- Jun 11
- 3 min read
Around Thirty Dream Houses For £2 Million & Under, June 2026
If you wonder why a house has made it into this list, I would suggest looking for a photograph of the view. Ever since returning from a sunny weekend away a few weeks ago, I have been pining for one.
As much as I love London, and goodness me, I do love this place, there will always be a lack of open plains. We have a small bedroom at the top of our house with a view across the rooftops, and it scratches a certain itch. But those of you in the countryside can crow about open fields, big skies and noteworthy sunsets. So if you come across a house below that leaves you slightly scratching your head, keep an eye out for a photograph of the surrounding landscape. More often than not, that is what secured its place on the list.
Usually it is Potential that steals my heart when compiling these round-ups, but this month I found myself besotted with many of the houses below. There seems to be a remarkable number of good properties on the market. There has been much handwringing about house prices and, while I do not think this crop necessarily reflects falling values, it does reflect a shift in the market.
We all saw what happened during Covid. There was a mass exodus from the cities and, for a moment, it felt as though we might be heading towards a new utopia of working from home, perhaps even freeing up some of London's housing stock. That certainly seemed to be the case for a few years. Now, however, the tide appears to be turning. More employers are insisting on a return to the office and the flexibility that once felt permanent is beginning to look less certain.
The prices achieved in some countryside hotspots during those years were, in hindsight, rather mad. Parts of Gloucestershire felt particularly steamy. While some may blame the cooling market on changes to the non-dom rules, the reality seems more straightforward. Agents are reporting movement again, just at more realistic prices. That is probably a good thing for the market as a whole, unless, of course, you bought your dream country house in 2022. In which case, it is a bit of a bugger.
