Britain's most expensive beach hut can be yours for £350,000
Britain’s most expensive beach hut can be yours for £350,000: Staycationers can enjoy sleeping room for six, electricity and gas-powered cooking (but no toilet) in hideaway that is nearly £100,000 more than average home
- Wooden hut at Mudeford Spit, in Dorset, sleeps six people, with four mattresses being on the mezzanine level
- Built in April last year it comes with solar panels, electricity, a kitchenette, under-hut storage and living area
- Beach hut prices are thought to be soaring because of the increased demand for UK holidays or ‘staycations’
Britain’s most expensive beach hut could be yours for £350,000.
Costing almost £100,000 more than the average home, the wooden shack at Mudeford Spit, Dorset, sleeps six people with four mattresses on the mezzanine level and a further two spaces to sleep on the ground floor.
But it can only be slept in for eight months of the year.
If the hut reaches its target price it could be the most expensive beach hut in the UK.
The wooden shack (pictured centre) at Mudeford Spit, Dorset, sleeps six people with four mattresses on the mezzanine level and a further two spaces to sleep on the ground floor
The lounge-cum-dining area is to the front of the property which has views to the Isle of Wight and the Needles
Huts along Mudeford Spit have always been notably expensive with the previous highest recorded sale price at £330,000 (Pictured: Mattresses on the mezzanine level)
There are no bathrooms in the huts – the nearest toilet is the public WC
The kitchen is powered by bottled gas and includes an electric fridge
Built in April last year it comes with solar panels, electricity, a kitchenette, under-hut storage and living area.
The hut has direct access to both the sea and harbour, plus it is a short walk from the popular Beach House cafe.
Beach hut prices are thought to be soaring because of the increased demand for UK holidays.
Huts along Mudeford Spit have always been notably expensive with the previous highest recorded sale price at £330,000.
With government data from 2021 setting the average house price in the UK at £256,405 the hut is priced at nearly £100,000 higher.
Agents Denisons has shared pictures of inside the hut which show the interior tastefully decorated in cream and natural wood stain.
The kitchen is powered by bottled gas and includes an electric fridge.
The lounge-cum-dining area is to the front of the property which has views to the Isle of Wight and the Needles.
There are no bathrooms in the huts – the nearest toilet is the public WC.
Built in April last year it comes with solar panels, electricity, a kitchenette, under-hut storage and living area
With government data from 2021 setting the average house price in the UK at £256,405 the hut is priced at nearly £100,000 higher
The hut has direct access to both the sea and harbour, plus it is a short walk from the popular Beach House cafe
Beach hut prices are thought to be soaring because of the increased demand for UK holidays or so-called staycations
The private hut owners have access to shared shower facilities.
The agents highlight how the unit benefits from quality insulation, is built using fully fire-clad boarding and the plasterboard is fire retardant.
There are rules that potential owners should be aware of.
Huts on the spit can only be slept in between March 1 and October 31 and there are service charge fees which can be into the thousands annually.
Aside from car passes which can be applied for to the council under special circumstances the huts are only accessible by foot, land train or water.
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