Entire row of historic five-bed Victorian houses in Middlesbrough on sale for same price as studio flat in London
AN entire row of five-bed houses can be bought in Middlesbrough for the same price as a single studio flat in London.
In a stark example of the north-south divide, residents in the Teesside town can buy eight Grade II listed properties for just £799,950.
But for the exact same amount of money down south in Chelsea in London, buyers will find themselves with much less room.
The houses in Queens Square, Middlesbrough, were originally built in the 1850s but have been used as office space for the last 20 years.
Each freehold property, if converted back into residential use, would have four to five bedrooms.
Queens Square is located in an up-and-coming area of Middlesbrough which is currently undergoing regeneration.
The entire plot is available to buy through Joe Fraser Chartered Surveyors, based in nearby Stockton-on-Tees.
In London, Dexters estate agents are offering a refurbished studio flat in the upmarket area of Chelsea for the same price.
The apartment, which is located between King's Road and the Chelsea Physic Garden, combines a living room, bedroom and kitchenette into a single room.
The leasehold property has access to Burton Court and communal gardens to the rear of the building.
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It's followed by Rotherham in South Yorkshire, which currently has 449 family homes on the market for similar amounts.
The research shows that the top 10 best value towns and cities for families are located in the north west, north east and Yorkshire.
Meanwhile, not a single town or city in the south of England featured in the top 40.
Exeter was found to offer the best value in the south sailing in at the 41th place of the list, but it has just 23 homes on the market at £100,000 or below.
Joe Fraser said of the Middlesbrough lot: "The price is fantastic! The price reflects the need to be a developed and the developer needs to take a profit.
"If you were from another area of the country you would be saying 'is it one property or is it the whole lot?'
"Generally speaking if this was in an affluent area of London you could easy be looking at 25 million!
"Each one of these would be maybe three million pounds."
Sam Mitchell, chief executive of Housesimple, said: "Compared to the south, there is substantial value to be found in property markets in regions such as the north west and Yorkshire.
"Although £100,000 is at the lower end of the market, there are also plenty of substantial family houses at prices around £300,000 to £400,000, that would probably be £1million plus in and around London, and unaffordable to the majority of families there."
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