Snooping around – in pictures

In town: North Yorkshire. This is on Whitby harbourside with views over the old town from the terrace off the sitting room. It’s just a shame it sits above a candy shop so you only get the upper floors. Yours for £225,000.
Smiths Gore
Photograph: Smiths Gore

In the country: Oxfordshire. This £325,000 three-bedder in Milton-under-Wychwood is surrounded by Cotswold glories – architectural and natural. The hallway is as large as a reception room, and the third bedroom is quaintly beamed. It does, however, front on to the road and is without a garden.
John D Wood
Photograph: John D Wood

Wreck of the week: Scottish Borders. The kitchen and bathroom need replacing, and the decor refreshing, on this detatched four-bedder in Coldingham, near Berwick. You’ll need at least £50,000 to do this, on top of the £150,000 asking price. It has ornate stone carvings outside and ornamental plasterwork within, but the Grade B-listing may restrict any ambitious makeover. It’s less than an hour from Edinburgh.
Morton Fraser
Photograph: Morton Fraser/Michael Dickie Squarefootmedia.co.uk

Bargain of the week: Surrey. A detached four-bed house in scenic Surrey would ordinarily require a good half-million, but the owner hopes to prompt a quick sale with a £479,950 price tag. It’s a five-year-old development close to the centre of St Johns village and the Basingstoke canal, near Woking. The sitting room is more than 27ft long, there’s a utility off the breakfast kitchen, and the large master chamber has its own shower room.
Townends, 01483 761943
Photograph: Townends