Properties around the country to rent for £170 a week - in pictures

This 'compact' studio flat near Kings Cross station caused an uproar when it let for £170 a week. Photograph: Rightmove PR

In Bishop Auckland, County Durham you can rent this farmhouse for £167 a week, which can be configured as three or four bedrooms. Solar panels will help you cut your electricity bills and Biomass heating warms the radiators and hot water. Robinsons: 01388 236008

City centre living spread across two bedrooms and a reception is on offer in Leeds for £167 a week. From its fourth-floor location you can watch the world go by from either of the two balconies. You don't get a separate kitchen for that money, so you will have to keep on top of the washing up. Brigfords, 0113 4270131. Photograph: Zoopla

Pretty, airy, and boasting two reasonably sized bedroooms - this home in the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock does cost £3 a week more than the London pad, but it does look to be worth it. You will need to bring your own furniture, but the owner may also let you bring your pet. Balfours, 01743 534114. Photograph: Zoopla

Venture as far as zone 2/3 in London, to the desirable environs of Highgate no less, and you can get a separate kitchen in your studio for £170 a week. It's walking distance from Archway station. There is a fridge-freezer, but you will have to go to the launderette to get your washing done. Edmund Cude, 020 3324 8039. Photograph: Rightmove

Just 10 minutes' drive from central Glasgow in Kelvinside lies this one-bedroom apartment in a converted period villa. For £167 a week you get a large lounge, separate kitchen and sizeable bedroom. The layout is quirky, with the rooms all off the hallway and the kitchen next to the bedroom. Clyde Property, 0141 381 2196. Photograph: Rightmove

In Bangor, near Belfast, four storeys near the seafront can be rented for £162 a week. This well-proportioned town house has a playroom/den on the lower ground-floor, a basement for storage and four bedrooms. You will have to supply your own beds and the rest of the furniture, and the garden is tiny. Reeds Rains, 028 9160 9970. Photograph: Zoopla

It's a good size, there's a garden and it's around an hour's commute from London. This house in Colchester is half a mile from Hythe station from where you can travel to Liverpool Street. Open-plan living space, two bedrooms and a third boxroom/study come in at £167 a week. Michaels Property Consultants, 01206 684821. Photograph: Zoopla