Trading up, trading down – in pictures

Trading down: Devon. Despite those unfortunate replacement windows, this cottage is deemed one of the quaintest in the thatched village of Malborough, and has been thoroughly renovated. Inside, its charms – quaint fireplace and beamed living room – greatly exceed its two bedrooms, one reception and concrete yard for a garden. From one of the bedroom casements you can look out over the countryside and it is a brief drive to the sailing resort of Salcombe and some of England’s finest cliffs and beaches. Yours for £250,000.
Marchand Petit Photograph: Marchand Petit

Trading down: Hampshire. This delectably presented perch in the New Forest is on the market for £250,000, and sits in a line of similarly quaint neighbours just off the common in the village of Pennington. The planners have agreed to a third bedroom and an upstairs bathroom, an operation that will provide separate access to the two currently interlinked bedrooms. Mainline rail services to London are five miles away and it is close to the marina in the Georgian market town of Lymington.
John D Wood & Co Photograph: John D Wood & Co

Trading up: South Yorkshire. English Heritage granted this four-bed house in Bessacarr, on the market for £325,000, a Grade II-listing on account of its 1960s vision. It was designed by the architect Peter Aldington for a close friend in 1967 and is on the market for the first time. Aldington intended to integrate outside and inside space and arranged most of the rooms round two courtyards with full-height windows opening on to them. The two receptions and three of the bedrooms are capacious, but the listing could cramp your style should you wish to alter the original fitted furniture, including wardrobes, shelf units and kitchen cupboards.
The Modern House Photograph: The Modern House

Trading up: Co Durham. The semi-circular sitting room with vaulted ceiling and 180-degree countryside views is the chief glory of this converted Victorian school house in the hamlet of Townfield, near Blanchland. There’s an enormity of expensively garnished living space across the four reception rooms and five bedrooms – even the bathroom with its freestanding tub as the centrepiece dwarfs the average lounge. It is concealed down a driveway in nearly an acre of grounds. Yours for £499,950.
Finest Properties Photograph: Finest Properties

Dream Home: North Yorkshire. The hamlet of Low Mill is at the start of the Daffodil Walk in one of the most beautiful dales of the North York Moors national park. A beck flows along the bottom of the garden of this three-bed cottage and there are unspoiled views across the hills. Recent renovations have moved the bathroom upstairs and added an en suite, but its antique heritage is marked by ceiling beams and exposed stonework. The dream falters only when you discover you have to cross through a shared en suite wash room to reach bedroom three. The third bedroom is downstairs – provided you can live without a dining room. Price: £320,000.
Smiths Gore Photograph: Smiths Gore