At home in Mayfair

South Street, price on application

Hiding behind an understated Edwardian façade are more than 8,500sq ft of exceptional interiors. The entrance hall, with its grand staircase and fireplace, sets the tone, but every room has special details, whether the ornate marble fireplace in the dining room, the coffered ceiling and wooden panelling of the main reception room or the interior-designed master bedroom. Savills (020–7578 5100; www.savills.co.uk)

Grosvenor Hill, £6.15 million

This magnificent flat takes up the first floor of a portered, six-unit building behind Berkeley Square. Spanning 1,755sq ft, it has a light-flooded, southfacing reception room with full-height windows, which flows seamlessly into the dining area and contemporary kitchen beyond. There are also three bedrooms, including a large master suite, the bathroom of which is a work of art. Knight Frank (020–4502 9013; www.knightfrank.co.uk)

Chesterfield Hill, £9.5 million

If the late-georgian architecture and 3,962sq ft of living space weren’t enough to make this property appealing, the clincher would be its history: from 1928 to 1933, it was home to Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele. It was the backdrop to lavish parties in which the duo tap-danced on the first-floor drawing room and down the staircase. Now renovated, it is ready to be the setting for splendid entertaining. Wetherell (020–7529 5566; www.wetherell.co.uk)