What will £350,000 buy you in the UK property market? – in pictures

This studio flat in London. If you insist on a trendy postcode the address will soak up most of your funds before you’ve got started on floor space. This is a raised-ground-floor studio in Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill. It’s an elegant take on the traditional bedsit with the bed area on a mezzanine level up a curved stairway, a tucked-away kitchen area and high ceilings and long windows.
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This cottage in Devon. A lavish makeover has added filmic glamour to the period character of this four-bedroom cottage in Lapford, near Crediton. The two inglenooks have been fitted with cast iron, multifuel burners, the floors are slate and stripped wood, the bathtub is freestanding in the large bathroom and the kitchen worktops are granite. There’s a study and a snug as well as the two reception rooms and the 100-ft garden overlooks billowing green landscapes.
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This flat in Newcastle upon Tyne. Admittedly it has only one bedroom and is priced like a large family home, but it’s visual drama you’re paying for. There are five arched windows and cathedral-like vaulting in the living area of this penthouse hewn from a former hospital in Gosforth. The curved staircase is illuminated and the designer bathroom and wetroom are lined with limestone. A galleried bedroom overhanging the living area could lose its glamour if your partner is entertaining till late when you’ve turned in early, but there’s potential in the loft area to create a more private retreat. You share large lawned grounds with fellow residents and there’s a garage.
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This house in the Borders. It’s a semi but on a manorial scale. Built in 1882, close to Victoria park in Peebles, this four-bedroom house has recently been refurbished with working shutters in some of the rooms and central heating. The kitchen has been extended and a panelled loft room could serve as a study. The garden is large with views of the hills and there’s a garage.
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This house in County Durham. Once the bailiff’s residence for the Bishop of Durham’s hunting park in Eastgate, this 1640 house has five bedrooms, three receptions and original 17th-century graces, including an oak-panelled dining room, stone mullioned windows and a stone arch between the two main reception rooms. Large gardens overlook the hills and the church, and a driveway leads to a double garage. It shares its lofty green perch with two other houses attached on either side.
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A two-bedroom cottage in Gwynedd. If the price seems excessive that’s because you also get a bridge and an income from charging motorists 60p to cross. This wooden tollkeeper’s cottage and its companion building, has served the waterway near Dolgellau for over a century, but recent refurbishments have added a shower room and a wood-burning stove in the timber-walled living area. The commute to work is four paces across the wooden planking and your office absorbs spectacular views of Snowdonia, but you’ll have to endure a steady stream of traffic passing your windows.
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