The top 20 most house-proud cities – with Newcastle topping the list

The most house-proud cities in the UK are Newcastle, Southampton and Glasgow – with last year’s winner Oxford not even appearing in the list.

For a third year, researchers polled 2,597 homeowners to determine where the most house-proud Brits live.

Each city was awarded points based on their efforts to improve and upkeep their homes during the past year - considering things such as money spent on improvements, and time spent cleaning.

Despite the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, homeowners from Glasgow spent more on their abodes than any other city in the past year - £5,940.

In comparison, the national average spend on homes was £3,375 – £669 more than in 2021.

The Scottish city also spent the most time tidying their properties – five hours and 43 minutes each week – and used the most tradespeople with a total of seven.

While Newcastle took the lead for having the lowest number of unfinished DIY jobs in their home compared to the previous year.

The research was commissioned by Checkatrade as part of its annual Home Pride Index report which found 55 per cent of homeowners claim they are ‘house-proud’, compared to 49 per cent 12 months ago.

London moved from being the second most house-proud city in 2021 to sixth position in 2022, while Brighton and Hove, which was previously in joint seventh place with Southampton, fell to fifteenth.