Can you bag a bargain on Butt Row? Are there cut-price properties on Cockshott Lane?
According to figures from the Land Registry there are deals to be had on Leeds streets with rude sounding names.
It could be a coincidence; there are numerous other reasons why average property prices for a street vary.
But data reveals that people living on these streets with rude sounding names paid less for their homes than people living on streets with regular sounding names.
Since 2010, the average selling price of a property in Leeds was £153,000, according to data from the Land Registry.
But those who live on roads with a rude name across the city paid an average of £130,000.
Here they are in all their puerile sounding glory:
- Butt Hill, Kippax - average price: £124,950
- Butt Lane, Farnley - average price: £149,995
- Butt Row, Farnley - average price: £107,500
- Butts Garth, Thorner - average price: £345,000
- Butts Garth Court, Thorner - average price: £700,500
- Butts Mount, Armley - average price: £159,250
- Butts Terrace, Guiseley - average price: £151,000
- Cockshott Close, Armley - average price: £123,500
- Cockshott Drive, Armley - average price: £109,973
- Cockshott Lane, Armley - average price: £102,500
Across England and Wales, the average selling price of property since 2010 has been £199,950.
But in roads with rude names, the average has been £216,000.
It suggests location and house size are a bigger factor in how much we’re willing to pay for a home than whether it has an embarrassing street name.
It also contradicts the idea that having a rudely named street puts buyers off and potentially lowers house prices.
An online petition was launched last January to get the name of Bell End, a street in Rowley Regis, Sandwell, West Midlands, changed with claims the 'offensive' name made residents a laughing stock and their children a target for bullies.
A counter-petition was launched to save the street’s name, with suggestions the name came from a bell attached to a nearby hunting lodge belonging to King John in the 12th century.
Sandwell Council said it had no plans to change the street name after neither petition was submitted.
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