Old and new homes – in pictures

New-build home: West Yorkshire. The back of this four-bed detached house in Todmorden still looks a bit of a building site, and the buyer will need to install floor coverings, but the rest is beautifully and neutrally presented. Prospective buyers should enjoy exercise: the rooms, which include a study/guest room, a living room and separate dining room, two en suite bedrooms and a further two without bathrooms, are spread across four storeys. On the market for £300,000.
Reeds Rains, 01706 438067 Photograph: Reeds Rains

New-build home: London. You don’t even have to step outside the building to enjoy culture, a social life and fine dining if you buy an apartment in the Arthaus, E8. A contemporary art gallery, retaurant and cafe are housed on the ground floor, and apartment owners share a communal clubroom to hold parties, private dinners and film shows. The apartments have underfloor heating, porcelain tiled or wooden floors, black granite and polished quartz worktops, and dimmable recessed lighting throughout. A one-bedder will set you back £300,000.
Union Developments, 020 3463 0316
Photograph: Union Developments

Historic home: Cornwall. This beautiful £285,000 three-bed cottage is in one of the most sought after positions on the Roseland Peninsula at Veryan Green, near Truro. The courtyard-style back garden is described as being “geared for minimal maintenance” – that is, suitable for holiday lets. But it is big enough to make a comfortable primary residence. One of the bedrooms is en suite and the main reception is 26-foot long.
Philip Martin, 01872 248049
Photograph: Philip Martin

Historic home: Gloucestershire. The rooms of this £145,000 semi-detached house in Wotton-under-Edge are small, so you’ll either want to use this as a holiday home or as a pretty bijou just for yourself. The lounge is 12’6” by 11’; the dining room 7’4” by 6’7”; the kitchen 8’ by 7’; and the single bedroom is 13’ by 16’. Outside, the rear garden is terraced leading to a small lawn. However, what it lacks in dimensions it makes up for in character.
Turtlehomes.co.uk, 01452 458106
Photograph: Turtlehomes.co.uk

Historic home: Isle of Wight. The delightful cobbled stone courtyard of this two-bed semi in Ryde looks like it has been transposed from the south of France. It has a lush forest of palms, bougainvilleas and other lovelies that flourish in this sun trap. The £280,000 Grade II-listed property is also bright and sunny.
Pittis, 01983 619062
Photograph: Pittis