Snooping around – in pictures

In the country: North Yorkshire. This is the oldest free-standing yeoman house on the North York Moors, thick with beams and flagstones, and newly renovated. You can also expand into the restored outbuildings. Although called a farm, it’s long since lost its land, bar a handsome garden, and Street is three miles to the nearest supplies. Yours for £395,000.
Jackson Stops & Staff
Photograph: Jackson Stops & Staff

In town: East Sussex. The English Channel churns below your balcony and reception room windows in Bexhill-on-Sea. This is a £235,000, two-bed slice of an art deco landmark. While purists will appreciate the original 1930s kitchen cabinets, modernists may balk.
The Modern House, 08456 344068
Photograph: Dominic French/The Modern House

Wreck of the week: Essex. You’d be better off seeking permission to knock this two-bed bungalow down and build from scratch. Located in Rettendon Common, it has 3.75 acres of land with extensive stabling, although sits near an industrial estate. But it is in commutable distance from London. Cost: £409,995.
Beresfords, 08433 143330
Photograph: Beresfords

Dream home: West Sussex. Roses round the door, a lavender path leading to it, log burners in original fireplaces in both receptions and a festivity of ceiling beams: this cottage is the rural fantasy made real, all for £345,000. The glories continue beyond the gate in the rolling scenery and nearby beaches, and the cathedral city of Chichester. Although the 16th-century ambience survives, the place has been well-garnished for 21st-century tastes: a spa bath in the glamour bathroom, a kitchen large enough to dine in, and grounds professionally landscaped. It’s a dream you’ll have to keep pretty much to yourself, however, as there are only two bedrooms.
Hamptons, 01243 839399
Photograph: Ben Tanner/Hamptons