Old and new homes – in pictures

New-build home: Essex. All the rooms in this £379,950 three-bed detached home in East Bergholt are a decent size: the kitchen is so spacious the chef is likely to lose weight running between the cooker and work surfaces. Inside, the decor is builder-bland, but you have to wonder why the interior designer thought it a good idea to put a mirrored cupboard in front of one of the toilets. Outside is a large back garden just waiting to be loved by an imaginative gardener.
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Photograph: Spicer McColl

Historic home: Norfolk. Sheringham is one of the most charming coastal towns on this coast, and this art deco lovely really makes the most of its position. Greentiles has two bedrooms on the ground floor, so the whole of the first floor can be given over to a magnificent master suite of dressing room, bathroom and bedroom with a vast roof terrace. The views, as you can imagine, are to die for. The garden has direct access to the coastal path and the beach beyond. On the market for £485,000.
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Photograph: Sowerbys

New-build: Nottinghamshire. Looking at the exterior, it’s hard to imagine any self-respecting forester wanting to hang their chain saw up in this box of a house in New Ollerton, Newark. But perhaps the lure of a four-bed house for £147,500 would do the trick. Inside it is bright with clean lines and inoffensive bathroom and kitchen fittings. If you don’t believe me, judge for yourself: the Forrester’s Place development has its launch weekend on 13 and 14 October.
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Photograph: William H Brown

Historic home: East Sussex. Hastings doesn’t have the best of reputations, which means you can snap up really lovely property at prices that elsewhere would seem a steal. The agent selling this gorgeous two-bed flat in St Leonards-On-Sea assures me it is top of the price range at £129,950. Clever use of white throughout makes the most of the space in this bright, genteel first-floor flat.
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Photograph: Andrews

New-build home: Fife. The architect that designed Hopeward Mews used an intelligent layout to make the most of its superb position in Dalgety Bay. A huge sitting room with glass front, the master bedroom and kitchen are all on the first floor with fabulous views overlooking the Firth of Forth towards Edinburgh. The garden, mostly grass, runs down to the shoreline. For £480,000 there are four bedrooms and three receptions, plus an integral double garage – somewhere to store the obligatory boat.
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Photograph: CKD Galbraith