What can you get for £400k in London? Ten of the best two-bedroom flats for sale across the capital

Buyers on relatively modest budgets shouldn’t resign themselves to inflexible one-bedroom flats that can be tricky to sell on.

Stretching to a second bedroom offers a buffer against the dreaded upsizer move that often follows only a couple of years from the first step on the ladder – with memories of volatile mortgage rates and exchange dates still fresh in the mind.