Trading up, trading down

Trading up: Lincolnshire. Once you have filled the three reception rooms and four bedrooms of this £375,000 Lincolnshire farmhouse you can spill into the outbuildings that scatter its 0.9 acres. The garden room would make an inspiring office and there is a stable block. A conservatory swells the communal space and the kitchen is big enough for family feeds. There are fireplaces and wooden floors throughout. Woodhall Spa is less than a mile off.
Humberts, 01522 546 444 Photograph: Humberts/Humberts

Trading up: Herefordshire. One of the reception rooms in this Leominster semi has been turned into a garage, which still leaves you with two lavishly proportioned alternatives, plus five bedrooms. Inside, the high corniced ceilings, stately fireplaces and double doors opening the sitting room on to the back patio give an air of aristocratic grandeur, as do the formal gardens and raised pond and an arbour outside. Yours for £315,000.
Russell Baldwin & Bright, 01568 614123 Photograph: Russell Baldwin & Bright/Russell Baldwin & Bright

Trading down: Suffolk. It may be petite inside but beyond the windows the space is vast – a fifth of an acre of garden with a summer house and 360-degree views of rolling Suffolk countryside. The hamlet of Great Green, Thrandeston, is two miles from the London rail services in Diss. For £199,950 you get two bedrooms and a large reception room with quaint garnishings gathered over its 400-year history.
TW Gaze, 01379 641341 Photograph: TW Gaze/TW Gaze

Trading down: Kent. A lovable alternative to a flat, this one-bed cottage is dwarfed by a 120ft garden, including a productive vine-draped perogola. Beware, the neighbours have right of way across the back. The reception room will fit a sofa suite and dining table around the open fire. Unusually for such an ancient home, the bathroom is upstairs. The village of Hothfield, with its wooded common, is three miles from Ashford. Cost: £139,500.
Hobbs Parker, 01233 506221 Photograph: TW Gaze/Hobbs Parker

Bargain of the week: Berkshire Not many dreams can be realised for £214,950 in Berkshire, especially if you long for antique charm. But for the A4 passing the front door this three-bed, two reception-room cottage in Thatcham would be way beyond your means. The lack of parking is a bore, but inside the idyll begins, with solid oak floors throughout, granite worktops to the kitchen, two smart bathrooms and a landscaped rear garden.
Downer & Co, 01635 523 Photograph: Downer & Co/Downer & Co

Dream Home: Spain Here in Javea is where the morning sun first touches the Spanish mainland. This renovated villa with a self-contained one-bedroom flat is sheltered by Mount Montgo, now a national park. The three main bedrooms open on to an arched veranda beside the private pool. Beaches are 10 minutes’ drive away in the old fishing port and it is an hour to the airports of Alicante and Valencia. Cost: £436,136.
Foresters, 01435 865477 Photograph: Foresters/Foresters