Celebrity Film photographer Jasin Boland, 41, had the house wrapped in 465sq m of paper covered in 1.5mwide hearts, with a 23m pink ribbon on top, for bride-to-be Maria Moral Peña.

He even flew German-born Maria, 29, home by helicopter yesterday to see the luxury four-bedroom Gloucestershire house.

Maria said: "When I saw the house, I thought it was a construction area. Then I saw the hearts and was completely overwhelmed. He's just so cute."

But, despite forking out half a million on the gift, Mr Boland said you do not need to flash the cash to be romantic.

He added: "The secret of romance isn't big gestures – it is being in love. If you're trying to give a romantic gift – you just need a big bow."

Asked how he was going to top this year's gift next year, he said: "Are you kidding? I can dine out on this one until I die."

Nick Acland, managing director of Bond Fabrications, which carried out the wrapping using two cherry-pickers, said: "It's a wonderful idea – I just hope my wife doesn't expect the same."

The lovebirds met three years ago while working on a film set in Berlin.

Mr Boland, originally from Australia, proposed in December.

The house is on the exclusive ecofriendly Lower Mill Estate, near Cirencester, which has a £5million eco-spa purified by plants, and is home to Britain's only wild beavers. Hollywood star John Travolta has shown an interest in buying a house there and footballer Sol Campbell has commissioned a lavish £12million mansion on the estate.