Derry Girls property prices up £105k

The new season of Derry Girls is now firmly underway bringing a slice of mid-90s nostalgia with a Northern Irish twist to our TV screens.

For no other reason other than the fact they’re big fans of the show, estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, has taken a look at some of the properties to feature in Derry Girls, what they would have cost back in 1994 and how much they’ve increased in price based on current market values.

Back in 1994, the average home in Derry would have set you back just shy of £33,000. Today, this cost has climbed by a hefty 336% with the average house price now sitting marginally below £144,000.

While this rate of growth is slightly off the pace set by the wider UK (398%), the Derry property market has outperformed the wider rate of growth seen across Northern Ireland during the same time period (314%).

But what about the homes that feature in the show itself?

Shot largely around Limewood Street in the BT48 area of Derry, GetAgent values the homes of the Derry Girls’ (and boy) at £155,185 in current market conditions.

Back in 1994 when the show was first set, the same property would have cost their parents just shy of £50,000, meaning if they’ve held onto them, they would have seen a tidy profit of over £105,000.

What they might not be so happy to hear is that their arch nemesis has enjoyed an even greater rate of house price appreciation in the last 28 years.

Perfect pupil and one of the key antagonists on the show, Jenny Joyce, lives in a far more palatial detached property in the show, a property that would have set her parents back over £106,000 back in 1994. Today, GetAgent estimates her home to have increased by £225,261 in value, commanding £331,639 in the current market.

Perhaps one of the most important properties to feature outside of their own homes is the all important chippy. The focal point of an entire episode that sees the girls forced to clean the chip shop before sneaking off upstairs to raid the alcohol cabinet of fearsome owner Fionnula.

GetAgent estimates that said flat above the iconic chippy would have cost £37,386 back in 1994, while today it would set you back £116,554 – an increase of £79,168.