Snooping around: Rural, urban and renovation

In the country: Kent. This is a stately resurrection of a three-kiln oast with large rooms, half an acre, four bedrooms and views over orchards. It’s in a conservation area in Sheldwich, near Faversham, but with no listed status to hamper you. It’s a shame you’ll have to get the car out for any kind of shopping. Yours for £500,000.
Geering & Colyer, 01227 477009 Photograph: Geering & Colyer

In town: Lincolnshire. For £425,000 you get a vast, elegant space on the riverside in the centre of Spalding. Period embellishments garnish the seven bedrooms, three receptions and two studies, while outside there’s a large garden and gated parking. Beware that some of the decor is slightly dated.
Longstaff, 01775 766766 Photograph: Longstaff

Wreck of the week: Caernarfon. This farm in Tainlon, near Clynnog Fawr, has planning to be a four-bed house. It’s derelict and about £150,000-plus would recreate it, but that’s on top of the £400,000 price tag. It sits in 80 acres of its own land with rugged views, but access is only via a long, bumpy track.
Carter Jonas, 01248 362536 Photograph: Carter Jonas

Behind gates: Greater London. This five-double bedder in Harrow-on-the-Hill benefits from a superb location and boasts a sweeping driveway, three receptions, and off-street parking for at least ten cars. It sits just off a gated private road and is a short distance from the high street and Harrow park. Yours for £1.3m.
Woodrow Morris, 020 8864 4441 Photograph: Woodrow Morris

Behind gates: Suffolk. This luxury four-bed home sits near the centre of Newmarket, home to many racing institutions such as Tattersalls, the Jockey Club, the National Stud and the National Horseracing Museum, and soon to see its shopping centre overhauled. The house is one of five in a gated community. It has an intelligent cabling system "designed to cater for virtually any future home automation requirement". Yours for £629,950.
Cotton & Co, 01284 700462 Photograph: Cotton & Co