“The main open-plan reception rings with sunlight, with views of nature on all sides are artistically framed by black structural window panes”

This superb five-bedroom, eco lake house bridges 4,000 sq ft of lateral space between two islands. The only one of its kind in the UK, the house was built to the designs of Peter Huf and completed in 2021. Glass façades allow light to ripple throughout and draw the eye through the free-flowing plan, setting the house in constant communion with the surrounding trees. Set in eight acres of private woodlands with slipway access to the River Hamble, the house is a remarkably contemporary take on lakeside living.