Forget lavish gardens, househunters are willing to pay huge sums for the privilege of a local park, a report has revealed - so much so, that it can add up to £78,000 to the price of a home.
That's according to online estate agent HouseSimple.com , after an investigation found that a home overlooking a field in a popular town or city can add as much as 32% to the price of a property - that's an average of £78,415.
The report compared average property prices on homes near or overlooking parks in 30 of the UK's biggest towns and cities, including Liverpool, Glasgow, London, Edinburgh and Birmingham.
It then looked at average prices in the area to uncover the premium buyers might have to pay for a park-view property.
In five of the cities that HouseSimple looked at – Sheffield, Liverpool, Cardiff, Glasgow and Middlesbrough - you could be looking at paying twice as much for a property compared to the average for the area.
For example in Sheffield, average property prices overlooking or close to Endcliffe Park are £415,230, compared to a city average of £187,757. That's a hefty 121% premium for a park view.
