Snooping around

Property of the week: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Built in 1830 to house the keeper of the cemetery in which it stands, this detached three-bedder is inspiringly peaceful, aside from the odd supernatural visitation. It’s been renovated with wood and slate floors, fireplaces and stone-mullioned windows. You may find it hard to sell on - graves and spooky happenings aren’t for everyone. Cost: £249,995.
Private sale - contact Reverend A Gaskell, 020 7096 1560 Photograph: Reverend A Gaskell /Reverend A Gaskell

Wreck of the week: London SW8. This two-bedroom Victorian conversion flat is extremely shabby - you’ll need to set aside up to £50,000 to salvage its reputation. And that’s on top of the £299,950 asking price. However, you do get a 45-foot garden, and nearby Wandsworth Road station offers a swift escape to more glamorous parts of town. Similar properties in better nick can fetch up to £70,000 more.
Marsh & Parsons, 020 7501 3666 Photograph: Marsh & Parsons/Marsh & Parsons

Take three: homes in national parks. Basking in private pink prettiness, high above a river adjoining Exmoor, this two-bedroom effort near Lynton, Devon, will set you back £395,000. You get two reception rooms, a study, kitchen and two bathrooms, as well as beams and woodblock floors throughout. It’s not for the fainthearted though - you have to bump the car over a footpath and leg it across a field and footbridge to reach the front door.
Jackson-Stops & Staff, 01271 377833 Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff/Jackson-Stops & Staff

Take three: homes in national parks. The big views across Snowdonia and the Dwyryd Estuary almost make up for the functioning primary school to which this former headmaster’s house is attached. Situated near Blaenau Ffestiniog, this spacious curio offers a reception, kitchen, utility room, three bedrooms, bathroom and summer house, although it could do with a cosmetic overhaul. Yours for £245,000.
Carter Jonas, 01248 360410 Photograph: Carter Jonas/Carter Jonas

Take three: homes in national parks. This handsome 18th-century survivor in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, has an asking price of £350,000. You get a reception, kitchen, larder, utility room, three bedrooms, bathroom and basement office. There’s also a farmhouse kitchen with a Yorkshire range, and outside a vegetable plot, herbaceous borders and a knot garden with thrilling views across Wensleydale to Bolton castle.
George F White, 01677 425301 Photograph: George F White/George F White