Home: Invergowrie, near Dundee, Perth and Kinross

Hardy blood is a prerequisite to make the most of this pool during a Scottish summer, for all that it’s heated. The house was built for author Rosamunde Pilcher who wanted to echo the architecture of her native Cornwall. It’s built for an outdoor lifestyle with tennis court, paddock, stables and orchard. But there’s wide scope when Arctic blasts compel you inside given the three receptions, seven bedrooms and attics. The planners are happy for you to build a house in the paddock. Offers above £895,000. CKD Galbraith, 01334 659 980

Home: Warehaus, London E8

Careful what you wear when cleaving through the waters, for this glass-bottomed roof-top pool doubles as the atrium roof of this new block. The apartments, modelled on a 1930s warehouse, have heated walls, extra height concrete ceilings and a balcony. The 24-hour concierge will stow your supermarket deliveries in a refrigerated store until you get home from work. From £535,000 for one bedroom. Union Developments, 0800 043 2523

Away: Begur, Costa Brava, Spain

The glass walled living area sits side by side with the infinity pool and the four en suite bedrooms overlook the wider blue of the sea. There’s a self-contained guest apartment and, since when you’re rich enough for the £1.8m price tag, all exertion should be for pleasure only, a lift to take you upstairs to bed. Lucas Fox, +34 933 562 989

Away: Little Compton, Rhode Island, US

When you tire of this swirl of swimming pool you are entitled to frolic in the nearby lake owned by the Quicksand Pond Association or swim from a sandy beach in this seaside town. The £582,000 air-conditioned house has four bedrooms with room for expansion above the master suite, polished wooden floors and 5.35 acres of leafy gardens. Lila Delman Real Estate, +1 401 848 2101

Away: Montedinove, Marche, Italy

This is the restored watchtower of a medieval castle and from your lilo in the pool you can survey miles of wild mountainscape. French doors open the kitchen and two receptions on to a courtyard above the panorama and there’s a terrace among three of the bedrooms on the first floor. There’s an annexe, yet to be restored and a private orchard of olive trees. On the market for £585,440. Italian Luxury Asset, +39 349 232 1597