It’s a pleasant solution to London’s scandalous property prices. This two-bed portion of an old ball-bearing factory is close to the town centre and station. A downside is that the heating is electric. On the market for £172,500. Beresfords Group Photograph: Beresfords Group
This old forester’s cottage comes with a licensed cafe – one of only two on the entire route up Snowdon. It also has an annexe that’s currently used as a B&B, plus two acres of the mountain. The main bedroom is up a separate staircase to the other two. Yours for £495,000. Carter Jonas Photograph: Carter Jonas
This six-bedroom house is well-loved and in a tidy condition, but is a few decades behind the times. It has views of the Moray Firth front and back, and 0.6 acres of land with scope for development. However, one bedroom and one of the four receptions can only be accessed through another room. On sale for £260,000. Strutt and Parker Photograph: Strutt and Parker
The Big White House is a Bauhaus-inspired beach home in Pett Level, along the coast from Rye. Owned by the Pet Shop Boys' former manager Tom Watkins, the three-storey modernist house with views across the English Channel has masses of open-plan living space. It also has two bedrooms and a landscaped sea garden of shingle beds with natural and crafted sculptures backing on to the sandy beach. Recently reduced from £1.675m to £1.55m. Phillips & Stubbs, 01797 227338. Photograph: Phillips & Stubbs
