greets us with fluttering butterflies and sweet blossom fragrances, we realise that no two things in nature are alike. Being unique means being one of a kind; matchless and beyond compare. Like Mother Nature´s creations, each home that comprises the Unique Home Stays portfolio is quintessentially unique.

Properties featured in this newsletter: North Rock Beach House, Honeystone Manor, Spring Grove Stable, Pepper Cove, Aphrodite, Avalon, Tamarisk Beach House, The Wool Shed

Home grown luxury: because the grass is greener where you water it

Home grown luxury: because the grass is greener where you water it

This month we ponder the question: why holiday abroad? We invite you to quench your wanderlust with a luxury self-catering break at one of our beautiful private homes. After all, Britain isn´t called Great Britain for nothing…

Properties featured in this newsletter: Little Linhay [OLD], Twelve Penny Barn, The Retreat, Sea Cliff Cottage, The Hop Store, The Parisian [OLD], Ellenglaze, Summerleaze Villa, The Oyster Shell, Vesta Valentina

Splendid escapes for you and your little ones

Splendid escapes for you and your little ones

Warm Saharan winds have granted us some delightfully calescent temperatures over the last few weeks and with the railway re-opening at Dawlish, the red ribbon on the Great British holiday season has been cut!

Properties featured in this newsletter: Old Fox Cottage, Camassia Farmhouse, Figtree House, Bluebell Grey, Bampton Farm, Goldhorn, The Edge

For Garden Lovers- March Newsletter

For Garden Lovers- March Newsletter

The British fascination with the weather never ceases and, with the hottest summer on record promised and plans for May’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show in full swing; what better excuse to embrace nature?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Avalon Manor, Bay View, Pollyanna, Serendipity, The Island Hideaway, Fleurs Cottage, Goldhorn

Spring has (nearly) sprung at Unique Home Stays

Spring has (nearly) sprung at Unique Home Stays

Here at Unique Home Stays we´re daring to glimpse beyond the rain and storms, and dreaming of the glorious British springtime.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lofty, The Limit, The Hamptons, Lamplighter Farm, The Madison, Longhorn Farm, Little Loventor, River House

A House in the Sea, Jamie Olivers Fifteen, and Lovebird Getaways

A House in the Sea, Jamie Olivers Fifteen, and Lovebird Getaways

This month we launch the The High Life romance package in affiliation with Jamie Oliver´s Fifteen Cornwall restaurant, pure luxury for a Valentine break with style!

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lofty, The Beach Hut, Rose Cottage, Twelve Penny Barn, Figtree House, The House in the Sea, Snow Goose, The Island Hideaway, Bratton Mill Farm, South Lodge Thatch, Blackberry Cottage

Travel - Experience Everyday Things as if For The First Time

Travel - Experience Everyday Things as if For The First Time

Our homes offer so much more than just luxury accommodation, our passion is tied-up in the stories behind the private houses, the owners and the guests that stay in them.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Potting Shed [OLD], Chapel Point, Bluebell Grey, Gingerbread Cottage, Seaglass [OLD], Bampton Farm, Silverlake House, The Old Pilchard Press, The Viewing Gallery

Stylish sophisticated travel doesn´t have to stop when parenthood starts...

Stylish sophisticated travel doesn´t have to stop when parenthood starts...

Ignite your child´s lifelong passion for the diverse and spectacular British countryside with a stay at a luxury child-friendly Unique Home Stays property in the uk.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Wilderness Cottage, Bluebird Cottage, Stargazer, The Restoratory, Stardust, Jack Sparrow Barn

For Sale Properties Bursting with Potential

For Sale Properties Bursting with Potential

The more mass, virtual and disparate our culture becomes, the greater the longing for authenticity, thoughtfulness and individuality.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Twelve Penny Barn, The Parisian [OLD], Stardust

Be Among The First to Book a Stay at Stardust...

Be Among The First to Book a Stay at Stardust...

As someone who has enjoyed a stay at one of our romantic bolthole properties before, we thought you might like to be among the first to be introduced to our latest addition to the Unique Home Stays portfolio, the breath-takingly beautiful Stardust.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Stardust

Awaken Your Wanderlust

Awaken Your Wanderlust

This autumn, why not embrace the changing seasons with a unique luxury break from the norm?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Bay View, Piggy Whidden, The Find, Florin, Pixie Nook [OLD], Valency Wood, The Madison, Spring Grove Stable, Henry´s Cottage, Cinnamon Cottage, Marmalade Cottage

An Indian Summer?

An Indian Summer?

With the high temperatures set to stay, the chance of an ´Indian Summer´ (or ´St Martins Summer´ to give it its British name), is looking very likely for the UK this year.

Properties featured in this newsletter: Little Otterling, Morwell, Cove House [OLD], Henry´s Cottage, Little Gillyflower, The Parisian [OLD], The Restoratory

Home-Grown Luxury

Home-Grown Luxury

Why go abroad when you can stay on British shores and experience home-grown pleasures by staying at a unique home stay?

Properties featured in this newsletter: Silvanus, Rydon, Serendipity, The Island Hideaway, Fleurs Cottage, Heron House, Morwell, The Bulrushes, Skyline [OLD]

Unveiling the re-imagined House in the Sea!

Unveiling the re-imagined House in the Sea!

We are privileged to unveil the breathtaking new interiors at the iconic House in the Sea in Cornwall following an eight month inspirational interior styling project.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The House in the Sea

The Allure of Unique

The Allure of Unique

A wise man once said “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”

Properties featured in this newsletter: Lavender House, Merlin Hill, Cornucopia, Colan Barton Farmhouse, Waterstone, Mackerel Skies

The Intrigue of Luxury - May Newsletter 2013

The Intrigue of Luxury - May Newsletter 2013

The intrigue of luxury- May Newsletter 2013

Properties featured in this newsletter: Quay Cottage, Colenso House, Florin, Button Barn, Turtledove Hideaway, Pollyanna, The Osprey, The House in the Sea, The Butlery, The Island Hideaway, Seapink Cottage

For Garden Lovers- April Newsletter 2013

For Garden Lovers- April Newsletter 2013

Our luxury private home stays not only have oodles of heart and charm aplenty, but they also boast exquisite gardens bursting with blooms, verdant lawns stretching down to the water´s edge, and magical hidden corners for squirelling yourself away with only birdsong to disturb your holiday.

Properties featured in this newsletter: The Artists´ Retreat, Avalon Manor, Mill Pond Cottage, Larkhill Priory, Camassia Farmhouse, The Boat House, Foxglove Cottage, The Writer´s Retreat, The Little Merchant

Homes With Heart

Homes With Heart

Brand new holiday properties and a selection of gorgeous homes with heart for your Easter break

Properties featured in this newsletter: Smuggler´s Cottage, Rydon, The Old Monastery, Bramblewick, The Carriage House, The House in the Sea, The Stud, Swallowtails, Candlewick Cottage

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