Mr Beesley was granted permission in 2001 to build a barn for agricultural use only, but fitted it out as a luxury house complete with three bedrooms - two with en suite bathrooms - a study, living room, a garage and gym.
Ms Howes said many single people with three or more bedrooms had brought up families in the houses and wanted to hang on to their homes.
Typical is the Bay Estate on Corfu, a compound of three patrician villas (two with five bedrooms, one with four) plus infinity pool and tennis court on a five-acre promontory overlooking the Bay of Kaminaki, with the mountains of Albania in the distance.
With seven bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and three half bathrooms on four levels, the brick Neoclassical house served as the San Francisco Decorator Showcase in 1991 and again in 2012.
An additional home, built in 1950, has been completely updated and has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a custom kitchen with high-end appliances.
Designed and built by owners Nikos and Fotini, each has three storeys, with magnificent views of the Aegean Sea from the bedrooms on the upper floors.
The most distinctive is the Pavilion, a stand-alone thatched cottage with two bedrooms near the putting green (and one of the three where Gidleigh allows your dog to bunk in).
Stiller purchased the home in 1999 and combined three properties to create the Spanish-style compound with a total of 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms.
It currently boasts seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, three kitchens, a wood-paneled library with wet bar and staff quarters, though he reportedly plans to renovate.
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Working with an architect friend, Stuart Lesser, soon after moving in, he updated the bath and turned three bedrooms into a study, bedroom and closet space.
Our house is 2, 200 square feet, with four bedrooms and two baths, and a great yard with big trees (a necessary feature when raising three boys).
He created an "upside down" three-story house with a garden on the roof, the main living space on the top floor and bedrooms and a studio for Mr. Turner's practice below.
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