Snooping around – in pictures

In town: Gloucestershire. This is modern, yet cunningly harmonised with its period neighbours in Cheltenham. There are only two bedrooms – one in the basement and the other three floors above – and there’s no back garden, but if you can manage the pull-down ladder, you can sunbathe on the roof terrace. Cost: £300,000.
Savills Photograph: Savills

Wreck of the week: Northumberland. This is a generally sound two-bedroom cottage in Scremerston, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, but it’s in need of a makeover. It has a large reception room with an open fire, and is just a walk from sandy beaches. Parking, however, is at the back across a road. Cost: £85,000.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore

In the country: Norfolk. North Pickenham, near Swaffham, is the setting for this former schoolhouse. You get 3,000 sq ft for your £375,000, with five bedrooms and a large vaulted kitchen in an old classroom. The church tower peeps over the garden hedge. Beware: the decor is a little dated.
Jackson-Stops & Staff Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff