Beach hut in Southwold goes on sale for 60,000

Add to My Stories Share It measures just 7sq ft, has no mains water, gas or electricity and looks like it could do with a lick of paint. But this scruffy-looking beach hut has just gone on the market for an eye-watering 60,000.
Number 98B is believed to have sat on the seafront at Southwold, Suffolk for more than 100 years and is thought to be the only original beach hut left in the upmarket town.
But anyone who hopes to save money in the long run on bed and breakfast accommodation will be disappointed - council rules state that nobody can stay the night in it.

How much? The hut that measures just seven feet squared but has been put on the market at 60,000 although prospective owners will not be allowed to stay the night there

A spokesman for estate agents Durrants, which is selling the hut, said: We have got a fair bit of interest in it. The current owner believes it is theonly original beach hut left in Southwold. It is certainly the smallestthat I am aware of.

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Nearby huts in the popular area have sold for more than 100,000, with celebrity fans including Chris Evans, Michael Palin, Stephen Fry, Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis.Then prime minister Gordon Brown holidayed in Southwold with his family in the summer of 2008, and comedians David Walliams and Matt Lucas featured the town in their hit TV show Little Britain.

Colourful competition: The hut on sale for 60,000 is surrounded by bigger and brighter structures that dominate the sea front

Picture perfect: The 60,000 beach hut boasts views on the Southwold PierThere is only one road leading into and out of the north Suffolk destination, which has the North Sea to the east, the River Blyth and Southwold Harbour to the south-west and Buss Creek to the north. The blue and white hut is dwarfed bymuch bigger, brightly-coloured neighbours with verandas, which sit beside it at the bottom of the towns East Cliff.However, it does still have its original iron wheels, and boasts distant views of the towns pier.Furthermore, that 60,000 price tag includes its contents: folding chairs and a small table.Users of the 300 huts in the town have to share water from a communal tap and brew cups of tea on small gas hobs.

Celebrity connections: The sea front at Southwold features as a backdrop in Little Britain during the Edwardian lady sketches