'My £49,000 deposit wouldn't go far in London - so I found my perfect loft apartment in Manchester'
The north-south divide becomes all the more apparent when you compare house prices in London and Manchester. Although the average price of a property has soared all across the UK in recent years, the difference between how far your money can go between the cities is still staggering.
It was in 2020 when the pandemic hit that Becky decided to go back home to live at her parents' house in Oldham, which was initially supposed to be for a short stay. "I ended up having a really nice time and it just planted a seed about potentially moving back up north. When I was in London I’d always miss Manchester so I was never against coming home, and it just felt like the right time."
"I looked in the Northern Quarter, Ancoats and Castlefield. I just wanted everything to be within walking distance and easily connected to train stations. "As soon as we walked in, we just locked eyes and was like 'this is it'. They say you know when you know and I definitely knew with this one," Becky said.
“It was also really big, about half the size bigger than most apartments that were on the market at the time, with really big high ceilings, so that was another feature that attracted me to it."“It was on the market for £235,000 and I initially offered £220,000, but the buyers said no," Becky said. At the end of November 2020 Becky got the keys to her new apartment and began her DIY journey to making it her own.
"I've got loads of trinkets and prints all around, I'm really into Disney Pixar and Lego so I've got loads of toys that are used as ornaments, there's books everywhere because I love reading and all my furniture is pretty much vintage because I love a good rummage in a charity shop.
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