A one-bedroom property is on the market for £225,000 – but it looks more like a shed at the bottom of a garden.
The pokey 506 sq ft pad has a cosy lounge and kitchen combined in one room, complete with an oven, hob, sink, washing machine and refrigerator.
The bedroom has a bathroom leading off it, and there is another bed up a very steep spiral staircase, although the space is so small you cannot stand up.
Despite the layout, the tiny home still resembles a shed.
It is located in the picturesque town of Wirksworth, north of Derby. One home hunter joked: ‘The UK housing market is crazy. Over £220,000 for this.
‘Which is essentially a shed.’
The property is being sold by Bricks and Mortar estate agents and advertised on Rightmove.
The listing describes it as a ‘stylish detached home with bedroom and additional mezzanine, two off-road parking spaces to the front and a gated garden that can provide two further parking spaces, in the historic part of town beside Providence Mill, close to countryside walks.
A one-bedroom property is on the market for £225,000 – but it looks more like a shed at the bottom of a garden
The pokey 506 sq ft pad has a cosy lounge and kitchen combined in one room, complete with an oven, hob, sink, washing machine and refrigerator
It is located in the picturesque town of Wirksworth, north of Derby. One home hunter joked: ‘The UK housing market is crazy. Over £220,000 for this. ‘Which is essentially a shed’
Brand new wood burner, modern living in a stone-built home, easy-maintenance courtyard garden with summer house.
Perfect holiday let or ‘lock up and leave’ second home, full-height bedroom windows with external wooden carriage doors.’
The price is a stark contrast to Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, regarded as the most affordable place to live in Britain, where properties sell for as little as £33,000 – almost seven times less than the Wirksworth home.
The average house price in the UK currently stands at £298,000.
It comes after a tiny beach hut the size of a garden shed went on the market for a whopping £110,000 last year.
The wooden cabin is 6ft wide by 13ft long and would not look out of place in a suburban back garden.
But where a similar-sized shed might cost £800, the hut can command a six figure sum due to its desirable location at Avon Beach in Christchurch, Dorset.
Owner Paul Heydon bought it in 2021 after spotting it was for sale while on a beach walk.
But after three years enjoying the beachside shack, he has decided to sell up as he has bought a bigger hut at a different beach.
The bedroom has a bathroom leading off it, and there is another bed up a very steep spiral staircase, although the space is so small you cannot stand up
The property is being sold by Bricks and Mortar estate agents and advertised on Rightmove
The listing describes it as a ‘stylish detached home with bedroom and additional mezzanine, two off-road parking spaces to the front
The hut, which cannot be slept in, has secondary glass doors, meaning it can be used in the winter.
Inside there is a kitchenette with a fridge and hob powered by a gas bottle and sink and storage space for food, drink, crockery and beach-related items.
It is just yards from the beach and has panoramic views of the Isle of Wight.
Avon Beach has 130 huts along the quiet sandy beach, which is popular with dog walkers, tourists and water sports enthusiasts.
Owners have to pay ground rent of about £1,100 a year.
In the past hardy staycationers have queued for up to 30 hours in the cold and rain in January to rent a hut at Avon Beach for the summer season.
People take sleeping bags and other home comforts to brave the elements to guarantee a booking.
The price is a stark contrast to Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, regarded as the most affordable place to live in Britain, where properties sell for as little as £33,000 – almost seven times less than the Wirksworth home
Brand new wood burner, modern living in a stone-built home, easy-maintenance courtyard garden with summer house
Mr Heydon, 57, a semi-retired tech investor, said: ‘We had just bought a property in the New Forest and we were walking along Avon Beach one day and saw it was up for sale and decided to buy it.
‘We have used it quite regularly, probably once every two weeks, but we have bought a bigger hut now at Barton-on-Sea so we haven’t been using it as much.
‘Avon is a really nice beach and generally quiet – you get lots of people walking there but there’s not lots of parties or anything like that. You have the Noisy Lobster restaurant and shop close by and there’s plenty of walks in either direction.
‘There’s about 100 huts at Avon Beach and they don’t come up for sale all that often.
‘We have just enjoyed it ourselves and used it to make going to the beach easier without having to carry stuff every time but people could view it as a property, a long term investment and you can rent them out and make an income.’
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