The Cheapest (& Most Expensive) Places In The UK To Upsize Your Home
We’ve all been spending more time at home because of the pandemic, and they have become a space for everything. We now live, eat, work, exercise, and educate our kids under one roof. Naturally, people have realised that they could do with some more space.
Which is why the conveyancing comparison experts at Compare My Move have looked at data from house price sales across the country, revealing the locations where it is cheapest (and most expensive) to upsize your home.
The Top 10 Cheapest Places To Upsize Your Home:
|
Rank |
Town/City |
Average Cost to Upsize |
|
1 |
Aberdeen |
£41,406 |
|
2 |
Bradford |
£55,347 |
|
3 |
Plymouth |
£58,669 |
|
4 |
Coventry |
£64,063 |
|
5 |
Belfast |
£65,000 |
|
6 |
Southampton |
£71,572 |
|
7 |
Wolverhampton |
£72,946 |
|
8 |
Leicester |
£77,777 |
|
9 |
Nottingham |
£81,658 |
|
10 |
Derby |
£82,220 |
Aberdeen tops the list for best average cost to upsize your home in the UK, with an average cost of £41,406 to upsize.
Bradford comes in second with an average cost of £55,347 to upsize your home.
The coastal town of Plymouth ranks third with an average cost of £58,669 to upsize.
The Top 10 Most Expensive Places To Upsize Your Home:
|
Rank |
Town/City |
Average Cost to Upsize |
|
1 |
London |
£380,155 |
|
2 |
Brighton and Hove |
£199,608 |
|
3 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
£185,347 |
|
4 |
Bristol |
£144,491 |
|
5 |
Edinburgh |
£133,492 |
|
6 |
Bournemouth |
£131,916 |
|
7 |
Reading |
£124,472 |
|
8 |
Bolton |
£122,940 |
|
9 |
Portsmouth |
£109,916 |
|
10 |
Leeds |
£109,546 |
Unsurprisingly, London tops the list for the most expensive place to upsize your home, with an average cost of a huge £380,115.
Costing £180K less than London is Brighton and Hove, which ranks as the second most expensive location to upsize, setting you back around £199,608 on average.
Stoke-on-Trent ranks as the third most expensive place to upsize, with an average cost of £185,347 to buy a bigger home.
