Trading up, trading down - in pictures

Trading up: Little Houghton. Its 1707 vintage bequeaths as much character inside as out and a Grade II-listing ensures that you keep it that way. Set in a Northamptonshire village, it’s larger than it looks with four bedrooms (albeit two of them tiddlers), a palatial bathroom, a conservatory and a wrap-around garden. Christmas dinner can be cooked on the Aga. All yours for £435,000.
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Trading up: Northumberland. A beauty it ain’t, but for £425,000 it’s the views over Spittal beach to Holy Island and Bamburgh Castle that glorify this five-bedroom house across the estuary from Berwick-on-Tweed. It’s an upside-down arrangement with most of the bedrooms and a games room a storey below the reception rooms. Both of these have balconies to drink in the sea view.
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Trading down: Wiltshire. Although this two-bedroom cottage, like most of the village of Ramsbury, is in a conservation area, it is unlisted, which could be a boon if you wish to improve it. For £199,000 you will have to live a compact lifestyle, but graceful sash windows and wooden floors give it elegance. There’s a courtyard garden behind and the Downs beyond the village.
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Trading down: Devon. Once lodged in this stylish £239,500 flat, you can buy supper from the butcher on one side and pudding from the fudge shop on the other. And if someone takes over the defunct restaurant downstairs you can give up cooking entirely. Your perch is in the centre of the market town of Totnes and has ornate Elizabethan plaster work in the sitting room.
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Dream home: Greece. Aloft among the mountains of north Corfu, this two-bedroom cottage, going for £156,114, is attached to its neighbour, and both could be bought together to create a single large villa. The private pool is surrounded by the leafy lushness of the large garden with views over the hills. It’s designed for year-round living with central heating and a fireplace.
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