Salma Hayek is house-hunting in London.

The 47-year-old actress and her French husband Francois-Henri Pinault - who have a five-year-old daughter, Valentina Paloma, together - are searching for the perfect pad in the English capital to act as a base when Salma is filming in the UK.

"Francois-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek intend to rent a house in London where Hayek already spends a lot of time, especially for her film career. Pinault will not be domiciled in the UK and remains a French resident," a spokesperson confirmed to The Sunday Times newspaper.

Salma was initially spotted leaving top hotel Claridge's with a top London property agent on Thursday and spent the day viewing family homes in the city's most exclusive areas including Belgravia, Kensington and Notting Hill, the paper reports.

Francois-Henri is the chairman and CEO of luxury goods conglomerate Kering - which owns brands including Gucci and Balenciaga - so money isn't an object for the businessman, whose combined net worth with Salma stands at $15 billion. The Mexican beauty began dating Francois-Henri in April 2006 and announced her pregnancy and engagement in March 2007. The couple ended their relationship in July 2008 before reconciling that autumn and finally tying the knot on Valentine's Day in 2009 in Paris.