House of the Month

Beachfront House, Sleeps 12, West Sussex

From the bedroom balcony, just above your croissants and coffee, watch the boats bob between the blue of the sea and sky. Just an excited sprint over the green grass and you’re on the beach at Bognor. Perfect for buckets and spades, paddling and catching waves.

Cook the catch of the day on the barbie out front. Make a family dinner an event hosted around the huge table. Fling open the French doors to the secluded back garden. Watch the kids play on the green beneath the wheeling gulls and big skies.

On sunny days, it’s a race to the bucket-and-spade beach. If the clouds part, the big TV can serve up family flicks, and the huge spaces and open fires are built for bookworms. In the evening, the bedroom balcony is the place to toast the ochre sunset.

In the massive kitchen, it’s all hands on deck around the range to cook up a seastorm. Eat al fresco, out front, against the sigh of the breeze and the crash of the waves. You might never be a landlubber again.

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