Getting on the property ladder is hard - moving up it can be harder still.

Upgrading from a one or two-bedroom flat to a house with three bedrooms and a garden is a move many first-time buyers dream of.

So here are the five three-bedroom houses that currently cost the least in Watford - and the least is at least £300,000, by the way.

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Highlands - £300,000

For sale by tender, Signature Estates says this home is awaiting new owners to lovingly restore and rejuvenate.

It has no upper chain, so could be a quick sale.

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A lovely big living room...

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Here's one of the bedrooms.

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And the garden.

Signature Estates - 01923 588758

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Heysham Drive - offers over £340,000

Prepared to offer more than £340,000? That could net you this end terrace, with a setting that doesn't look half bad in this photo. Estate agent Brown & Merry says viewing is advised.

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A living room with room for plenty of sofa.

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A lovely light kitchen.

 

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A garden for the kids to play in.

Brown & Merry - 01923 908793 

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Gaddesden Crescent - offers over £360,000

Offers over £360,000 are invited for this nice little house. It has gas central heating but agent Claytons says it is need of some modernisation, so the price is "realistic".

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Loads you could do in this garden.

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As this photo shows.

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Cosy living room.

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And the biggest bedroom.

Claytons - 01923 908893.

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Salisbury Road - £360,000

Another end terrace, this one is roughly halfway between Watford Junction and North Watford stations.

It's been extended and has an interesting ground floor, with a lounge/dining room leading to the kitchen.

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And from another angle...

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Upstairs it gets interesting.

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Here's the biggest bedroom.

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And this room seems to lead to the last bedroom...

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Which is this one.

Harry Charles - 01923 634096.

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Croxley View - £370,000

Finally there is this mid-terrace house, with gas central heating, a big lounge and a nice bathroom, on offer through Warren Anthony.

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An expansive living room with room for a dining table.

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Not quite such an expansive kitchen.

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But a very pleasant garden - maybe room to grow veg?

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Nice big windows in this bedroom.

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And this one.

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And this one's an office.

Warren Anthony - 01923 588895.