Snooping around – in pictures

In town: York. The building, part of a new development in Piccadilly within the city walls, is dispiritingly undistinguished, but from the private roof terrace and most of the windows of this two-bedroom flat you can admire superior architectural glories including the minster, river and castle. For £325,000, a lift deposits you from your private underground parking space to your front door.
Lancaster Samms Photograph: Lancaster Samms

In the country: Denbighshire. A two-bed period cottage in Llanrhydd is going for between £250,000 and £300,000. It’s in an area of outstanding natural beauty, and has large, sumptuous gardens and quaint rustic features within. The third reception could be an extra bedroom. Note that it is up a farm track, and you have to cross the kitchen and two receptions to get to the main bedroom. Oh, and the second bedroom is up a ladder from the kitchen.
Jackson-Stops & Staff Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff

Wreck of the week: Northumberland. A stone barn going for £115,000 with planning permission to be a 160 square metre house. Bells Barn, situated on the northern edge of Carrshield, near Hexham, is unconverted and stands on 0.83 acres in one of England’s last wildernesses. However, under planning terms you are obliged to make a contribution to the local council.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore

Dream home: County Durham. This two-bedroom cottage in Ebchester is one half of a 17th-century farmhouse, and it got to keep the ornate listed staircase and a dramatic stone fireplace in the sitting room. The attic bedroom has the potential to become a large suite, subject to planning. On the market for £195,000, there is a large garden behind with views from the sun terrace over open countryside.
Finest Properties Photograph: unknown/Finest Properties