Sunderland and Liverpool follow closely. In Sunderland, a garden adds £96,587, lifting the average asking price from £146,501 to £243,088 – a 65.9% difference.
Liverpool’s gap is wider in absolute terms: £131,736, representing a 65.6% premium over the £200,920 baseline. Bradford and Plymouth round out the top five cities, each recording differences above 40%.
Heike O’Leary, chief sales and marketing officer at Tilia Homes, said the figures show just how much weight buyers now place on outdoor space. “Buyers are no longer treating a garden as a nice extra,” she said. “In many parts of the country it has become one of the biggest single factors in what a property is worth, and our figures show that gap can run into six figures.”
Brokers arranging mortgages in these markets should note the difference. The presence or absence of a garden can shift a comparable’s asking price significantly, affecting valuation and loan-to-value calculations.
| City | Without garden | With garden | Garden premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | £143,186 | £254,277 | +77.6% (£111,090) |
| Sunderland | £146,501 | £243,088 | +65.9% (£96,587) |
| Liverpool | £200,920 | £332,656 | +65.6% (£131,736) |
| Bradford | £177,757 | £256,439 | +44.3% (£78,682) |
| Plymouth | £220,043 | £309,351 | +40.6% (£89,309) |
What does garden cost look like in UK towns?
The town-level data produces even larger swings. Stevenage records the highest garden cost of any location in the study. There, a garden adds £232,752 to the asking price – a 79.9% difference between properties with one (£523,968) and without (£291,216).
