Homes with room to extend – in pictures

Old Woods, Shropshire

Three-bedroom Cresford Cottage was built in 1840 and has been recently renovated to emphasise its character, with latched doors, exposed beams and oak flooring, and the window frames and front door painted in a mint green. It sits behind a five-bar gate in a wide garden with space around all sides to extend and increase the square footage. The hamlet of Old Woods looks out on to the undulating countryside. The village of Baschurch is two miles away with a large store, post office, and the Moor Farm shop and tearoom. £475,000. Strutt & Parker, 01743 817 635

Photograph: Strutt & Parker

Jedburgh, Roxburghshire

On the hillside among a smattering of dwellings is this two-bedroom cottage built in about 1820. Recently redecorated with a “surprising palette” (the estate agent’s words) of deep orange and dark blue, it has also undergone an eco overhaul with walls insulated with sheep’s wool and an air source heat pump installed. But there’s still scope for an extension leading on to the garden, which has been rewilded. The former royal burgh and market town of Jedburgh is three miles north, and 10 miles from the English border. £295,000. Inigo, 020 3687 3071

Photograph: Will Scott/Inigo

Send, Surrey

The village is two miles south of Woking, close to West Hill Golf Club, the River Wey and the A3, conveniently only a few minutes from the M25. On the high street is a two-bedroom semi-detached house over two floors with a basement ideal for storage. The neighbours have already extended to the rear into their west-facing garden. This characterful and neat Victorian home with arched masonry around the front door and downstairs sash window has retained its period features such as wooden floors and the wooden surround fireplace. £475,000. Hamptons, 01483 905 242

Photograph: Hamptons/BNPS

Dilston, Northumberland

In this hamlet, only a mile from the village of Corbridge, is a three-bedroom detached bungalow ripe for an upgrade. The bedrooms surround the living room and there are two small store rooms off the long, narrow kitchen. In the garden there’s a collection of outbuildings including a timber workshop and dog kennels. Corbridge has a railway station and a microbar selling craft ales in a Grade I-listed tower built as a fortified vicarage in the 1300s. £395,000. YoungsRPS, 01434 608 980

Photograph: Youngs

Fulham, west London

Between Craven Cottage, for football fans, and the River Cafe, for fans of food, is a ground-floor flat in a red-brick Victorian home in Bishops Park conservation area. The main bedroom is at the front, with a bay window, the kitchen is in the centre and the reception room at the back, which opens on to a patio garden. A side return is possible with the permission of the co-freeholder (the owner of the upstairs flat). The property sits a street back from the Thames on the opposite side of the river to the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. £735,000. John D Wood & Co, 020 3369 4320

Photograph: Adam Kang/John D Wood