Snooping around – in pictures

In town: West Sussex. Selsey near Chichester is the setting for this £380,000 four-bedder, which is also just a stroll from the beach. It is recently renovated and amply proportioned with those sleeping quarters, three receptions and a garage. It’s a shame it is currently divided into two self-contained flats.
Hamptons Photograph: Ben Tanner/Hamptons

Wreck of the week: Aberdeenshire. This 16th-century castle near Banff was made watertight in 1971, but hasn’t been touched since. All rooms will need to be plastered and fitted out, and some structural damage needs to be sorted, too. But take the project on and your friends will henceforth know you as Baron of Inchdrewer. Although a baron might expect more than 0.433 acres. Yours for £400,000+.
Sotheby’s Photograph: Sotheby’s

In the country: Tyne & Wear. Yours for £365,000, this is a handsome Georgian house in a pretty, rural setting in Ryton, less than eight miles from Gateshead. It has large gardens and three bedrooms, but one of them is very petite.
Finest Properties Photograph: Finest Properties

Dream house: Dumfriesshire The drama of the full-length bay windows, lofty moulded ceilings and ornate fireplaces disguise the fact the decor is weary and some of the fittings need modernising. You could make a sixth bedroom out of one of two sitting rooms, a study out of the butler’s pantry, and a garage out of the artist’s studio. Sitting on the banks of Shinnel Water near Thornhill, it also has an historic walled garden, which is well stocked if unkempt, and you enjoy trout fishing rights on the adjoining river. Just don’t touch the salmon …
Rettie & Co, 0131 268 0035 Photograph: Rettie & Co