First-time buyer homes #2

Aberdeen, Scotland: first-time buyer average spend £138,525. For a two-bed cottage this Buckie property is surprisingly spacious, with two en suite bathrooms, a dining room, a sitting room, and a pretty big kitchen. The ‘garden’ leaves a lot to be desired, however, with no plants and an enormous summer house dominating the gravelled-over area. Although boasting sea views, they’re pretty bleak. Offers in excess of £145,000.
Your Move, 01343 260013 Photograph: Your Move

Cornwall, south-west: average first-time buyer spend £134,368. A very bright and airy two-bed home, this £149,950 mid-terrace house in St Austell has a lounge, a kitchen/diner, a utility area and a toilet on the ground floor, and the bedrooms and a family bathroom on the first floor. There is no onward chain – a huge advantage as any first-time buyer will appreciate when they move to their next home.
Your Move, 01726 984008 Photograph: Your Move

Bedfordshire, south-east: first-time buyer average spend £145,745. You don’t always have to spend a lot to secure your first home: this brand new one-bed flat in Dunstable costs about £42,400 on a shared ownership basis (based on 40% ownership and £106,000 full market value). It is on the third floor and has a fully fitted kitchen and bathroom.
Connells, 01582 879106 Photograph: Connells

Lancashire, north-west: average first-time buyer spend £99,428. This very cute three-bed house in Skelmersdale comes in well below the average first-time spend for the area. The rooms are very small (two of the bedrooms barely have room beyond the beds, but luckily have built in cupboards), but there is a conservatory, a study and a separate lounge and dining room. Cost: £78,500.
Reeds Rains, 01942 314017 Photograph: Reeds Rains

Worcestershire, West Midlands: average first-time buyer spend £131,262. A first-time buyer should be very pleased to move into this modern end-of-terrace house in Redditch. It has three bedrooms (although the third is only a single), a downstairs toilet, a kitchen, and a generous living room with sliding doors leading to the very nice back garden. Offers in excess of £145,000 will be considered.
Bairstow Eves, 01527 549066 Photograph: Bairstow Eves