Deansgate Square (South Tower)

Fancy living somewhere with better views than most people's holiday photos? Welcome to Deansgate Square  — a sky-high two-bed, two-bath apartment in the South Tower of Deansgate Square, one of Manchester's tallest and most talked-about addresses.

Up here on the 40th floor, the skyline is basically your wallpaper. Sunrise over the Pennines with your coffee, sunset over Salford Quays with your wine — this flat doesn't do "room with a view," it does "view with a room attached." Two bathrooms, so nobody has to have the awkward toothpaste-sink negotiation, and the whole place arrives fully furnished — just bring your suitcase, your Wi-Fi router, and possibly a small sense of vertigo.

Deansgate Square itself is less a building, more a small vertical village: residents get access to a 24-hour concierge, a gym that puts most high street ones to shame, a swimming pool, a spa, and a cinema room for the nights you can't be bothered to leave the tower at all. There's also a residents' lounge and landscaped grounds down at ground level, for when you fancy remembering what grass looks like.

Step outside and you're in the thick of it. Deansgate itself — Manchester's grand old high street — is a two-minute stroll away, packed with bars, restaurants and shops. Castlefield's canals and converted warehouses are right on your doorstep, perfect for a Sunday walk that ends in a pint by the water. First Street and the Great Northern Warehouse bring cinemas, comedy nights and street food, while Spinningfields covers the smart-casual dinners and after-work cocktails. Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop and Deansgate train station are both within walking distance, so the rest of the city — and the rest of the country — is never far off.

In short: it's furnished, it's fabulous, and it's forty floors closer to the clouds than most of Manchester. Viewings recommended before someone else claims the view.