Groundsense

A household in East Dulwich, weighing up Exeter.

£301,491 cheaper to buy an average home in Exeter than in East Dulwich.

Running one costs £505.10 a year more, the opposite of what leaving London is supposed to do. At that rate it takes 597 years to swallow the difference. Both figures took one person four hours to find.

£109,131 £1,250,149

The average house price in every local authority in the United Kingdom, with the two places this plan compares marked.

UK House Price Index, June 2026 · 360 local authorities

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Every local authority in the United Kingdom shaded by its average house price, drawn in three dimensions with each one raised by its own figure. Light and low is cheap, dark and tall is dear. The South East is the darkest and the tallest; Scotland, Wales and the North are the palest. East Dulwich is marked in south London and Exeter in Devon.
Per year East Dulwich Exeter
Council tax, band D £1,967.26 £2,495.36
Water and sewerage £658 £740
Energy, median home £1,015 £910
A year, so far £3,640.26 £4,145.36

The average home is £582,473 in Southwark and £280,982 in Exeter. Across the United Kingdom it runs from £109,131 to £1,250,149, which is eleven and a half times.

Every local authority in the United Kingdom shaded by its average house price. East Dulwich is marked in south London and Exeter in Devon.

Leaving London is supposed to be the cheap move

These two maps come from one table and are shaded on one scale, so they can be read against each other. That is the whole job: not a number on its own, but a number you can place.

The 33 Greater London boroughs shaded by council tax at band D. Almost all are in the lightest shades. East Dulwich is marked in the centre south.
Greater London All 33 boroughs. Southwark sits in the cheapest fifth of England.
The ten Devon authorities shaded by council tax at band D. Every one except Plymouth and Torbay is in the darkest shade. Exeter is marked on the east coast.
Devon All ten authorities. Exeter sits in the second dearest fifth.
£1,028 £2,765 Band D, a year. Five equal groups of English authorities, cheapest to dearest.

What that costs this household, line by line

Every figure real, sourced and dated. This table is one section of the plan; the rest is schools, GPs, flood history and the neighbourhood.

Measure East DulwichWhere they live now ExeterConsidering
Council tax, band D East Dulwich£1,967.26 Exeter£2,495.36More+£528.10
Water and sewerage East Dulwich£658 Exeter£740More+£82
Energy, median home East Dulwich£1,015 Exeter£910Less−£105
What we can total so far East Dulwich£3,640.26 Exeter£4,145.36More+£505.10
Get your plan · £49 Read the whole plan MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026-27, Table 9 · Water UK · Energy Certificate Data API · read 26 and 27 Sep 2026

What a plan actually contains

Three to five areas, against where you live now, built around the three things you said would decide it.

The moneyCouncil tax by band including every precept, water by your regional supplier and the modelled energy cost of a median home in each area. The table above is this section, in full.
SchoolsHow many there are by phase and how full they are. Occupancy is the closest thing in open data to admissions pressure and a better guide to getting a place than an inspection grade.
Getting a doctorEvery GP practice in each district, from the live NHS register, with the ones worth ringing named.
Flood historyWhether a place has actually flooded, from the map of recorded floods, not the risk zone. One household in our research paid £850 for a survey and learned from the insurance quote that the bungalow had flooded in Storm Dennis. They had checked the zone map.
The neighbourhoodDeprivation written out in words rather than a rank nobody can read and what is within a mile on foot.
Who to ring nextThe last section names the specific council team or number for anything the published data cannot settle, so you finish the plan with a next step rather than a dead end.

How it actually works

A person does the work. That is the product and it is why the answer is worth having.

1
You tell us your areas and what matters Where you live now, three to five places you are weighing and the three things that would actually decide it.
Five minutes
2
We build it by hand Official sources, pulled and checked one at a time, then written up against what you told us. This is the part that takes the time and it is the part you are paying for.
Four to five hours
3
It arrives as a page you can keep and print Every figure carries its source, the period it covers and the date it was checked, so you can check the ones that matter against the original.
Within five working days

What it costs

One price, paid once. No subscription and we do not keep your card.

£49 once, not a subscription
The plan
  • Three to five areas, compared against where you live now
  • Built around the three things you said would decide it
  • Every figure sourced, dated and checkable against the original
  • A named section of the negatives, not buried
  • What we could not answer and who to ring about each
  • A page you keep and a PDF you can print or send
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£249 the plan, plus a person on the phone
The plan and three calls
  • Everything above
  • A judgement call with you, about your shortlist
  • Three calls made on your behalf: the GP nearest your front runner, an insurance broker on flood for a specific address and a second GP for the backup place
  • Opening shortly. Put your name down and we will tell you the day it does
Ask to be told when it opens

We cap how many we take. Each one is built by hand, so when the week is full the button stops working rather than the promise slipping.

Fourteen days, no questions. If the plan does not tell you something you could not have found yourself, say so and we refund it.

We do not store your card. Payment is handled by Stripe and nothing is kept on file, because there is nothing to renew.