When comparing house prices across the north west region, you'd be forgiven for thinking any first-time buyer couldn't afford to live in Cheshire. With an overall average price of £317,300 compared to £260,500 in Greater Manchester, property costs in the affluent county have climbed 14 percent in the last few years.
But one couple looking to get on the property ladder managed to find an affordable house in a quaint village nestled in the Cheshire countryside, which proved to be much cheaper than properties in their hometown of Altrincham, south Manchester.
Lottie Bown, 28, and her boyfriend Ant bought their first home in Mobberley, a pretty chocolate-box village that sits between Knutsford and Wilmslow. Despite houses in the area selling for average price of £496,100 over the last year, the pair managed to snap up a three-bed home for £275,000.
