What the average Berkshire house price (or less) can get you in other parts of the country
It's not cheap buying down south
Hugh FortReporter
Some of the homes on sale for the same, or considerably less, than the average price in Berkshire (Image: Rightmove)
As anyone who's ever tried to buy a house in Berkshire before knows - it's not cheap.
The county is a business stronghold with good links to London,which is very much reflected in its house prices.
Some areas, like parts of Ascot and areas of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, have average prices of more than £1 million.
Other areas, such as parts of Reading and, in particular, Slough, have much more reasonable pricing - for the South East.
We're fairly sure if you showed someone from the North East the average price in Slough they'd think it was unbelievable.
According to Rightmove.co.uk, the average prices for Berkshire's towns are:
Bracknell - £372,484
Maidenhead - £507,809
Newbury - £353,186
Reading - £388,792
Slough - £350,336
Windsor - £539,510
Wokingham - £418,953
Rightmove says the average house price in Berkshire is £428,271.
We've had a look around the rest of the country to see what you can get for this price.
Six-bedroom semi-detatched house, Newcastle Under Lyme - £425,000
A home in Newcastle-Under-Lyme on the market for (Image: Rightmove)
Newcastle Under Lyme, which is near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, is one of the country's cheapest housing areas.
A one bedroom flat can be snapped up for a mere £65,000 in this part of the world.
Which is why you can get this splendid, six bedroom home for the average price in Berkshire (which would very much not get you a six-bed) for £425,000.
Rightmove calls it an "extravagantly proportioned Victorian home [that] is both striking in appearance as well as offering beautiful character features".
You can find out more here
A six bedroom terrace house, Accrington - £170,000
A home in Accrington on the market for £170,000 (Image: Rightmove)
Now, the only reason you've ever heard of Accrington in Lancashire is probably because of the famous 1980s milk advert featuring two young Liverpool fans.
However, one thing you may be interested in is the area's ridiculously low house prices.
This six-bed terraced home is on the market for £170,000 - a price which might get you the lease on a tiny one bed flat in Berkshire.
You could buy two for less than the Berkshire average.
More information is here.
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Five bedroom, Grade II listed house, Bishop Auckland - £325,000
A home in Bishop Auckland on sale for £325,000 (Image: Rightmove)
Bishop Auckland features regularly in the "lowest sales in the country" sections of BerkshireLive's looks at cheapest and expensive homes.
Homes in the area in the North East can go for less than £20,000.
This is clearly one of the most expensive properties around.
It's five bedrooms and a lot of work has gone into maintaining its original features.
You would probably looking at close to the £1m mark for something similar in Berkshire.
More can be found here.
Seven-bedroom semi-detached house, Llandudno - £425,000
A seven bed in Llandudlo on sale for £425,000 (Image: Rightmove)
A "substantial late Victorian double fronted residence" in North Wales is just under the average price in Berkshire, and more than twice the average of around £212,000 in Llandudno.
It's massive, and you get some amazing views of the coastline and the Great Orme.
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This amazing three bed with a drawbridge, North Wales - £210,000
A home with a drawbridge in North Wales (Image: Rightmove)
The price of a small flat in Berkshire gets you this incredibly distinctive home.
This is in the county of Denbighshire in North Wales.
It's a three bed that a lot of very creative work has gone into the property, including a drawbirdge.
It's in the Medieval town of Ruthin and the county has Wales' oldest record of human life, with remains found dating back 225,000 years, fact fans.
The Welsh Hobbit House, North Wales - £385,000
A Welsh Hobbit house on sale for £385,000 (Image: Rightmove)
The front is distinctly unremarkable.
The back, has its very own "Hobbit House", and a hot tub for good measure.
This home in Brecon also has 2.75 acres of land.
So what would get you something fairly decent in Reading, Berkshire, could get you this.
The "Hobbit House" has been let out successfully in the past and, as far as we're aware, there's nothing like this in Berkshire.
This tiny cottage in Wareham, Dorset - £400,000
A tiny house in Dorset on sale for £400,000 in Dorset (Image: Rightmove)
On the market for around £400,000 - this cottage is very small.
It's a Grade II listed building Rightmove calls a "Hansel and Gretel-style cottage".
Although the building itself is small, you get two acres of grounds and woodland for your money.
And on the other end of the scale
Not a bad view from your very small and very expensive flat in a very posh and expensive part of the country (Image: Rightmove)
We've looked at the cheaper housing areas, now let's look at what £428,000 can get you in the most expensive place.
This is Kensington and Chelsea, where homes regularly sell for £20m and average price is £2,174,655.
And what can you get for £428,000 in the ultra-rich, exclusive area?
The answer is a tiny one-bedroom flat.
There are currently four studio/one bedroom flats on sale for the princely sum of £425,000.
And that's about as cheap as it gets.
The most expensive property on sale is a 60 bedroom hotel costing a mere £33m.
A seven bedroom detatched home there is also on sale for a bargain £30m.
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