Ten stand-out properties to share with you this week, one of which is Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett’s former home in Brighton.

1. Historic country mansion

2. Architect Robert Adam

3. Grain mill

4. Cate Blanchett’s former home

5. Architect designed home

6. Contemporary house

7. Funky house in Shoreditch

8. Former school house

9. Water mill

10. Luxury house

Ten great properties for your enjoyment, including a Decimus Burton townhouse and Lenny Henry and Dawn French’s Georgian country home.

1. Cob period cottage

2. Georgian windmill

3. Hyde Hall

4. Houseboat

5. Former mill building

6. Tower tucked away

7. Decimus Burton townhouse

8. Loft flat

9. Home with moorings

10. Georgian country house

A rock band living in an eco home, did I hear that right? Yes you did and the band in question are the multi award-winning Muse.

The eco home where the three British musicians have been renting near Teignmouth in Devon is now for sale at a rock and rolling £1.35 million.

The 5 bedroom timber and glass framed house is set in its own private wooded valley, the perfect place to strum out some electric sounds without upsetting the neighbours.

The exposed laminated timber beams and roof covered in golden cedar shingles will, say the designers, lock in hundreds of tonnes of carbon for the life of the building.

And the taps won’t be left on in this eco home as a rain water harvesting system ensures that drinking water is only used where it is needed.

More information about the eco home’s features can be found here.

This week’s property list features what is believed to be the first ever example of a four wing butterfly plan house and a home built by the British inventor Sir Francis Pettit Smith.

1. Owned by Laura Ashley

2. Butterfly plan

3. Huf haus

4. Converted clock house

5. Flat overlooking St Paul’s

6. Flat in Grade I listed Elizabethan mansion

7. Contemporary home

8. Built by Sir Francis Pettit Smith

9. Former bunker

10. Warehouse loft

Another batch of Apprentice hopefuls will be back on our screens in March 2010, fighting it out to work for Sir, sorry, Lord Alan Sugar.

This is the Bloomsbury house that they will be staying in as they battle to win the six figure salary.

The swanky, 8 bed, £11.25 million Bedford Square property comes with three grand reception rooms, a family room and a media room.

The house was bought in 2006 and has undergone a £3.5 million lavish renovation that includes four £30,000 fireplaces, Parquet de Versailles flooring, and the piece de resistance, an indoor pool complete with spa and gym.

Lord Sugar’s potential employees will find a mix of sharp modern styles and traditional Georgian designs throughout the interior of the house.

The handmade Italian kitchen has a crescent shaped bar with blue lighting underneath, perfect for partying or entertaining. Sounds more like a holiday than the toughest job interview they’ll ever have.

This chic three bedroom property in London, owned by the socialite Jade Jagger, has been on the market for about a year now. Has the reason it’s not selling got anything to do with the gold stripper pole that’s slap bang in the middle of the bathroom…?

The £1.5 million property is located on Keslake Road, Queen’s Park, where neighbours are reported to include the actor Daniel Craig and pop singer Lilly Allen – surely that’s a good enough reason to move in?

The infamous Heather Mills, a certain Beatle member’s ex, has put her swanky London apartment on the billionaire’s row, The Bishops Avenue, up for sale.

Reported to have spent up £15 million on properties, holidays and staff wages, could this be a sign of Heather being affected by the recession?

Mills snapped up the three bedroom home for around £2.35 million at the end of last year and now it’s on the market for £3.75 million. Complete with indoor pool and gym, it would certainly be a great place to unwind after a hard day’s night.

Mills still has a home in Sussex and apartments in New York and Paris, so she’s not short of other places to stay.