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Who Have the Cleanest Homes – Northerners or Southerners?
This article is an external press release originally published on the Landlord News website, which has now been migrated to the Just Landlords blog.
We all know that house prices vary massively around the country, but what about the cleanliness of our homes?
Television presenter and property expert Kirstie Allsopp caused a real stir on Twitter earlier this week when she argued that the further north of London you are, the cleaner the homes.
Allsopp is a Londoner herself, but she has also lived in numerous properties around the country, including a large rural house in Devon, which was the subject of her television programme Kirstie’s Homemade Home.
Allsopp preceded the claim with a tweet that suggests she was aware of the backlash she might receive. She said: “Brace yourself for a bigoted generalisation which could get me fired…”
She then stated: “In 15 years of going around the country house hunting I have observed that the further north you go from London the cleaner the homes are.”
Her claim received a mixture of responses, including one from a proud northerner and another from a Londoner that feels the pressure of living in the capital.
One user looked at it from a socio-economic perspective…
