This house is right on the canal and has its own moorings. It has been luxuriously enlarged since its canal-worker days, and now provides three receptions, kitchen-diner, conservatory and four bedrooms. Note that the garden could do with landscaping. Asking price: £325,000.
Smiths Gore, 01200 411046 Photograph: Smiths Gore
Two unmodernised cottages that need rewiring, replumbing, refitting, re-everything. They’re down a peaceful private track near the town centre and could be knocked together to create a three-bedroom house rich in period character. However, the only garden is the narrow strip to the front. Asking price: £175,000.
Nock Deighton, 01584 875 555 Photograph: Nock Deighton
This is a top-floor duplex in a Grade II-listed building with en suites to both double beds and secure, allocated parking. There are views across the city from two large roof terraces. There is a hefty service charge. Asking price: £299.950.
Keppie Massie, 0151 236 9660 Photograph: Keppie Massie
For true rural isolation, consider the Glencreggan Estate on the west coast of Kintyre, Argyll with views over Glenacardoch Point to the Isles of Gigha, Islay, Jura, Cara and Northern Ireland. There’s three lots: three-storey, seven-bed Glencreggan House with 57 acres; ring-fenced 67 acres grazing land; and a three-bed gate lodge with a workshop and kennels at offers over £725,000. Or, sold separately, at offers over £495,00, £100,00 and £130,000 respectively.
Strutt & Parker, 0131 718 4591 Photograph: Strutt & Parker
