I want to be in America

Annunciata Elwes selects the market’s finest Stateside properties

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Mark Twain called Lake Tahoe ‘the fairest picture the whole earth affords’, which takes some beating. With 300 days of sunshine a year, it’s a summer paradise, not to mention its famed skiing in winter. All of this makes Crystal Pointe a tempting year-round prospect, despite the hefty price tag—it’s ‘an epic lakefront masterpiece cradling the contour of the land on 5.14 private acres with two lakefront parcels,’ say agents. There’s the eight-bedroom main house, a guest house, a beach house, a caretaker’s apartment, a theatre: the list goes on. $75 million (£61.6m). Chase International (00 1 775 588 1444; 020–7467 5330)

One Wall Street, New York

In the past decade, downtown New York has undergone a dramatic transformation; $30 billion has been invested in real estate and skyscrapers all along Wall Street and Broadway have been converted, resulting in a three-fold increase in residents, not to mention a flotilla of restaurants and shops. Pushing the boundaries as the largest office-to-residential conversion in Big Apple history is One Wall Street. The Art Deco landmark is swarmed by hard hats as we speak and, once complete (expected 2020), will contain 566 studio to one bedroom apartments and a penthouse, with views over Lower Manhattan, New York Harbour and the Statue of Liberty. Buyers will have access to the on-site spa, athletic club, pool and garden terraces. From $960,000 (£788,000). Core NYC (www.corenyc.com)

Pebble Beach, California