Mr Beesley was granted permission in 2001 to build a barn for agricultural use only, but fitted it out as a luxury house complete withthreebedrooms - two with en suite bathrooms - a study, living room, a garage and gym.
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.