Snooping around – in pictures

In the country: Suffolk. This £305,000 property in Brockdish, Harleston, is large, with four double bedrooms inside and 0.2 acres outside. Quaint inglenooks and beams add to the histroic feel, but beware the narrow, twisty 17th-century staircase – it will tax the very young or infirm.
Durrants, 01379 852217 Photograph: Durrants

In town: Lincoln. This £275,000 town house is close to the ancient Bailgate Methodist church, and the cathedral and castle. It has three bedrooms, a stained-glass bow window and fireplaces. Outside is a small patio. It's a shame that a shop has right of access to the side entrance and parking is by permit only in a nearby street.
Chesterton Humberts, 01522 546444
Photograph: Chesterton Humberts

Wreck of the week: Devon. Located in Poltimore, near Exeter, this is a three-bed former estate cottage. But it's just a shell, there's no bathroom and the staircase is rotting, although there are two well-sized receptions. About £80,000 would do it good, but that's on top of the £175,000 asking price. And beware the grade II-listing, which might interfere with improvements. There are views across the churchyard to fields, a large garden and garage.
Bradleys, 01392 493300
Photograph: Bradleys

Dream home: Norfolk. The Hollies is a grade II-listed former coaching inn built around 1730 in Palgrave, near Diss. The house itself is stunning, with six bedrooms, two spacious receptions and two bathrooms, but it also comes with a paddock, coach house, hayloft, stable and period greenhouse. The paddock is held on a separate title, to which restrictions apply. Cost: £600,000.
Savills, 01284 530028 Photograph: Savills