In certain areas of the UK, £200 will get homebuyers floorspace equivalent to two A4 pages, while in Westminster, they will get a footprint less than a Post-it note.
This is according to an analysis by online property platform Zoopla, which compared the cost of property in various regions of the UK by measuring how many A4 sheets of paper worth of living area a buyer would get for £200.
The latest figures show the average price per square foot of property in the UK has now reached £193, but this varies wildly depending on where you are looking to buy.
London in particular is home to the highest prices per square foot in the country, with residents having to choose between relatively tiny accommodation or paying through the nose for more spacious homes.
If you were to spend £200 on floorspace in Burnley, that money would buy you two full sheets of A4 paper worth of footprint. In Westminster, the same amount would net you floorspace smaller than an A6 Post-it note.
Buyers would have to pay £837 for floorspace the same size as one sheet of A4 paper, making it the most expensive place in the UK in terms of property size.
Other London boroughs are not much better. In Kensington and Chelsea and Camden, £200 spent on property would get you les than a third of an A4 sheet of floorspace.
How much floorspace £200 buys you in London – measured in A4 sheets
The table below shows how much property you can buy for £200 in the most and least affordable areas in London, measured in A4 sheets of paper.
| Local authority | £/A4 | £200 buys (2025) | £200 buys (2015) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most affordable | |||
| Barking & Dagenham | £273 | 73% of a sheet | 1.1 sheets |
| Bexley | £273 | 73% of a sheet | 1.0 sheets |
| Havering | £283 | 71% of a sheet | 1.0 sheets |
| Least affordable | |||
| Camden | £665 | 30% of a sheet | 29% of a sheet |
| Kensington & Chelsea | £686 | 29% of a sheet | 22% of a sheet |
| Westminster | £837 | 24% of a sheet | 19% of a sheet |
Even in the most affordable boroughs of London, £200 does not stretch to anywhere near a full A4 sheet of floorspace.
In the more affordable areas of the city, price per A4 sheet of footprint has increased significantly.
However, in the least affordable areas, £200 will actually buy you more than ten years ago, a sign of stretched affordability and stagnant house price growth in the capital as buyers and renters are stretched to the limits of their budgets.
How much floorspace £200 buys you in each region of Britain – measured in A4 sheets
Zoopla also compared the relative price per A4 sheet of floorspace across Britain, determining the best and worst-value places to buy in terms of property size.
| Region | Most affordable | £/A4 | £200 buys | Least affordable | £/A4 | £200 buys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Midlands | Boston | £115 | 1.7 sheets | South Northants | £206 | 97% of a sheet |
| Eastern | Fenland | £138 | 1.4 sheets | St. Albans | £351 | 57% of a sheet |
| London | Barking & Dagenham | £273 | 73% of a sheet | Westminster | £837 | 24% of a sheet |
| North East | Sunderland | £83 | 2.4 sheets | Northumberland | £134 | 1.5 sheets |
| North West | Burnley | £80 | 2.5 sheets | Trafford | £212 | 94% of a sheet |
| Scotland | Argyll and Bute | £74 | 2.7 sheets | Edinburgh | £204 | 98% of a sheet |
| South East | Portsmouth | £171 | 1.2 sheets | Elmbridge | £363 | 55% of a sheet |
| South West | Plymouth | £133 | 1.5 sheets | Christchurch | £243 | 82% of a sheet |
| Wales | Blaenau Gwent | £84 | 2.4 sheets | Monmouthshire | £179 | 1.1 sheets |
| W. Midlands | Stoke-on-Trent | £104 | 1.9 sheets | Warwick | £213 | 94% of a sheet |
| Yorkshire & Humber | NE Lincolnshire | £90 | 2.2 sheets | York | £209 | 96% of a sheet |
The data shows that if you’re looking for the biggest property for your money, you should look no further than Argyll and Bute in Scotland, where £200 would net you 2.7 A4 sheets’ worth of floorspace.
The most affordable regions in terms of property size also included the North East, North West, and Wales.
“Buyers are increasingly focused on value for money and the question of what their budget actually buys in real, physical terms has never been more relevant,” said Zoopla executive director Richard Donnell.
“Our analysis shows that the gap between what £200 gets you in Westminster versus what it buys in the North West is not just a number — it is the difference between a sliver of a page and two full sheets of paper.”
“That is the true scale of Britain’s housing divide, and it is something every buyer and homeowner should understand as they plan their next move,” Donnell said.
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