Humble beach hut on remote sandbank with no mains electricity or toilet goes on market for £300,000 – but the views are stunning
The timber cabin is located on the Mudeford Spit in Christchurch, Dorset, which is home to some of the most expensive huts in the country
A BEACH hut on a remote sandbank has gone on the market for a staggering £300,000 despite having no mains electricity or toilet.
The timber cabin is located on the Mudeford Spit in Christchurch, Dorset, which is home to some of the most expensive huts in the country.
Previously huts have sold for £280,000 in the area but this one is set to be the first to break the £300,000 mark.
For the same price you could buy a new four-bed house in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, or a five-bed detached property with waterside views in Argyll, Scotland.
The hut measures about 18ft by 11ft and can house six people with a mezzanine floor that has room for two single mattresses and one double and a seating area that converts into a bed for two.
Lighting is provided by solar panels on the roof and the oven runs on gas bottles and a fridge powered by battery.
The kitchen has a sink with a tap but the water comes via a pump. For shower and toilet facilities the new owners will have to share a communal block.
The owners can only stay overnight from March to October.
The isolated Mudeford sandbank can only be accessed by a 20 minute walk, a ride on novelty land train or a short ferry crossing.
It has about 350 beach huts that look out over Christchurch Harbour on one side and Christchurch Bay and The Needles on the sea side.
Many of the huts have been in the same family for decades and when one becomes available it is generally snapped up very quickly.
The prices for them have shot up by as much as £100,000 in the space of just six years which is thought to have been driven by the increase in people holidaying at home.
As well as the steep purchase price, the new owners will also have to pay annual rates to Christchurch Borough Council of about £500 and a licence fee of about £2,500 a year.
Andy Denison, from Denisons estate agents, said: "This is the last hut before the headland so it's got a nice bit of space beside it and it's not cramped.
"We've put this beach hut for offers in the region of £300,000.
"It was a joint decision between ourselves and the client in view of the popularity of the beach huts at Mudeford at the moment.
"There seems to be more of a demand at the moment, one sold for £280,000 recently but that needed a lot doing to it.
"The owner feels there's a market for it and people have mentioned to him it should be going for about that number."
He added:"The family have owned it for about 10 to 12 years but their kids aren't using it anymore and they've decided it's time to move on.
"It has prime views out front, it's almost like having your own private beach right in front of you.
"The popularity of these beach huts doesn't seem to be waning at all.
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"More and more people are looking at stay-at-home holidays - you can get a good chunk of the year down there.
"That's what drives the popularity - the good old English summer holidays. It's a different way of life there and kids love it.
"And with this one you can drop anchor with your boat just outside that hut."
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