Arnside, Cumbria

The panorama hangs like a painting through the windows of this four-bedroom house and the sunroom off the living room seems to float above the estuary and the fells beyond. Asking price: £399,950. Onthemarket.com, 01524 937960

Bendochy, near Blairgowrie, Perthshire

The sunroom, snug enough for winter sunbathing, looks over some of the 5.6 acres of grounds to the mountains. Once a coach house, it’s been lavishly glamourised, with heated slate floors and five bedrooms. You have to get the car out if you run out of milk. Offers over £550,000. Savills, 0131 247 3738

Wethersfield, Essex

A skinny but elegant extension with a glass lantern ceiling opens onto the south-facing garden and absorbs the best of the day’s sun. Once the village post office, this Georgian house has four bedrooms and a large basement. The garden is petite and there’s no downstairs loo. Cost: £495,000. Fenn Wright, 01206 763 388