Tightmove! Grade II-listed house that is just three feet wide at its narrowest point is up for sale for £330,000
- Viewers theorised that the strange property must have once been a shop
A house which at its narrowest point is just over three feet wide has gone on the market for £330,000.
The pad in posh Lewes, East Sussex, has a kitchen that would give Britain’s narrowest home a real run for its money, and is being advertised by Oakley Property.
The current holder of the smallest home in Britain is thought to be Quay House in Conwy, north Wales, which is a tourist attraction and measures just under 6ft, or 72 inches, across.
But although the home in South Street, Lewes, measures 7ft 4ins across at the front, its rear kitchen and loo is a super cramped 3ft 5ins wide extension.
Its total floor area is just 417sq ft despite being on two floors.
The home in South Street, Lewes, measures 7ft 4ins across at the front
The home’s features are rather outdated and is in need ‘of a full modernisation’ according to estate agency Oakley
Its total floor area is just 417sq ft despite being on two floors
Estate agents say the Grade II listed home would make an ideal ‘pied-a-terre’ and is in a ‘particularly sought after location.’
Agents Oakley Property say: ‘The property is in need of full modernisation as it has no kitchen or bathroom so is only suitable for a cash purchaser.
‘There are two bedrooms upstairs, two reception rooms and a newly re-built single storey extension for a galley kitchen and shower room.
‘There are many character features such as original fireplaces and sash windows. This property would make an ideal ‘pied-a-terre.’
The new buyer could also make a tasty profit from renovating it.
Although a much larger four-bed, the property next door sold for £1.2m in September 2020.
The property doesn’t appear to have changed hands for more than 30 years and potential buyers theorised it may once have been a shop.
‘It says on the description, no kitchen or bathroom. I wonder if it was a shop originally?’ one said.
‘It looks like it. That front window is a classic shop window size,’ one added.
One added: ‘Am I going crazy or there is no shower/bathroom?’ to which another replied: ‘Yeah it mentions that there’s neither kitchen or bathroom in the ad so the property is un-mortgageable.
‘The microwave in the lounge makes a lot of sense!’
One joked: ‘You could use the sideways sink as a sort of bidet?’
Another responded: ‘Living the dream.’
‘I think this could be really sweet when finished! It’s basically an AirBnB of the future isn’t it* another added.
Another simply said ‘But the potential!!!!!!’
But others said they wouldn’t be shelling out for it.
One said: ‘For 39m2 in Lewes! Around £8500 per square metre! That’s a London zone 1 price lol.’
One added: ‘Someone’s got their thesaurus out, and really didn’t want to call it a holiday home.’
‘There are many character features such as original fireplaces and sash windows (pictured)
Another said: ‘This is overpriced even for Lewes.’
And one added: ‘Crisp £20 note for the whole lot at best.’
House prices in Lewes have been going up and up.
The average price for a terrace is £439,924 while detached properties sell for an average of £1,018,200 and flats fetch £275,611, according to Rightmove data.
Overall, sold prices in Lewes over the last year were similar to the previous year but still 9% up on 2020.
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