Chippenham

Properties to Rent and Buy

Chippenham Estate Agents have a variety of properties available to rent and are to be found centrally located. Some are in the old town but properties are also available in the surrounding villages such as Lacock, Yatton Keynell, East Tytherton, and Marshfield.

Rental rates vary from over £1,000 pcm for a 5 bedroomed property but equally a property with 4 bedrooms can command such a rent depending, of course, on its location and style which can be modern, newly built, or traditional both in character and design. Properties with 3 bedrooms, centrally located in Chippenham, are being offered for rent at around £600 pcm.

Apartments, some newly constructed, are available within walking distance of the town centre for rents in the region of £500 pcm for 2 bedrooms and parking. One bedroomed apartments are offered for rent in the region of £400 pcm.

There are a number of letting agents offering properties either furnished or unfurnished and Landlords will possibly be asking themselves if this is the area for the buy-to-let investor given Chippenham’s proximity to Bath, Bristol, Swindon and the Cotswolds?

For the prospective purchaser the Estate Agents in Chippenham have new build properties as well as many traditional, Georgian and Grade II Listed houses on their books for around £380,000. However, a 4/5 bedroomed property is available for the asking price of around £550,000.The first time buyer will be looking at paying between £85,000- £120,000 for a ground floor masionette, terrace or semi-detached property.

According to the Halifax price index Chippenham’s property prices increased by a massive 22% from 2005 to 2006. In 2005 the average house price in Chippenham was £177,858 rising to £217,065 in 2006 (Figures are for the 12 months to June). Chippenham in Wiltshire has been the best performing in the South West, buyers have been attracted to its riverside location and good transport links to Oxford , Bristol and London .

Town	Property Price £ 2005	Property Price £ 2006	Property Price Change

Bath	252,870	265,842	5%
Bournemouth	192,932	191,072	-1%
Bridgwater	170,157	176,439	4%
Bristol	185,620	188,290	1%
Cheltenham	216,623	227,091	5%
Chippenham	177,858	217,065	22%
Clevedon	176,710	180,864	2%
Dorchester	222,133	234,965	6%
Exeter	197,799	191,329	-3%
Gloucester	155,623	157,719	1%
Melksham	165,776	176,622	7%
Newton Abbot	190,048	191,186	1%
Paignton	177,046	180,343	2%
Plymouth	151,132	152,637	1%
Poole	210,337	208,929	-1%
Radstock	172,705	173,102	0%
Salisbury	231,759	222,222	-4%
St Austell	180,836	175,681	-3%
Swindon	162,085	160,618	-1%
Taunton	199,165	204,378	3%
Tiverton	189,129	186,239	-2%
Torquay	154,309	166,405	8%
Trowbridge	168,204	164,173	-2%
Truro	221,802	233,228	5%
Warminster	181,967	184,908	2%
Westbury	165,279	176,966	7%
Weston Supermare	162,944	162,374	0%
Weymouth	185,018	200,978	9%