Snooping around – in pictures

In town: Warwick. This four-bedder is near the town centre and is replete with Regency graces: wrought iron balcony, plaster work and fireplaces. But you may not relish overlooking the racecourse with its occasional traffic. Cost: £470,000.
Knight Frank
Photograph: Hi-Pix Photography Ltd/Knight Frank

In the country: Ross and Cromarty. A curve of shingle separates the garden from the sea, while the three beds and two receptions overlook the island of Skye from your perch in Toscaig, near Applecross. Basic facilities are five miles off, and the rest of the country across a 2,000ft pass, meaning otters are your main company – which is good or bad depending on your perspective. Yours for £285,000.
Bell Ingram
Photograph: Bell Ingram

Wreck of the week: Suffolk. A Grade II-listing may cramp your ambitions for this detached house in Eyke, near Woodbridge, but for £260,000 it’s large. It’s also about 40 years out of date – £100,000 would refresh the decor, wiring, plumbing etc, and sort the odd patch of damp. Inside are four bedrooms, two receptions and a study, while outside are gardens and a working well.
Bedfords
Photograph: Bedfords

Dream home: Devon. We can dream recklessly, but most of us will never achieve the perfect combination of green hills, thatch and a swimming pool. Anyone with a spare £695,000, however, can live out such fantasies in this five-bed house in Kingston. The master bedroom suite is hospitably fitted with a five-person sauna, while three quaint receptions and a covered barbecue area in the 0.66 acres will aid your entertainment of your overheated guests. Unspoiled farmland rolls in all directions, but it’s also handy for the A road that shoots to Newton Abbot. Edgy tastes may wish to do something about the coloured carpets and slightly dated fittings.
Winkworth, 01392 422 320
Photograph: Winkworth