There is a trend amongst Hollywood’s ultra A-list set for flipping houses. In fact, half of the stars in that Oscars selfie from 2014 like to renovate them fast and sell them on when they’re not winning acting awards: Meryl Streep focusses on properties in New York and California,

The American TV presenter and her wife, Portia de Rossi, is already moving on from the 43-acre estate she purchased last year

With its clean etched concrete lines, acres of glass, and industrial-luxe interiors it is about as far from a traditional chocolate box Cotswolds farmhouse as it is possible to imagine.Yet this is the country house that chat show host Ellen DeGeneres and her wife,