Snooping around – in pictures

In town: Dumfriesshire. For £400,000 you get an aristocratically sized house in Lockerbie, surrounded by garden, with plentiful fireplaces, original shutters and stained glass. It’s a shame that a former bedroom has been turned into a palatial bathroom, leaving the old 6ft-wide bathroom as the fourth bedroom.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore

In the country: North Yorkshire. This three-bed Edwardian hunting lodge is in Cloughton, near Scarborough. On the market for £295,000 it has 2.6 acres of paddock, plus views over farmland to the sea. Inside it has ornate period features, but otherwise needs a thorough modernising hand.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore

Wreck of the week: Northumberland. This is a derelict barn in Kielder with three acres of pasture and planning permission to be a two-bedroom house. Yours for about £80,000, it is seriously remote – 21 miles from the nearest sizeable town – and surrounded by spectacular countryside. Beware the roof, which is part asbestos.
H&H Land Photograph: H&H Land

Bargain of the week: West Yorkshire. This is an affordable way to achieve both space and style less than a mile from Leeds city centre in Armley. It is a two-bedroom mid-terrace, costs £125,000 and comes with a £1,000 buyer incentive for qualifying offers. There’s a living flame gas fire in an ornamental hearth in the living room, where period plasterwork and coving survive, and the bathroom and kitchen are newly fitted. The latter opens on to a decked and lawned garden and is large enough to accommodate a dining tale, while there’s potential to expand into the cellar and loft.
William H Brown, 0113 397 1120 Photograph: William H Brown