Snooping around – in pictures

In the country: Wiltshire. Croft Cottage is a two-bedroom thatched house in Pewsey. Going for £315,000, it’s full of ancient timber. The reception, with inglenook, and both bedrooms are large, and there’s room for meals in the kitchen. Unfortunately the bathroom’s downstairs and the second bedroom has been divided in two, although one can be accessed only from the other.
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In town: Berwick-upon-Tweed. Built as officers’ quarters for the barracks, this quiet but central two-bed Northumberland house has Georgian graces but a bathroom on the ground floor. It sports a walled garden, which is really a courtyard. Yours for £195,000, and you’re 57 miles from Edinburgh.
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Wreck of the week: West Yorkshire. A Victorian house in Batley, currently split into two three-bedroom homes. It is huge, with Victorian features and large grounds. This wreck will set you back £450,000, and you could spend £150,000-£300,000 to update and reunite the two halves. And the garden needs landscaping.
Strutt & Parker Photograph: Strutt & Parker

Dream home: Hertfordshire. With energy prices on the way up, a house with low bills has become something of a fantasy – but this four-bedroom barn-style home in Chorleywood in the Chilterns does go some way towards keeping them down. It's been built to level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes, boasts photovoltaic panels and top-notch insulation, and has a kitchen kitted out with energy saving appliances. Upstairs you can step out on to a roof terrace and survey your private paddock and garden. Yours for £2.35m.
Hamptons International, 01923 439 945 http://www.hillresidential.co.uk/ Photograph: Hamptons International