Yahoo Finance Property: 9 top properties with private roof terraces
Roof terraces are versatile and low maintenance, leaving you more time free to enjoy the sunshine while socialising, relaxing or simply admiring the view, well away from the sounds of the street below. Turning an existing flat roof into a terrace can be quite complicated as you’ll have to go through the planning process, so why not save yourself the bother and move to a home that already has an elevated al fresco space of its own? From purpose-built flats and penthouses to clever conversions and city townhouses, all these properties fit the bill and are currently on the market.
1. Craigentinny, Edinburgh, offers over £290,000
A large, bright flat on the second floor of an A-listed building that was previously a chocolate factory, then a school, before being converted to residential use. It has two double bedrooms and two bathrooms, and both the kitchen and living room open out to a 33 foot long terrace. There’s allocated parking and a well-kept communal garden, and Portobello beach is moments away. Available from Warners via ESPC.
2. Leeds, offers over £375,000
At over 1,000 square feet, the L-shaped terrace of this recently upgraded top floor, two-bedroom apartment is said to be the largest in Leeds city centre and has 270 degree views over the rooftops. It’s reached via sliding patio doors from both the open plan kitchen/living/dining area and the main bedroom and includes new decking, an Astroturf lawn, raised flower beds and potted shrubs. Bars and restaurants are on the doorstep, and it’s five minutes’ walk from the mainline station. Through Hunters.
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3. Deal, Kent, £550,000
Pebble Beach is a modern semi-detached townhouse that’s been renovated, extended and reconfigured by the current owners to maximise space and light. Set just back from the seafront, it’s arranged over three storeys, with an all-in-one kitchen/living/dining area on the ground floor, a sitting room, bedroom and bathroom on the first floor and two more bedrooms and another bathroom at the top. Bifold doors in the sitting room lead out to the roof terrace, which is fitted with composite weatherproof decking and a built-in bench. Via Bright & Bright.
4. Leominster, Herefordshire, offers over £625,000
This recently refurbished rural cottage is packed with character and period features such as exposed timber beans and an inglenook fireplace. The ground floor comprises a kitchen/breakfast room, utility, dining room, snug, a bedroom and shower room, and there are four more bedrooms and a family bathroom above. One of the bedrooms, currently a sitting room, opens onto a terrace with wonderful countryside views. On the market through Fine & Country.
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5. Southampton, offers in the region of £1.5m
Charlie Chaplin and Laurel & Hardy are among the many famous names who stayed in Southampton’s South Western Hotel in its heyday. After lying empty for years, it was rescued by a developer in the 1990s, transformed into luxury homes and renamed Imperial Apartments. This substantial 7th and 8th duplex is the most impressive of the lot, featuring five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a vast kitchen/breakfast room with a dining area, a separate sitting room and even a conservatory. The huge roof garden looks out over the waterfront, docks and a park, and comes with a hot tub, shed and a table and chairs. Contact Savills.
6. New York, USA, $5.695m (approx £4,573,780m)
You can look forward to jaw-dropping views over Manhattan and beyond from the decked roof terrace of this four-bedroom triplex, arranged over the 15th, 16th and 17th floors of a pre-war building in Gramercy Park. The apartment includes a 15-foot high wood-panelled library, a double height living room, a chef’s kitchen, a walk-in pantry, a dining room, a glass-enclosed solarium and floor to ceiling windows throughout. Listed by Tom Doyle of Sotheby’s International Real Estate Downtown Manhattan Brokerage.
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7. Belgravia, London, £6.95m
One of only two penthouses in Belgrave Square, arguably London’s most exclusive address and a short walk from Harrods and Sloane Square. Accessed via a lift, there are two ensuite bedrooms, two further bedrooms, a bathroom and a study on the third floor, with a kitchen, a dining room and a reception room leading out to the large terrace on the fourth. Find out more from John D Wood.
8. Munich, Germany €10.89m (approx. £9,587,935m)
Looking at it now, it’s hard to believe that this three-storey penthouse was once at the apex of a high-rise windowless bunker. Thanks to the vision of architects Raumstation Architekten, it’s now a light-filled three-bedroom, two-bathroom wow-factor home, providing unbeatable privacy and seclusion and crowned by a rooftop terrace boasting panoramic, 360 degree views over Munich’s skyline and towards the Alps. To find out more, get in touch with Christie’s International Real Estate.
9. Chelsea, London, £11.95m
Although set behind an early 20th century façade, this six-bedroom, six-bathroom townhouse is thoroughly contemporary inside, incorporating air conditioning, underfloor heating, top-end Gaggenau kitchen appliances, bespoke joinery and newly installed cabling for a state-of-the-art audio visual system. A lift takes you to the third floor, from where a single flight of steps leads up to the roof terrace, an urban oasis complete with seating, barbecue and outdoor sink. Get in touch with Knight Frank.
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