Here’s London’s Narrowest Home At Only 5 ft 5 in Across And It’s Currently On The Market For Nearly $1.3M
If you’ve ever had a wild dream of living in a really narrow house, preferably located in London, now is your time. Apparently, someone is currently selling the thinnest house in London, which is only 5 ft 5 in wide. And it could easily be yours if you’ve got $1.3M to spare.
Turns out, this adorable little house is located in Shepherd’s Bush and it used to be a hat shop arranged over five floors. Moreover, over the last decade, the house has almost doubled its price.
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Back in 2009, the 5 ft 5 in house was sold for over $700K to a lawyer who’s now selling it to move abroad
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The former hat shop is arranged over five floors and still has a shop front with a hat-shaped lamp in the window. Moreover, the facade of the house is painted in a dark shade of blue.
Over the last ten years, the house has almost doubled its price
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Even though this house is extremely narrow, it has a pretty surprising amount of space. 1034 square feet, to be exact. The house is arranged over 5 floors and it includes two bedrooms, a terrace, a bathroom, and a kitchen.
Currently, the house is on the market for nearly $1.3M
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On the long ground floor, there’s a spacious reception floor with a kitchen that leads you to the dining area, which then takes you to the garden. And even though the kitchen is only 5 ft 5 in wide, its length is over 24 ft!
The house is distributed over 5 floors
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A spiral staircase then takes you to the first floor that includes a bedroom and a study. At the end of this floor is a roof terrace, offering views of west London.
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The longest room is 24 ft in length and only 5 ft 5 in wide
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On the second floor, there’s a bathroom and a shower room and it leads to the master bedroom, which comes with a built-in-bed.
“If you like traditional properties that ‘tick all the boxes,’ then the chances are this is not for you”
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“Unique is an oft overused word, especially by estate agents. Perhaps this overuse is why it feels so completely inadequate when it comes to describing this genuinely individual property which, despite its surface oddness, is actually very easy to live with,” reads the description of the house on Winkworth.
In the 1990s, the narrowest house in London was owned by fashion photographer Juergen Teller
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“Six-foot-wide and arranged over five floors, this astonishing house offers flexible accommodation. Some worry that they would feel compressed in a six-foot-wide house, but counter-intuitively, this is a space that works—in much the way a luxury yacht does,” the description continues.
In 2006, the house was bought by Simon Woods, the Pride and Prejudice actor married to Christopher Bailey
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“There are almost too many features to mention, but here are a few as a taster—Aga-powered, Nest-controlled central heating system, beautiful period parquet flooring, original deco bathtub, roof terrace, and double full-height glass doors leading from the glazed dining area out onto the recently and brilliantly planted private patio garden,” reads the description of the property.
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Finally, here’s a floor plan to help you visualize this house better
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A lot of people were quite fascinated by this slim house
On the other hand, some thought this house is absolutely ridiculous
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Less han 100 m² on five floors? You will essentially spent most of the day on the stairs....
Good exercise. Keeps your legs and buns nice and toned.
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You can spend half that and get two bathrooms. It's ridiculous to have to go up THREE FLOORS from the kitchen to get to the ONE bathroom. Not for anyone with lactose intolerance.
I thought it was customary for those with lactose intolerance to refrain from consuming lactose.
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Old houses in Amsterdam are narrow because they used to calculate property tax based on the width of the house. Maybe that was also the case here?
Considering the uniformity of the buildings on either side, this was probably surveyed to be an alley, or it's the remainder after a plot was subdivided into individual lots. I see ridiculously tiny, landlocked, or otherwise weird plots of land come up for sale near me from time to time.
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The problem with the housing market in UK in general, and in London in particular, is that there are no restrictions on whether someone is a resident or not on house purchases. This leads to a very lucrative business where people from abroad buy property in London and drive the prices up by offering above market price. Look up empty luxury property in London, you'll have a surprise. Also, prices are driven up by cash buyers, like landlords, who have the money and can offer £50k above the asking price without a problem, driving the prices up. People are starting to flee London as property prices and rent here is becoming ridiculously unafordable.
If you had good knees, you could live here--oh, and you're also a millionaire.
Climbing 3 flights of stairs to go to the restroom from the kitchen - I'd have buns of steel! Charming minimalist space.
I think I would go crazy in there tbh. I'd be there in quarantine for a month and if you came to visit you'd find me just ricocheting off the walls and around the room like a bouncy ball
I like this because it is kind of weird but rather cool, I wouldn't like it much if you got the runs or take diuretics. Large laundry bills would ensue!
Looking at the pix, it was immediately clear that only a tiny part was actually 65" wide - the floorplans confirmed it - though they're not particularly accurate
Why is there an open hatch in the bedroom floor? I would die the first night.
Because a permanent railing right at the foot of the bed would suck. Not that an open hatch doesn't suck either, it's just different.
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Gah why not use the metric system?... no idea how wide 5 ft5 is...Wouldn't mind a google translater for the measurements :P
Less han 100 m² on five floors? You will essentially spent most of the day on the stairs....
Good exercise. Keeps your legs and buns nice and toned.
Load More Replies... You can spend half that and get two bathrooms. It's ridiculous to have to go up THREE FLOORS from the kitchen to get to the ONE bathroom. Not for anyone with lactose intolerance.
I thought it was customary for those with lactose intolerance to refrain from consuming lactose.
Load More Replies... Old houses in Amsterdam are narrow because they used to calculate property tax based on the width of the house. Maybe that was also the case here?
Considering the uniformity of the buildings on either side, this was probably surveyed to be an alley, or it's the remainder after a plot was subdivided into individual lots. I see ridiculously tiny, landlocked, or otherwise weird plots of land come up for sale near me from time to time.
Load More Replies... The problem with the housing market in UK in general, and in London in particular, is that there are no restrictions on whether someone is a resident or not on house purchases. This leads to a very lucrative business where people from abroad buy property in London and drive the prices up by offering above market price. Look up empty luxury property in London, you'll have a surprise. Also, prices are driven up by cash buyers, like landlords, who have the money and can offer £50k above the asking price without a problem, driving the prices up. People are starting to flee London as property prices and rent here is becoming ridiculously unafordable.
If you had good knees, you could live here--oh, and you're also a millionaire.
Climbing 3 flights of stairs to go to the restroom from the kitchen - I'd have buns of steel! Charming minimalist space.
I think I would go crazy in there tbh. I'd be there in quarantine for a month and if you came to visit you'd find me just ricocheting off the walls and around the room like a bouncy ball
I like this because it is kind of weird but rather cool, I wouldn't like it much if you got the runs or take diuretics. Large laundry bills would ensue!
Looking at the pix, it was immediately clear that only a tiny part was actually 65" wide - the floorplans confirmed it - though they're not particularly accurate
Why is there an open hatch in the bedroom floor? I would die the first night.
Because a permanent railing right at the foot of the bed would suck. Not that an open hatch doesn't suck either, it's just different.
Load More Replies... Gah why not use the metric system?... no idea how wide 5 ft5 is...Wouldn't mind a google translater for the measurements :P
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