Snooping around – in pictures

In town: Bristol. This four-bedder in Clifton is yours for £460,000. A suspended walkway connects the open-plan living area to a decked courtyard and the fourth bedroom opens on to a roof terrace. It’s a shame that the four storeys make it an exhausting commute to bed.
Savills, 0117 933 5800 Photograph: Savills

In the country: Northamptonshire. This sits in Little Billing, near Northampton, and 16th-century essentials survive in the form of beams and inglenooks among the three bedrooms and two receptions. The kitchen’s old too, but not in a good way, and could do with a makeover. Cost: £299,950.
Winkworth, 01604 824854
Photograph: Matt Smith/Winkworth

Wreck of the week: West Yorkshire. Set aside at least £20,000 for cosmetic surgery: this five-bed Victorian house in Todmorden is dated. On the market for £213,750 it is immense inside, with five bedrooms, lounge, bathroom and cellars. Outside is less so, with just a small garden, but there are views over a wooded valley.
Reeds Rains, 01706 813990 • This article was edited on 27 June 2011. The original placed Todmorden in Lancashire. This has been corrected.
Photograph: Reeds Rains

Historic home: Kent. Set in the village of Selling, this modern conversion was originally an 18th-century three-bay barn. Inside it retains the original oak beams and offers open-plan living on the ground and first floors. It has three double bedrooms, one of which is en suite, and parking for five cars. Being on the edge of the downs it has a good rural/urban mix: there are countryside views towards the Whitstable coast while Canterbury is just 10 miles away. On the market for £440,000.
William Property Management, 01795 883191
Photograph: William Property Management

Overseas home: Italy. Now fully restored, this rustic 200-year-old former bakery is in the peaceful hamlet of Illice on the edge of the Sibillini national park in La Marche. It boasts a spacious lounge with wood burner, four double bedrooms, two bathrooms and wooden beams throughout. The half-acre garden contains a fruit orchard and an outhouse for storing logs and gardening tools/equipment, although planning permission exists to convert it into a studio/annexe or separate accommodation. On the market for £199,000 having been reduced from £245,000.
Cotton & Co, 01284 700462 Photograph: Cotton & Co