This Is What Million-Pound Houses Look Like In London Vs Scotland

    Would you rather have a hole in the ground or a 10-bedroom ancestral mansion?

    1. Do you want to pay a hefty fee for this Mayfair studio...

    Bedrooms: None

    Price: £1,100,000

    • The bed comes out of that cupboard in the living room.

    • Truly amazing kitchen that somehow seems to feature a wooden dishwasher.

    ...buy Glenavon Manor in Linlithgow?

    Bedrooms: Seven

    Price: £1,100,000

    • It's just 20 minutes from Edinburgh and has a tennis court and croquet lawn.

    • Also features "Jacobean detailing", so you can pretend you're Henry VIII or something.

    2. Would you like this flat in Dalston...

    Bedrooms: Three

    Price: £950,000

    • Also comes with a licence to run the social club and restaurant downstairs.

    • Free shopping trolley!

    ...this six-bedroom detached mansion in Skelmorlie?

    Bedrooms: Six

    Price: £950,000

    • Has a pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, and gym.

    • It's only 36 miles from Glasgow, so you could still have a job and make money.

    3. Do you want this high-rise flat in Fulham...

    Bedrooms: Two

    Price: £995,000

    • The flat is on the 12th floor, so you do get a decent view.

    • Assuming a 10% deposit and a 3% interest rate, your mortgage would be about £4,246 per month.

    ...The Old Manse of Blair in Bruar?

    Bedrooms: Eight

    Price: £1,000,000

    • "Equestrian property" in Perth and Kinross with nine acres of land and space for a herd of horses.

    • It's basically the Dowager Countess of Grantham's house from Downton Abbey.

    4. Do you want to hand over £1.1 million for this boxy maisonette in Kensington...

    Bedrooms: One

    Price: £1,100,000

    • Black furniture to match your black mood after spending so much money on a flat.

    • Lovely balcony that seems to be covered in damp carpet tiles.

    ...buy Glenarch House in Edinburgh?

    Bedrooms: Nine

    Price: £1,175,000

    • Eighteenth-century mansion in the leafy suburb of Eskbank.

    • It also has three greenhouses, ornamental gardens, outbuildings, and a barn. It's basically a small village.

    5. Want to shell out for this small houseboat in Wandsworth...

    Bedrooms: Two

    Price: £1,095,000

    • This converted oil tanker has apparently been designed "with art collectors in mind", i.e., it has big walls.

    • Would it be cheaper if you sailed it farther away from central London?

    ...buy Crombie House in Aberdeen?

    Bedrooms: Six

    Price: £1,050,000

    • Crombie is a "Passive House": an ultra-low energy building with a reduction in heating costs of up to 90%.

    • Looks a bit like something you'd build on The Sims.

    6. Would you like this compact flat on Johns Wood Road...

    Bedrooms: One

    Price: £1,095,000

    • View of a lovely brick wall from your living room-kitchen hybrid.

    • Generic Ikea artwork included in the price.

    ...Ruchlaw House in East Lothian?

    Bedrooms: Nine

    Price: £1,100,000

    • Has a tennis court, private woodland, and five reception rooms.

    • Only a 45-minute drive from Edinburgh, so you're not exactly in the middle of nowhere.

    7. Fancy buying this terraced house in Clapton...

    Bedrooms: Three

    Price: £995,000

    • The exterior is pretty shabby, but it's nice and colourful inside.

    • Period bedroom.

    ...Ladyland House in Kilbirnie?

    Bedrooms: Nine

    Price: £900,000

    • A "bewitching" A-listed Georgian mansion with 12 acres of land.

    • Kitchen looks like something out of a Nigella Lawson cookbook.

    8. Would you like this ground-floor flat in Marylebone...

    Bedrooms: Two

    Price: £950,000

    • The snazzy rug and furniture come with the flat.

    • Really relaxing "sitting in a shop window" vibe.

    ...this giant house in Edinburgh?

    Bedrooms: Six

    Price: £950,000

    • Three stories high and has a basement, three reception rooms, and four bathrooms.

    • It backs onto the pretty Corstorphine Hill nature reserve, so you can pretend you're in the countryside.

    9. Fancy buying this "opportunity to create a garden flat" in West Hampstead...

    Bedrooms: None yet

    Price: £1,100,000

    • Looks a bit like a hipster restaurant.

    • Just a shell, so it's only worth buying if you're good at building garden flats.

    ...Embo House in Sutherland?

    Bedrooms: Ten

    Price: £1,100,000

    • The ancestral seat of the Gordon family, descendants of the Earls of Sutherland.

    • Has six bathrooms, a library, chandeliers, a sun terrace, and a wine cellar. Plus, crucially, it's already been built.