If you’re sick of picking your flatmate’s boxers off the teapot, it might be time to think about renting a flat of your own.
We'd understand, .
But your chance of making a successful escape depends where you live.
Expensive upgrades
The Valuation Office Agency, Trinity Mirror data unit
Our data crunching of English rental prices found renters in London, Bath and Bristol will face a painful rent hike if they upgrade from a shared flat.
On the other hand, renters in Hull can actually save money by slamming the door on their flatshare.
So what’s the best option for you?
Renters in Kingston upon Hull pay on average £336 a month for a room in a shared house. Your flatmates better be nice - because it’s actually £11 CHEAPER to rent a flat by yourself.
Kingston upon Hull: Your own pad for a profit
The Valuation Office Agency, Trinity Mirror data unit
Everywhere else in England you’ll have to fork out a wee bit extra for peace and quiet.
But in Gloucester, Plymouth, Carlisle, Lincoln, Norwich and Bradford you’re still paying less than £100 more a month.
London: The cost of shifting from shared
The Valuation Office Agency, Trinity Mirror data unit
Londoners living in shared accommodation pay on average £525 a month. Trade up to a one-bed flat and you’re coughing up £1,148 - more than twice as much.
Renters in Bath and north-east Somerset only have to pay £351 a month to share a flat, but get a place of your own, and you’re paying £675 a month.
Other cities where renters face a nasty surprise include Brighton and Hove, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge and Canterbury.
1. London
2. Bath and North East Somerset
3. Bristol
4. Sunderland
5. Manchester
6. Brighton and Hove
7. Canterbury
8. Oxford
9. Cambridge
10. Southampton
11. Wakefield
12. St Albans
13. York
14. Winchester
15. Newcastle upon Tyne
16. Birmingham
17. Sheffield
18. Coventry
19. Stoke
20. Portsmouth
List based on data from The Valuation Office Agency, compiled by the Trinity Mirror data unit.
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