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This is what £800,000 can buy you outside of London

You get a lot more for your money outside of the capital

This is what £800,000 can buy you outside of London
15 February 2016

A red brick mansion, with indoor swimming pool.

A 14-bedroom Georgian country hotel.

A five-bedroom converted farm house, with 20 acres of land.

All properties you could pick up for the same price as a 10ft-wide two-bedroom house that recently went on sale in South London.  

After the slimline £800,000 Dulwich home caused Londoners to issue an all too familiar groan, we had a poke around on RightMove.co.uk to twist the knife further, compiling a list of properties outside the UK capital that fetch the same sum.

Have a look through the options below, and ask yourself whether the bright lights of London are really worth the inflated prices.

[H/T: Evening Standard, though several of these properties are over £800,000]

The Dulwich squeeze

  • Two bedrooms, two bathrooms
  • Gallery-style kitchen
  • The smallest garden you've ever seen
  • £800,000

Forss House Hotel, Caithness, Scotland

  • Georgian Grade B listed house built in 1810
  • 14 bedrooms
  • Features its own bar and 16 acres of woodland
  • £800,000

Modern beach escape, Carbis Bay, St Ives

  • Three bedrooms, all en suite
  • Panoramic sea views
  • £800,000

Converted farm house, Alston, Cumbria

  • Nine bedroom property
  • Five bathrooms
  • Separate holiday cottage 
  • £799,500

Converted farmhouse, Great Altcar, Lancashire

  • Indoor swimming pool
  • Snooker hall
  • Indoor jacuzzi 
  • £800,000

Five bedroom mansion, Gunnislake, Cornwall

  • It's got its own two-storey barn
  • Five massive bedrooms
  • Incredible local views
  • £800,000