Snooping around – in pictures

Wreck of the week: Banffshire. This is a farmhouse and steading in Drybridge, near Buckie. Yours for £90,000, it’s derelict but the planners envisage a demolition job to allow for a one-and-a-half-storey house. It’s remotely aloft, with sweeping views over the Moray Firth and 0.7 acres of wild landscape, but as such is a long way from any main roads or amenities.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore

In town: Surrey. With a picket gate opening on to a common, this thinks it’s still a country cottage, yet is just a walk from Esher station and on the main road to Kingston. It’s a shame the high price – £465,000 – gets you only two bedrooms and a courtyard garden.
John D Wood Photograph: John D Wood

In the country: Wiltshire. This is newly built, with a hospitable space for dining in the large kitchen and a living room that opens on to the garden. Set in the village of Teffont, near Salisbury, there are, however, only two bedrooms. Cost: £305,000.
Chesterton Humberts Photograph: Chesterton Humberts