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Size isn’t everything when it comes to buying a home. According to research by Halifax, smaller properties have recently experienced bigger increases in price growth than their roomier counterparts.
Constraints in affordability and a resilient first-time buyer market have boosted demand for compact homes that are not only cheaper but cost less to run and maintain.
Whether you’re stepping on to the housing ladder, downsizing or looking for a holiday cottage, bolthole or pied-a-terre, these small but perfectly formed houses for sale won’t give you short shrift.
1. New Row, Bingley, West Yorkshire, £160,000
A quick drive from World Heritage site Saltaire Village, this stone former mill worker’s cottage has been upgraded for 21st century living. Consists of an all-in-one kitchen living area, a double and a single bedroom and a bathroom, and has a courtyard at the back and private parking. There’s no onward chain. Get in touch with Linley & Simpson.
2. Mold, Flintshire, offers over £160,000
You won’t be disappointed when you step over the threshold of this well-maintained. one-bedroom cottage as inside it boasts exposed beams, a stone fireplace in the sitting room, a modern first floor shower room and a galley kitchen that opens out to a private enclosed garden. The market towns of Holywell and Mold and the A55 North Wales Expressway are in easy reach. Contact Beresford Adams.
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3. Chester, £260,000
This charming red-brick terraced house is on a cobbled street in a conservation area about a mile from the city centre. The front door leads into a hallway and through to a sitting room with a fireplace and a kitchen/dining room at the back, and you’ll find two double bedrooms and a shower room on the first floor. It also has a pretty paved garden with well-stocked borders and a useful outbuilding. Contact Matthews of Chester.
4. Manningtree Park, Manningtree, Essex, £275,000
Designed to pay homage to a traditional coach house, the Furze is a brand new one-bedroom house in a development close to the Suffolk border. The living space is above the garage and it includes integrated kitchen appliances, fitted wardrobes, underfloor heating and a turfed and paved garden. Available through City & Country.
5. Thorney, Cambridgeshire, £285,000
Anyone looking for a quirky, character-packed home will surely be bowled over by this converted signal box, now a one-bedroom, two-storey house with great views over the surrounding countryside. The ground floor consists of kitchen/dining room with an island and Aga, a bathroom and storeroom, and the bedroom and living area are above. The house may be small but the garden certainly isn’t – around a third of an acre with the bonus of being south-facing. From Aspire Homes.