General Repairs Costs by City

Every UK city ranked by general repairs cost, highest to lowest. National rates adjusted for regional pricing differences.

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Where does your city rank?

#	City	Region	Avg. Cost	vs Avg
1	Central London	London	£58 – £160	+44%
2	Westminster	London	£58 – £158	+43%
3	Kensington	London	£57 – £157	+42%
4	Chelsea	London	£57 – £156	+42%
5	Islington	London	£56 – £154	+39%
6	Camden	London	£56 – £153	+39%
7	Hackney	London	£55 – £152	+38%
8	Hammersmith	London	£55 – £151	+36%
9	Wandsworth	London	£54 – £150	+35%
10	Richmond upon Thames	London	£54 – £150	+35%
11	Fulham	London	£54 – £150	+35%
12	Southwark	London	£54 – £149	+35%
13	Lambeth	London	£54 – £149	+35%
14	Wimbledon	London	£54 – £149	+35%
15	Brixton	London	£54 – £147	+34%
16	Stratford	London	£54 – £147	+34%
17	Greenwich	London	£53 – £146	+32%
18	Ealing	London	£53 – £146	+32%
19	Kingston upon Thames	London	£53 – £146	+32%
20	Walthamstow	London	£53 – £146	+32%
21	Lewisham	London	£53 – £145	+31%
22	Barnet	London	£53 – £145	+31%
23	Bromley	London	£52 – £143	+30%
24	Croydon	London	£52 – £143	+30%
25	Enfield	London	£52 – £144	+30%
26	Hounslow	London	£52 – £144	+30%
27	Bexley	London	£52 – £143	+30%
28	Harrow	London	£52 – £144	+30%
29	Henley-on-Thames	South East	£51 – £141	+27%
30	St Albans	South East	£51 – £140	+27%
31	Sevenoaks	South East	£50 – £139	+26%
32	Guildford	South East	£50 – £138	+25%
33	Oxford	South East	£50 – £136	+23%
34	Woking	South East	£50 – £136	+23%
35	Brighton	South East	£49 – £134	+22%
36	Tunbridge Wells	South East	£49 – £134	+22%
37	Winchester	South East	£49 – £135	+22%
38	Watford	South East	£49 – £134	+22%
39	Hove	South East	£48 – £132	+19%
40	Reading	South East	£48 – £132	+19%
41	Chichester	South East	£47 – £130	+18%
42	Horsham	South East	£47 – £130	+18%
43	Slough	South East	£47 – £130	+18%
44	Newbury	South East	£47 – £130	+18%
45	High Wycombe	South East	£47 – £129	+17%
46	Maidstone	South East	£46 – £128	+15%
47	Basingstoke	South East	£46 – £128	+15%
48	Milton Keynes	South East	£46 – £125	+14%
49	Canterbury	South East	£46 – £126	+14%
50	Worthing	South East	£46 – £125	+14%
51	Crawley	South East	£46 – £126	+14%
52	Aylesbury	South East	£46 – £125	+14%
53	Bath	South West	£46 – £126	+14%
54	Cambridge	East of England	£46 – £126	+14%
55	Chelmsford	East of England	£46 – £125	+14%
56	Hertford	East of England	£46 – £125	+14%
57	Southampton	South East	£45 – £123	+11%
58	Bristol	South West	£45 – £123	+11%
59	Stevenage	East of England	£45 – £123	+11%
60	Harlow	East of England	£45 – £123	+11%
61	Saffron Walden	East of England	£45 – £123	+11%
62	Portsmouth	South East	£44 – £121	+10%
63	Eastbourne	South East	£44 – £122	+10%
64	Hastings	South East	£44 – £121	+10%
65	Margate	South East	£44 – £121	+10%
66	Folkestone	South East	£44 – £121	+10%
67	Bournemouth	South West	£44 – £121	+10%
68	Poole	South West	£44 – £121	+10%
69	Cheltenham	South West	£44 – £121	+10%
70	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	£44 – £121	+10%
71	Luton	East of England	£44 – £121	+10%
72	Basildon	East of England	£44 – £121	+10%
73	Salisbury	South West	£43 – £119	+7%
74	Cirencester	South West	£43 – £119	+7%
75	Exeter	South West	£42 – £117	+6%
76	Dorchester	South West	£42 – £117	+6%
77	Stroud	South West	£42 – £117	+6%
78	Colchester	East of England	£42 – £117	+6%
79	Bedford	East of England	£42 – £117	+6%
80	Braintree	East of England	£42 – £117	+6%
81	Solihull	West Midlands	£42 – £116	+5%
82	Edinburgh	Scotland	£42 – £116	+5%
83	Gloucester	South West	£42 – £114	+3%
84	Swindon	South West	£42 – £114	+3%
85	Frome	South West	£42 – £114	+3%
86	Bury St Edmunds	East of England	£42 – £114	+3%
87	Warwick	West Midlands	£42 – £114	+3%
88	Leamington Spa	West Midlands	£42 – £114	+3%
89	Taunton	South West	£41 – £112	+2%
90	Torquay	South West	£41 – £112	+2%
91	Weston-super-Mare	South West	£41 – £112	+2%
92	Falmouth	South West	£41 – £112	+2%
93	Norwich	East of England	£41 – £112	+2%
94	Birmingham	West Midlands	£41 – £112	+2%
95	Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	£41 – £112	+2%
96	Plymouth	South West	£40 – £110	-1%
97	Truro	South West	£40 – £110	-1%
98	Penzance	South West	£40 – £110	-1%
99	Yeovil	South West	£40 – £110	-1%
100	Barnstaple	South West	£40 – £110	-1%
101	Ipswich	East of England	£40 – £110	-1%
102	Peterborough	East of England	£40 – £110	-1%
103	Great Yarmouth	East of England	£40 – £110	-1%
104	Kings Lynn	East of England	£40 – £110	-1%
105	Northampton	East Midlands	£40 – £110	-1%
106	Coventry	West Midlands	£39 – £108	-2%
107	Worcester	West Midlands	£39 – £108	-2%
108	Lichfield	West Midlands	£39 – £108	-2%
109	Market Harborough	East Midlands	£39 – £108	-2%
110	Glasgow	Scotland	£39 – £108	-2%
111	Aberdeen	Scotland	£39 – £108	-2%
112	Musselburgh	Scotland	£39 – £108	-2%
113	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	£38 – £106	-5%
114	Nottingham	East Midlands	£38 – £106	-5%
115	Leicester	East Midlands	£38 – £105	-5%
116	Manchester	North West	£38 – £105	-5%
117	Chester	North West	£38 – £105	-5%
118	Altrincham	North West	£38 – £105	-5%
119	Wilmslow	North West	£38 – £105	-5%
120	York	Yorkshire & Humber	£38 – £105	-5%
121	Harrogate	Yorkshire & Humber	£38 – £105	-5%
122	St Andrews	Scotland	£38 – £106	-5%
123	Cardiff	Wales	£38 – £105	-5%
124	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	£38 – £103	-6%
125	Hereford	West Midlands	£38 – £103	-6%
126	Stafford	West Midlands	£38 – £103	-6%
127	Derby	East Midlands	£38 – £103	-6%
128	Loughborough	East Midlands	£38 – £103	-6%
129	Kettering	East Midlands	£38 – £103	-6%
130	Wellingborough	East Midlands	£38 – £103	-6%
131	Knutsford	North West	£38 – £103	-6%
132	Leeds	Yorkshire & Humber	£38 – £103	-6%
133	Ilkley	Yorkshire & Humber	£38 – £103	-6%
134	Inverness	Scotland	£38 – £103	-6%
135	Stirling	Scotland	£38 – £103	-6%
136	Walsall	West Midlands	£37 – £102	-7%
137	Salford	North West	£37 – £102	-7%
138	Dudley	West Midlands	£37 – £101	-9%
139	Telford	West Midlands	£37 – £101	-9%
140	Kidderminster	West Midlands	£37 – £101	-9%
141	Lincoln	East Midlands	£37 – £101	-9%
142	Corby	East Midlands	£37 – £101	-9%
143	Warrington	North West	£37 – £101	-9%
144	Stockport	North West	£37 – £101	-9%
145	Macclesfield	North West	£37 – £101	-9%
146	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	£37 – £101	-9%
147	Sheffield	Yorkshire & Humber	£37 – £101	-9%
148	Dundee	Scotland	£37 – £101	-9%
149	Perth	Scotland	£37 – £101	-9%
150	Paisley	Scotland	£37 – £101	-9%
151	Livingston	Scotland	£37 – £101	-9%
152	East Kilbride	Scotland	£37 – £101	-9%
153	Dunfermline	Scotland	£37 – £101	-9%
154	Penarth	Wales	£37 – £101	-9%
155	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	£36 – £99	-10%
156	Chesterfield	East Midlands	£36 – £99	-10%
157	Grantham	East Midlands	£36 – £99	-10%
158	Liverpool	North West	£36 – £99	-10%
159	Skipton	Yorkshire & Humber	£36 – £99	-10%
160	Ripon	Yorkshire & Humber	£36 – £99	-10%
161	Falkirk	Scotland	£36 – £99	-10%
162	Fort William	Scotland	£36 – £99	-10%
163	Oban	Scotland	£36 – £99	-10%
164	Kirkcaldy	Scotland	£36 – £99	-10%
165	Hamilton	Scotland	£36 – £99	-10%
166	Newport	Wales	£36 – £99	-10%
167	Belfast	Northern Ireland	£36 – £99	-10%
168	Mansfield	East Midlands	£35 – £97	-13%
169	Bolton	North West	£35 – £97	-13%
170	Crewe	North West	£35 – £97	-13%
171	Bury	North West	£35 – £97	-13%
172	Kendal	North West	£35 – £97	-13%
173	Durham	North East	£35 – £97	-13%
174	Gateshead	North East	£35 – £97	-13%
175	Hexham	North East	£35 – £97	-13%
176	Whitley Bay	North East	£35 – £97	-13%
177	Huddersfield	Yorkshire & Humber	£35 – £97	-13%
178	Wakefield	Yorkshire & Humber	£35 – £97	-13%
179	Beverley	Yorkshire & Humber	£35 – £97	-13%
180	Ayr	Scotland	£35 – £97	-13%
181	Kilmarnock	Scotland	£35 – £97	-13%
182	Greenock	Scotland	£35 – £97	-13%
183	Elgin	Scotland	£35 – £97	-13%
184	Motherwell	Scotland	£35 – £97	-13%
185	Peterhead	Scotland	£35 – £97	-13%
186	Swansea	Wales	£35 – £97	-13%
187	Barry	Wales	£35 – £97	-13%
188	Lisburn	Northern Ireland	£35 – £97	-13%
189	Holywood	Northern Ireland	£35 – £97	-13%
190	Preston	North West	£34 – £95	-14%
191	Wigan	North West	£34 – £95	-14%
192	Lancaster	North West	£34 – £95	-14%
193	Rochdale	North West	£34 – £95	-14%
194	Oldham	North West	£34 – £95	-14%
195	Sunderland	North East	£34 – £95	-14%
196	Morpeth	North East	£34 – £95	-14%
197	South Shields	North East	£34 – £95	-14%
198	Bradford	Yorkshire & Humber	£34 – £95	-14%
199	Doncaster	Yorkshire & Humber	£34 – £95	-14%
200	Rotherham	Yorkshire & Humber	£34 – £95	-14%
201	Halifax	Yorkshire & Humber	£34 – £95	-14%
202	Dumfries	Scotland	£34 – £95	-14%
203	Wrexham	Wales	£34 – £95	-14%
204	Bridgend	Wales	£34 – £95	-14%
205	Caerphilly	Wales	£34 – £95	-14%
206	Bangor	Northern Ireland	£34 – £95	-14%
207	Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	£34 – £95	-14%
208	Blackpool	North West	£34 – £92	-17%
209	Carlisle	North West	£34 – £92	-17%
210	Middlesbrough	North East	£34 – £92	-17%
211	Darlington	North East	£34 – £92	-17%
212	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	£34 – £92	-17%
213	Berwick-upon-Tweed	North East	£34 – £92	-17%
214	Hull	Yorkshire & Humber	£34 – £92	-17%
215	Scarborough	Yorkshire & Humber	£34 – £92	-17%
216	Barnsley	Yorkshire & Humber	£34 – £92	-17%
217	Llandudno	Wales	£34 – £92	-17%
218	Pontypridd	Wales	£34 – £92	-17%
219	Cwmbran	Wales	£34 – £92	-17%
220	Carrickfergus	Northern Ireland	£34 – £92	-17%
221	Burnley	North West	£33 – £90	-18%
222	Redcar	North East	£33 – £90	-18%
223	Grimsby	Yorkshire & Humber	£33 – £90	-18%
224	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire & Humber	£33 – £90	-18%
225	Aberystwyth	Wales	£33 – £90	-18%
226	Bangor	Wales	£33 – £90	-18%
227	Neath	Wales	£33 – £90	-18%
228	Colwyn Bay	Wales	£33 – £90	-18%
229	Brecon	Wales	£33 – £90	-18%
230	Tenby	Wales	£33 – £90	-18%
231	Derry	Northern Ireland	£33 – £90	-18%
232	Newry	Northern Ireland	£33 – £90	-18%
233	Hartlepool	North East	£32 – £88	-21%
234	Carmarthen	Wales	£32 – £88	-21%
235	Haverfordwest	Wales	£32 – £88	-21%
236	Rhyl	Wales	£32 – £88	-21%
237	Ballymena	Northern Ireland	£32 – £88	-21%
238	Coleraine	Northern Ireland	£32 – £88	-21%
239	Craigavon	Northern Ireland	£32 – £88	-21%
240	Antrim	Northern Ireland	£32 – £88	-21%
241	Larne	Northern Ireland	£32 – £88	-21%
242	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£31 – £86	-22%
243	Omagh	Northern Ireland	£31 – £86	-22%
244	Enniskillen	Northern Ireland	£31 – £86	-22%
245	Downpatrick	Northern Ireland	£31 – £86	-22%
246	Cookstown	Northern Ireland	£31 – £86	-22%
247	Dungannon	Northern Ireland	£31 – £86	-22%
248	Armagh	Northern Ireland	£31 – £86	-22%
249	Strabane	Northern Ireland	£30 – £84	-25%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is general repairs most expensive in the UK?

Central London is the most expensive UK city for general repairs, at 44% above the national average.

Where is general repairs cheapest in the UK?

Strabane is the cheapest UK city for general repairs, at 25% below the national average.

How much does general repairs cost in the UK?

General Repairs costs range from £30 in the cheapest areas to £160 in the most expensive, depending on location and scope.