Snooping around – in pictures

Wreck of the week: Shropshire. The Ironbridge Gorge river runs just beyond the garden of this three-bed semi in Coalport. The house itself is a little dated – you’ll need £50,000 to sort out any cosmetic and structural issues, and that’s on top of the £170,000 asking price. The bedrooms are all daintily proportioned, but it has its own garden.
Strutt & Parker
Photograph: Strutt & Parker

In town: Wiltshire. This is half of a handsome, double-fronted, three-bed town house with wooden floors, window shutters and a cellar in Devizes. But it’s not without its drawbacks: there’s no garden, you share the main front door with the neighbour, and you’ll have to agree parking arrangements with a local club. Yours for £215,000.
Winkworth
Photograph: Winkworth

In the country: Oxfordshire. £425,000 for most people’s idea of a thatched idyll? Sounds OK. Set in Sutton, near Witney, you get three bedrooms, a store and garage, and a quarter-of-an-acre of land with views over open fields. It’s just a shame the second bedroom is reached via the first, and the third is downstairs.
Hamptons
Photograph: Hamptons

Dream home: Argyllshire. Kilbrandon House, tucked away in the south-east corner of the Isle of Seil, 14 miles south of Oban, has everything you could want in a dream home, with a beautiful view over water and a paddock for ponies. This Georgian former manse sits above its own natural harbour in nearly eight acres of land. The house is big – eight bedrooms, three reception rooms and four bathrooms – and is on the market for £750,000.
CKD Galbraith
Photograph: CKD Galbraith