A LONDON resident told housing outside the capital is readily available for less than half a million pounds has dismissed it as a provincial hoax.
Eleanor Shaw, aged 34, accepts there could have been properties sold at less than the current floor for housing, decades ago, but cannot believe the rest of the country is that far behind.
She said: “A four-bedroom house with extensive gardens for £370k? Come on. Even in Sunderland they’re not that out-of-touch with reality.
“Even the properties available for half a million are nightmares, like someone’s had a breakdown and accidentally priced a cupboard as a home. The best you’ll get is a mould-stained studio in Tottenham where the rats are listed as existing tenants.
“It’s weird, because RIghtMove does seem to believe there are homes priced less than that if you’re not within commuting distance of London, but does it really? Can it be said to be living if you’re more than 100 yards from a Pret?
“This one’s £250,000 and described as ‘spacious’ so that can’t be true. Is it actual British currency? There must be a catch with these places. Are they haunted? Are they about to fall in the sea? Do I have to become the Mayor?”
Shaw briefly considered relocating before remembering she would then be the sort of person who says ‘it’s only two hours on the train’ and immediately closing the tab.
