Let’s head out of London for a sec, because the countryside is shockingly expensive too. St George’s Hill in Surrey is a gated estate where mansions look like they’re made of gold and spite. Average price? Around £18 million. This place is so exclusive that Elton John used to live here, and the Buggles (remember them?) shot the “Video Killed the Radio Star” video there. Trivia: the video cost £10,000 to make. Today, you can’t buy the driveway for that.
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Living here means you accept that your neighbours are oligarchs, pop stars, or retired footballers. The downside? You’re in Weybridge. That’s not Chelsea. You’ve got a Waitrose, a train station, and a lot of hedge trimming. Weirdly, the appeal is the security. Behind those gates, nobody will ask you for a quid or judge your recycling bin. But I bet the air smells faintly of ambition and lawn fertiliser.
The Edinburgh Fringe: Heriot Row
People love to pretend Scotland is all cozy cottages and haggis. Then you see Heriot Row in Edinburgh, where the average house is £12 million. This Georgian terrace is the most expensive street in Scotland, and it looks like a film set for a period drama. You half expect a butler to pop out and offer you a tweed handkerchief. The view? Private gardens and a view of the Firth of Forth. The vibe? “I have a PhD in history, but I also own a hedge fund.”
The kicker? It’s about a 10-minute walk from the pub where J.K. Rowling wrote some of Harry Potter. So you could theoretically buy a £12 million flat, walk past her old haunt, and still feel inadequate. That’s the magic of Edinburgh.
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