Snooping around: Rural, urban and renovation

In town: Norfolk. In the centre of the Georgian market town of Holt, gracious period features pack the two receptions and sleeping quarters of this four-bedder. There’s also a kitchen/breakfast room, utility/boot room and a bathroom. It’s a shame the garden is a small courtyard. Yours for £445,000
Belton Duffey, 01328 855899 Photograph: Belton Duffey

In the country: Dorset. Situated in Uplyme, near Lyme Regis, this has all the quaint glories associated with Dorset coupled with the latest mod cons. Since each bedroom is en suite, there’s only room for three, but you also get a sitting room, conservatory, dining room and kitchen/breakfast room. A bridge in the large, landscaped garden crosses a river. Cost: £595,000.
Palmer Snell, 01935 814531 Photograph: Palmer Snell

Wreck of the week: Northumberland. This 200-year-old former smallholding in Fairmoor, near Morpeth, has planning permission. Currently it is totally unmodernised: £100,000 would smooth its many problems, but planners will allow you to demolish and replace it with a four-bed house. It has more than two acres of land, but a public footpath cuts across part of it.
George F White, 01665 603231 Photograph: George F White

Bargain of the week: East Sussex. A couple of years ago you’d have paid more than £800,000 for this cliff-top home in Pett Level. Even today you’d expect a thatched four-bedder with sea views and an acre of land to fetch more than £700,000, but the price has been slashed from £825,000 to £650,000 to stimulate viewings. You get large bright rooms in an area of outstanding natural beauty close to Hastings and Rye. The garage could be absorbed into the family accommodation.
Freeman Forman, 01424 772888 Photograph: Freeman Forman