Snooping around – in pictures

In the country: Set in Wass, near Ampleforth, you can glimpse the abbey ruins from this spacious and stylish £225,000 cottage in the North York Moors national park. The loft has been adapted ready for conversion, but the garage is further down the lane and the garden is a wee yard.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore

In town: From the long balcony off the living room you can gaze over the rooftops to the sea at Paignton in Devon. There are five bedrooms and three bathrooms, but they are set in a topsy-turvy arrangement, which might disconcert conventional tastes. The kitchen and reception are upstairs and the bedrooms below. Cost: £395,000.
Marchand Petit Photograph: Marchand Petit

Wreck of the week: This four-bedroom farmhouse with attached barn and outbuildings in Llanrhaeadr near Denbigh, is yours for £435,000. It is pretty remote and needs a complete overhaul, but sits in more than nine acres and has excellent scope for expansion.
Jackson-Stops & Staff Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff