Town and country

MILL FARM HOUSE

Marden,

Kent

Price: 975,000

Agent: Knight Frank

Tel: 01892 515 035

They say: Set in open countryside but minutes away from a mainline station that's 50 minutes from London, this farmhouse has four bedrooms (one has a dressing room that could be used as a fifth), two receptions and a study as well as outbuildings and pretty, mature gardens and orchard.

We say: There's an old bakehouse in the garden that could be incorporated into the main house, and a barn that has planning permission for conversion. Marden is not quite in the top league of desirable Kentish villages, but you'd need an extra 300,000 to enter that territory, and remember, nothing adds value ...