Snooping around – in pictures

In town: Worcester. This is an elegant chunk of the city’s heritage in a quiet lane near the centre, with off-street parking. The sun and dining rooms open on to a terrace that rises to a lawn, while all four bedrooms are good-sized doubles. It’s a shame both bathrooms open off two bedrooms each, so you must remember to lock two doors. Yours for £300,000.
Allan Morris
Photograph: Allan Morris

In the country: Gloucestershire. Until you pass through the hedge, you’d never spot this £385,000 cottage in Quenington, near Cirencester, for it is surrounded by garden. Inside are two beds, beams, flagstones and a study at the end of the lawn.
Jackson-Stops & Staff
Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff

Wreck of the week: Nottingham. You don’t want to know the condition of this £199,950 two-bed bungalow in Mapperley. About £50,000 would gut and refit, but it really needs extension/demolition, although the narrow access roads make planners wary of an extra property being built here. It does, however, have 0.4 acres of garden and sweeping views.
Chesterton Humberts
Photograph: Chesterton Humberts

Overseas home: Cape Verde. The summer may have finally arrived in the UK, but it would still be lovely to have a bolthole where the sun is more likely to make an appearance. The Santa Monica Beach Resort on Boa vista island is not yet built (this is a computer image), but when it is, it will offer tropical landscaped gardens, designer pools and a world class spa. A three-bedroom villa can be yours for €560,000 (£442,600). Five-bedroom villas, offering unrestricted views over the beach, cost a sizeable €1.95m.
Ohlsson Properties International Photograph: Ohlsson Properties International