Trading up, trading down – in pictures

Trading up: Lincolnshire. This was once one of the many stone agricultural buildings that make up the village of Newton. It has conservation status and has survived its transformation into a 'des res' with its rustic character intact. French doors open one of the three receptions on to a large garden with a stream, and a studio supplements the four bedrooms, two of which have en suites. Yours for £399,950.
Chesterton Humberts, 01476 514514
Photograph: Chersterton Humberts

Trading up: West Sussex. This 500-year-old cottage, Little Thatch, in the village of Clapham, near Arundel, can’t decide which look is more appealing: is it seasidey white weatherboarding, half-timbered country cliché, or art noveau? So it lines up all three in a quaint hotchpotch with three receptions, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. There’s a goodly sweep of garden front and back. Cost: £460,000.
Jackson-Stops & Staff, 01903 885886
Photograph: Jackson-Stops & Staff

Trading down: London. One of the two balconies in this £265,000 north London flat in Hampstead Garden Suburb overlooks playing fields and the residents’ large, lawned communal gardens, which makes up for the fact the block faces the A1. Both bedrooms are decent doubles and there’s a fireplace in the living room. It’s a short walk to East Finchley Tube station.
Goldschmidt & Howland, 020 8209 9300 Photograph: Goldschmidt & Howland

Trading Down: Kent This little piece of aesthetic perfection at Hogbens Hill in the village of Selling once served as a gate house to the Sir John Soanes mansion. On the market for £300,000, it’s as glorious inside as out, with gothic doors and windows, knobbly timber wooden floors and a wood-burning stove. There are billowing green views over the valley, which is part of an area of outstanding natural beauty, and a gate leads on to a bridleway.
Strutt and Parker, 01227 451123 Photograph: Strutt and Parker

Bargain of the Week: Middlesex. The landlord, having shed his tenants, wants a quick sale on this three-bed mid-terrace in Ashford, near Sunbury, so it's priced at £199,950 – £20,000 less than similar properties. Beyond the ragged front garden things are in good order with a handsome fireplace in the double-length living room, two double bedrooms with a third leading off one and, if you can negotiate a drop-down ladder, a large converted loft room. The back garden is 84ft and the house overlooks Ashford Common.
Townends, 01932 78517 Photograph: Townends