Old and new homes – in pictures

New build: Suffolk. You might get fed up ducking to avoid hitting your head on the ceiling in this two-bed apartment in Herringswell, Bury St Edmunds, but we love the huge open-plan living/kitchen/dining area. The master bedroom is also massive and en suite. You might not have your own backyard, but you do have 8.4 acres of communal garden to play in. One downside is the windows – mostly louvre with little in the way of views – but on the other hand no one can look in. Cost: £220,000.
Click here or call Balmforth, 01638 778530
Photograph: Balmforth

Historic home: Bristol. For a garden flat, this two-bedder in Clifton is surprisingly bright, especially the living room. The kitchen is a galley, but is long so you get plenty of worktop space. On the downside the courtyard garden looks like it gets very little light, and the front door goes straight into the living room. Cost: £280,000.
Click here or call Andrews, 0117 301 7268
Photograph: Andrews

New build: West Midlands. It’s hard to believe this four-bed detached house in Tipton is brand new: the bay windows and roofed porch look straight out of the 1920s. All of the rooms are big without being massive, and with separate living and dining rooms, a kitchen you can get a table into, and a utility room there are plenty of them. Two of the bedrooms are on the tiddly size, but the master bedroom has an en suite so who cares if the children are squashed? Yours for £239,995.
Click here or call Redrow (Heritage Gardens), 0121 411 9121
Photograph: Redrow (Heritage Gardens)

Historic home: Norfolk. It might look the size of a chocolate box from outside, but this charming thatched cottage in Hemblington, Norwich, includes four double bedrooms and a study-cum-fifth bedroom, separate sitting and dining rooms, and a kitchen and utility room. It has been sympathetically renovated, combining inglenook fireplaces, underfloor heating and central heating driven by a wood-burner. The two-acre garden is sumptious. On the market for £500,000.
Click here or call House Revolution, 01603 298120
Photograph: House Revolution

New build: Middlesex. It’s nice having wide doors from the living room/kitchen that open on to a balcony in this £249,950 one-bed flat in Twickenham. But given the bedroom measures 13’ by just over 8’ you ought to be able to arrange the bed better. Perfect for someone wanting a weekday bolthole.
Click here or call Chase Buchanan, 020 3318 8707
Photograph: Chase Buchanan