British who are looking for peace and quiet and a cheaper life come to a picturesque seaside resort that has become the new contraction of Great Britain.
In the beautiful city of Exmouth, Devon, houses stay on the market for only 26 days before they are sold, MailOnline can reveal.
Purplebricks analysis has unveiled the city as the most desired place to board, with houses being marketed less than a month after they have been put on the market on average.
That is despite the fact that houses cost no less than £ 73,000 more than a typical house in the rest of the UK.
The average price of an Exmouth house is £ 341.268, which is well above the British average of £ 268,087.
Yet the local population said with MailOnline that they were not surprised that Exmouth had become the shrinking of the capital.
They said that the beautiful sea air was an attraction for many people from different centuries, both looking for a place to retire, but also young parents who were looking for their children for peaceful children.
Local teachers in primary education and mother-of-two Georgia Wright, 34, said: 'It is a wonderful place to live and it is relatively safe and fun to pay your children.
Exmouth is the contraction capital of the UK and sees houses are mentioned to be mentioned in just 26 days to be sold
Another local, 76-year-old Sally Curtis (depicted) is in the reclining process in Exmouth
| Exmouth | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Average price – £ 341.268 | Average price – £ 268.087 |
| Detached price – £ 493.538 | Detached price – £ 440,190 |
| Wordtraced price – £ 299,947 | Are) Price – £ 223,808 |
| Flat price – £ 242,895 | Flat price – £ 196.361 |
“We talked about moving and we just don't want to leave the beach.”
The young mother said she had lived in the area all her life after her mother and mother were shortened to Exmouth because it was on the beach.
And although she never moved, she admitted that her partner had moved to Exmouth for the same reason.
In the meantime, Sally Curtis, 76, is again in reducing in Exmouth.
She lived in Scotland before moving to the Cotswolds when her husband died and then living in Exmouth to be close to her daughter and grandchildren.
Now she is looking for a smaller house, but she doesn't want to leave the coast.
Her end of four bedrooms from Terrace Home is on the market for only £ 550,000.
She said: 'It is sad that it must be shrinking. I am very lucky that I can do it because many people have no choice.
Sally wants a smaller house, but does not want to be too far away from the beautiful beach
Purplebricks Exmouth Property Partner Will Dunford, 32, has worked in the industry for 14 years and said
Shown: Teacher of the Georgia Wright primary school, with her two children Lola, 11, (left) and Poppy, seven
“I lived in Scotland and my husband died 13 years ago. I had a huge garden.
“I couldn't handle what was left and then I moved.
'Then I had a small cottage garden, which was delicious, but it put a little trouble.
'It is a bit used to getting used to, but the price is clearly coming in and [the new place] Is smaller. '
Purplebricks Exmouth Property partner Will Dunford, 32, worked in the industry for 14 years and said he was not surprised that Exmouth was the contraction of Great Britain.
He said to MailOnline: 'People love the area. It is a very common thing. It is a popular place to come. Many people we see coming this way have been on vacation here for years and eventually come down and stay the rest of it [their] lives.
'There are many people who have moved London At a younger age there spent a long time working and then moved this way again.
'Very often they are families that may have children from the city and more rural areas.
'Exmouth Beach is well known. There are many popular places, so it has been one of those areas that always has a busy market.
“There are absolutely many people who say they are shrinking in terms of type of house.”
Mr Dunford said that the amazing Van Exmouth was the variety of house prices in such a small area.
He said: 'I can choose a place that is £ 170,000 and 100 meters away, there is a £ 2 million house.
'You will see people coming from those larger places, shrink to something smaller for family or mortgage reasons.
'We see many families who stick to the environment.
Retired Unilever employee Graham Marshall, 94, moved to Exmouth with his wife to be at the sea
Sally Curtis sells its end of the terrace with four bedrooms for just £ 550,000
An equivalent house in the rest of the UK can be as cheap as £ 250,000 – but the charms of Exmouth still see people flowing to buy in the seaside resort
'[Older people] will be in a larger house at some point. They will shrink in a flat, smaller house or pension home.
'On the other hand, you have families who may have flown their children the nest and they will look at the contraction. They can be in the forty.
“They could look at what they currently have in a detached house of three or four beds to a terrace with two or three bedrooms for example.”
Another local, Graham Marshall, 94, worked before his retirement for the agricultural part of Unilever.
He still lives in the house where he moved with his wife in 1995 and would shrink, but for the fuss of moving.
He said: 'I'm 94, so I got worried. I moved here in 1995 when I retired. I lived in Australia.
'When we came, it was just a bad enchantment, as it is now. We always wanted to live near the sea.
'South London is my birthplace. It's nice to have the sea. It changes color, changes shape, goes in and out, is always different. '
