The ‘Super-room’ is the latest status symbol for wealthy property buyers – it is essentially an updated version of the informal family room to offer plenty of light, space and in some cases open plan areas that can be divided into zones to suit all the family.

Just as much a showpiece as more formal reception rooms, a super room offers high ceilings, extensive glazing and will often open onto landscaped gardens. Homes that perfectly match this formula include those at Chenies Place in Arkley where developer Fusion Residential has created a collection of just 6 five bedroom, three storey homes, each offering over 3,400sqft of living space. A superb super room lies at the heart of each home, providing plenty of space and light with a light well above the relaxing area as well as a dining area with dual height floor to ceiling windows and doors leading onto landscaped gardens. All the kitchen gizmos are there including coffee maker and wine cooler and each house has mood lighting, multi-room music systems, ipod docking station and 17” Aquavision waterproof flat screen TV in the main bathroom. For security and peace of mind CCTV cameras are linked to the internet so you can view your property from anywhere in the world. Prices start at £1.65million.

Chenies Place, Arkley

Homes at Woodland Drive in the prestigious area of Cobham, Surrey are no exception, each thoughtfully designed by developer Consero Homes allowing purchasers the space for living, working and entertaining in style. Providing plenty of space for all the family, the kitchen is open plan to the breakfast area which leads into a family room offering a superb double height glazed atrium featuring folding glass doors revealing the sun terrace. From the kitchen’s quartz and limestone-honed worktops, to the stainless steel ovens – the twin Gaggenau wine coolers, and integrated appliances, every room boasts state-of-the-art design and the highest finish. Prices start from £2.29million.

Woodland Drive, Cobham, Surrey

And then there is the serious living space on Old Avenue in the exclusive St George’s Hill estate where developer Octagon is building an impressive £6.5million property with a large jigsaw of interconnecting rooms flanking the rear of the house. Starting with a 24’ square kitchen and family room, leading into the dining room, which has its own glass panelled servery and finishing in the 24’ square drawing room. All the living rooms are flooded with natural light from a virtually continuous run of full height windows and French doors, with views across the rear terracing and garden beyond.

Old Avenue, St George’s Hill Estate

Moving into London, it is not just buyers from the UK focusing on the super room. According to Harrods Estates Kazakh buyers typically look for sizable properties with super rooms, usually houses or very stately apartments with unique features in prime central London locations. The company reports a sharp increase in Kazakh buyers who now outnumber their Russian counterparts by 9 percent of the company’s total sales. Properties popular among these buyers include 4 Gloucester Gate, an elegant £9.2million Nash House with private terrace overlooking Regents Park and Parkside, a £4.25million family apartment in Knightsbridge both available through Harrods Estates.

Gloucester Gate, Regents Park

Another developer taking super sized rooms to the next level is St George plc. The award winning developer has just unveiled a stunning new £5.5m penthouse apartment at Imperial Wharf in Fulham. The property offers over 3,000sqft of exquisite living space including a spectacular super room with river views and well planned lighting to highlight different relaxing zones.

Imperial Wharf, Fulham

It is not just new homes that feature super rooms, Northbeach Property has gone to great lengths to include a super room in each apartment at 3 Queens Gate Place in South Kensington. Built in the late 1880s, the grand, double fronted end of terrace building has undergone meticulous renovation by Northbeach to create five luxurious and contemporary apartments designed to the highest specification. Each apartment retains its original period grandeur while benefitting from a modern layout and specification. The open plan super rooms offer plenty of space to relax, dine and entertain and are complemented with innovative technology, comfort cooling, private terraces or balconies. Prices start from £995,000 to £3.65million.

Contact sheet

Chenies Place, Arkley 0208 440 0451. www.fusionresidential.co.uk

Woodland Drive, Cobham 01483 458 875 www.conserohomes.com

Old Avenue, St Georges Hill 01932 838000 www.octagon.co.uk

4 Gloucester Gate 020 7409 9001 www.harrodsestates.com

Parkside, Knightsbridge 020 7225 6506 www.harrodsestates.com

Imperial Wharf, Fulham 020 7610 9693 www.imperialwharf.com

3 Queens Gate Place 020 7589 1234 www.3queensgateplace.com