London property: Tower Hamlets named best borough to find a ‘forever home’ 

Tower Hamlets is the best London borough when it comes to discovering a ‘perpetually house’, new knowledge exhibits.

It beat Hackney to the highest spot in accordance to a examine from Bequests.co.uk .

The examine regarded into elements corresponding to the common variety of years owners keep and the common value per metre squared.

It additionally delved into the variety of GPs per 100,000 residents, the crime fee and the standard of faculties.

It’s estimated those that’ve purchased properties in Tower Hamlets keep put for a whopping 53 years on common.

It additionally scored extremely elsewhere, with 97 p.c of faculties within the borough rated good or excellent by Ofsted.

Ian Wright, founding father of Bequests, mentioned: “House searching might be difficult! With so many issues to take into account when trying to purchase your ‘perpetually house’ it may be straightforward to neglect the important factors you want to take into account whereas looking out to just be sure you get the best doable worth on your cash – by way of longevity and life satisfaction.

“One of the important thing elements is the placement. Our analysis has discovered that Tower Hamlets is the best borough in London to find your perpetually house.

On common, residents in Tower Hamlets keep within the borough for 53 years
(Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

“With the common resident staying for 53 years in a single home, it’s clear that this East London borough has a maintain on those that stay there.”

Hackney got here in at second place, with residents estimated to keep of their properties for 49 years.

Other boroughs which see residents stay the longest embrace Westminster, Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham.

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On the opposite hand, the ‘worst’ London borough to find your ‘perpetually house’ is City of London, in accordance to the information.

Residents had been discovered to keep for a mean of simply 5 years on this borough.

City of London additionally averages at prices of £17,371 per sq. metre for properties, with properties going for a mean of £967,346.

Kensington and Chelsea, City of London and Westminster – three of the capital’s costliest boroughs – had been additionally discovered to have the best crime charges, the examine confirmed.

In City of London, there have been 796.56 crimes per 1,000 residents. The space is well-known for being the smallest borough, with simply shy of 10,000 residents.

Other locations which see residents stay for shorter spells embrace Kingston upon Thames and Havering, with owners remaining for, on common, three and 4 years respectively.

Londoners are estimated to keep of their properties on common for 17 years, which is barely greater than Britain total – which averages 12 years.

The best London boroughs to find your perpetually house

Rank	Borough	Number of years homeowners keep of their house	Percentage of faculties rated good or excellent (%)	No. of energetic GP’s per 100,000 sufferers	Recorded crime per 1,000 inhabitants	Price per sq. metre	Average value paid for home	Average measurement of home (m2)	Value change over 10 years (+)	Overall Score
1	Tower Hamlets	53	97	59	100.94	£8,545	£507,844	59	£234,383	7.60
2	Hackney	49	93	65	112.24	£8,564	£675,434	79	£253,065	7.42
3	Bromley	11	92	51	71.00	£5,066	£507,121	100	£201,704	7.41
4	Lewisham	21	90	51	91.86	£6,296	£530,087	84	£185,186	6.95
5	Bexley	13	89	51	67.60	£4,223	£396,596	94	£141,878	6.91
6	Greenwich	19	94	51	95.46	£5,434	£499,175	92	£184,248	6.87
7	Haringey	20	99	54	110.12	£7,101	£695,105	98	£268,114	6.85
8	Brent	26	96	47	87.34	£7,093	£606,070	85	£195,054	6.79
9	Lambeth	22	92	51	100.66	£8,437	£693,249	82	£261,455	6.76
10	Waltham Forest	15	97	50	85.52	£6,014	£527,081	88	£212,086	6.75
11	Croydon	9	82	56	87.79	£4,653	£434,425	93	£161,302	6.72
12	Islington	23	99	54	115.91	£9,730	£870,077	89	£290,055	6.68
13	Sutton	7	93	56	66.74	£5,059	£445,404	88	£161,398	6.63
14	Merton	16	92	56	67.50	£6,805	£627,012	92	£252,185	6.58
15	Richmond upon Thames	11	90	56	61.94	£8,175	£922,104	113	£327,844	6.44

The worst London boroughs to find your perpetually house

Rank	Borough	Number of years homeowners keep of their house	Percentage of faculties rated good or excellent (%)	No. of energetic GP’s per 100,000 sufferers	Recorded crime per 1,000 inhabitants	Price per sq. metre	Average value paid for home	Average measurement of home (m2)	Value change over 10 years (+)	Overall Score
1	City of London	5	100	65	796.56	£17,371	£967,346	56	£349,126	4.11
2	Westminster	28	95	44	257.74	£16,246	£1,438,282	89	£463,883	4.99
3	Kensington and Chelsea	22	100	59	140.26	£19,439	£2,265,118	117	£730,294	5.27
4	Barking and Dagenham	12	88	41	91.08	£3,994	£313,800	79	£113,975	5.70
5	Hillingdon	8	86	43	85.38	£5,430	£474,620	87	£184,853	5.81
6	Hammersmith and Fulam	27	94	46	114.25	£10,718	£1,031,966	96	£379,550	5.85
7	Camden	19	97	54	133.39	£12,671	£1,159,639	92	£392,093	5.91
8	Redbridge	6	91	46	76.24	£4,957	£461,593	93	£194,955	6.11
9	Southwark	21	89	51	110.71	£8,782	£681,254	78	£252,661	6.15
10	Ealing	14	90	48	87.63	£6,814	£601,265	88	£230,538	6.22
11	Enfield	10	85	54	87.50	£5,328	£474,557	89	£176,672	6.24
12	Havering	3	83	48	67.83	£4,185	£395,605	95	£147,977	6.25
13	Kingston upon Thames	4	94	56	68.51	£6,352	£591,362	93	£217,201	6.31
14	Harrow	7	95	50	65.18	£5,768	£546,041	95	£200,709	6.31
15	Barnet	7	90	47	73.71	£6,668	£681,759	102	£242,052	6.35