What £1million Buys Around The World: A Ski Chalet In Verbier, A Villa In Barbados Or A Semi-Detached House In London - So Where Would YOU Prefer To Live?

Whether it's a three-bedroom chalet in Verbier, Switzerland, a villa in Barbados or a semi-detached house in London, property buyers get more bang for their buck outside the UK. 

In London, where property prices have soared in, this semi in Barnes (centre) is considered a good buy for £1million. 

Elsewhere in the world a similar sum can buy (clockwise from top right) a seven-bedroom chateau in Dordogne, France, a ski chalet in Verbier, Switzerland, a paradise villa in Barbados or an interior-designed mansion in Cape Town, South Africa.