The price tag might be within reach, but there’s no shortage of appeal at these properties from the UK, France and Canada

They may be small in scale, but these tiny properties are packed with features – though sadly the prices aren’t also squeezed

Soak up the atmosphere of times past in these properties with links to smugglers, judges and presidents among others

Get on the fast track to the slopes at these properties, located from Snowdonia to the French Alps

You’ll find a warm welcome at these properties well suited to entertaining, from an 18th century barn to a mansion

Treat yourself with these properties close to festive shopping opportunities, from Birmingham to Vienna

Start recouping your mortgage costs almost immediately with one of these money-spinners

These needn’t stay frozen in time – you can fix these fixer uppers with a little bit of love … and imagination

Goggle at these … from Scotland to Austria and France they’re poles apart in what they offer, except you’ll need your boots at all of them

Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel … keep these windmills in mind

If you get hooked on one of these houses then call the agent and reel it in

These homes are strictly on the level … the one level

See houses where painter LS Lowry and singer Edith Piaf once lived, plus those of authors Catherine Cookson and Roger Hargreaves

You can go round in circles trying to find the perfect house ...

Lace up your boots, slip in your shin pads and grab a ball … living in one of these places could inspire you

Anyone fancy some cider with three men on Watership Down?

All these homes are bordering on magnificent as well as other countries

Drink in the surroundings, in more ways than one, from Sussex and Abruzzo to Aquitane

Gaze out in wonderment with this week’s selection, from Arran to Italy

Drop out of the rat race and embrace quiet contemplation