Househunters’ fury after ‘jail cell’ flat hits marketplace for £250,000

House hunters have been left appalled by a London ‘jail cell’ flat that has hit the marketplace for an eye-watering £250,000.

The tiny one-room property is simply 10 ft huge and spans 93 sq. ft, with the flat’s single room performing as a bed room, kitchen and residing area.

The cramped flat seems to supply no oven or worktop area, with solely the naked necessities, equivalent to a toilet, fridge, sink and mattress crammed in.

Despite its minute dimension and lack of facilities, the property is commanding 1 / 4 of one million price ticket, equating to just about £30k per sq. metre.

The flat was listed by London property brokers Douglas and Gordon final month, and home hunters have branded the sale ‘felony’, claiming that the property will find yourself being purchased and rented out for an extortionate quantity.

The tiny one-room property is simply 10ft huge and spans 93 sq. ft, with the flat’s single room performing as a bed room, kitchen and residing area. The bed room is raised above the remainder of the property on a mezzanine, with a folding ladder main as much as it masking half of the size of the room when not stowed away

The residing space, in the meantime, consists of 1 small armchair, with a cushion studying, ‘Happiness is do-it-yourself’ tucked subsequent to a wall-mounted TV

The comparatively central property is situated on Old Brompton Road in Earls Court, between Chelsea and Kensington.

Someone posted the add on social media on Sunday with the caption: ‘£250k for a “cell” in SW5…

‘Not f***ing joking, there are jail cells extra spacious than this. 93ft² (9m²). Someone posted Raheem Sterling’s pad earlier and that is the identical dimension because the dressing room connected to the primary lavatory.

‘In different phrases, that is round £27,800 per m², for a cell the place you are unlikely to ever get any peace. It’s additionally above a restaurant. Also, s**t broadband (290Mb/s).

‘I am unable to even see a hob, by no means thoughts a cooker. Just what appears like an air fryer, sink and fridge. Not even any worktop area. Some c**t landlord goes to purchase this and demand £2,500pcm.

‘This must be actually felony. Oh wait, simply seen it is not even freehold. It’s equidistant from each Earl’s Court and West Brompton Tube stations (about 400 yards) and, clearly, it is proper beneath the Heathrow flight path.’

The put up has since acquired over 110 likes and greater than 100 feedback from customers left surprised by the tiny flat’s asking value.

One person commented: ‘There is one thing extremely bleak a couple of cushion that claims, “Happiness is homemade” in a house like this.’

Another mentioned: ‘There must be a legislation in opposition to this sort of factor. Chr***, my youngsters’ bedrooms are over twice the dimensions of that “studio apartment”.’

Someone else posted: ‘That’s insane. I really like how they embrace a flooring plan simply to take the p*** even additional. I’ll by no means perceive why anybody would wish to pay a lot to stay there. Khan’s London seems like hell.’

Another person added: ‘Blimey, it is only a room. The flooring plan picture reveals a room the dimensions of my small lounge. And for 1 / 4 of a mill? Sheesh..’

The kitchen space of the property consists solely of a sink, a tiny fridge, an air fryer balanced on the lip of a shelf and a hob that includes simply two scorching plates

The kitchen space of the property consists of only a sink, a tiny fridge, an air fryer balanced on the lip of a shelf and a hob that includes simply two scorching plates.

The bed room is raised above the remainder of the property on a mezzanine, with a folding ladder main as much as it masking half of the size of the room when not stowed away.

The residing space, in the meantime, consists of 1 small armchair, with a cushion studying, ‘Happiness is do-it-yourself’ tucked subsequent to a wall-mounted TV.

The lavatory is an space set inside a cupboard-sized nook, leaving barely sufficient room for a bathe, bathroom and sink.

House hunters shortly identified the assorted flaws of the property, together with its value, location and dimension.

To high all of it off, the flat doesn’t seem like freehold, that means possession after buy will solely final for a set variety of years, primarily making the tiny property a really costly long-term let.

Listing brokers Douglas and Gordon describe the flat on Rightmove as: ‘A contemporary and self-contained studio, with negligible service prices, providing a improbable alternative for a Central London pied-a-Terre or excessive yield rental property.’

The itemizing provides: ‘The bed room space is on a raised mezzanine which maximises the residing area.

‘With a contemporary lavatory and kitchenette space the property is nice for working on the town, or as an funding property to lease.’