Trading up, trading down – in pictures

Trading up: Devon. The decking and palms exude a holiday air, and that’s before you turn round and find yourself gazing over the sea to Burgh Island. Ignore the slight weariness of the white-wash – the inside of this terraced cottage in Bigbury-on-Sea has been smartly revamped with three bathrooms serving the four bedrooms. There are two sets of French windows, one leading on to the back garden with a circular sunken dining area and the other on to the front veranda with its watery panorama. The beach is close by and you can walk to the island at low tide. Yours for £485,000.
Marchand Petit, 01548 831163
Photograph: Marchand Petit

Trading down: London. This £325,000 two-bed Victorian house in south-east London, SE13, is spaciously compact. The through-reception room bulges into a bay and is elegantly groomed with a stripped wood floor and dramatic fireplace. The kitchen opens on to a 19ft garden and a bathroom has been created upstairs. It’s just over half-a-mile to Hither Green and Lee railway stations.
Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, 020 8857 9494
Photograph: Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward

Trading up: Norfolk. The agricultural past of this barn at Burgh St Peter has been exquisitely sanitised. There are vaulted, timbered receptions where hay once lay heaped, French windows looking on to the half-acre of garden, three bathrooms servicing the four bedrooms, a palatial kitchen/breakfast room, and a studio over the garage. The dining hall has its own kitchenette and this part of the house could be hived off as a holiday let or granny annexe. Three extra acres can be bought separately. Offers in excess of £580,000 will be considered.
Abbots, 01603 616898 Photograph: Abbots

Trading down: Cornwall. Wide, rustic horizons from the front windows compensate for the petite footprint of this Cornish cottage in the hamlet of Tredinnick, near Looe. On the market for £149,950, a stone hearth housing a multi-fuel burner and cloam oven dominates the reception, which has views through the stable door. One of the two bedrooms is en suite, which the occupants of the second chamber will have to share. There’s a miniature seating area to the front and a separate parking area off the lane at the back.
Bradleys, 01503 264868
Photograph: Bradleys

Bargain of the week: Wiltshire. Were it not for a railway line running within earshot this five-bed farmhouse in the village of Avon could fetch about £675,000. Happily, the occasional engine noise means you get an equestrian smallholding with stables and 2.3 acres for £645,000. It’s four miles from Chippenham and mainline rail services and handy for the M4.
Fox Grant, 01722 782727 Photograph: Fox Grant