One of London’s skinniest houses at 7ft wide on sale for £1,250,000

With space (and rent) at a premium in many big cities nowadays, tiny homes have become something of a fashion trend, and London is no exception.

Now, a property billed as ‘London’s second narrowest home’ has hit the market for £1,250,000 – and it measures just seven feet wide.

Spread over three floors and billed as ‘Tardis-like’, the two-bedroom home, located in the swanky district of Notting Hill Gate, dates back to around 1930.

However, for a ‘compact home,’ it’s fair to say a lot is packed into it.

The property boasts an open-plan kitchen and dining area, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a drawing room, and even a roof terrace.

As you might expect, the house also has more than a few quirky features, including a zinc canopied entrance, a custom-made dragon’s head downpipe, a vintage-looking pull-out lamp, a stained glass front door, and a decorative fireplace, to name but a few.

How big is London’s second-narrowest home?

For fans of strange analogies, at seven feet wide, the property is about half the length of a VW Beetle (13.38 feet).

If you’re looking for something more London-specific, that’s about a quarter of the size of one of the capital’s buses (27.5ft).

The gross internal area is listed as 49 square metres, (according to Rightmove), meaning it’s about one-fifth the size of a tennis court (261 square metres).

However, the good news is that it’s around three-and-a-half times larger than the average American parking space (15 square metres).

The history of London’s second-narrowest home

The home was initially built on a ‘ransom strip’ of land, which connected the road to a long-demolished building behind the property.

For those fortunate enough not to have come across this situation, a ransom strip is a piece of land needed to access an adjacent property from a public highway.

However, payment is usually demanded for said access – hence, ‘ransom.’

While it was built in the 1930s, the home was subsequently refurbished during the 1950s and has been in its current owner’s possession for around 10 years.

How much is London’s second-narrowest home?

Let’s face it: paying a lot for little space is nothing new in London. However, this tiny house might be taking it to a new level.

The price tag for London’s second-narrowest home is a cool £1,250,000, meaning you’ll need to have pretty deep pockets to consider making an offer.

With the gross internal area listed as 49 square meters, you’ll be paying around £25,510.20 per square meter. Yikes.

For the imperial fans among us, that’s 538 square feet at a price of £2,323.42 per square foot.

What do people think about London’s second-narrowest home?

As you might imagine, Reddit users had a few things to say about this unique property.

The property and decor seem to have been warmly received, with @GoodGrapeVimtoFiend saying, ‘I like it! It doesn’t seem half as claustrophobic as similar ones that I’ve seen—it’s been really well done.’

@Entire-Emotion-819 also added, ‘It may be skinny but they made it work really well, it wouldn’t feel cramped to me, I love it, and the ickle baby kitchen sink, that’s cute lol.’

However, more than a few Redditors had a couple of things to say about the price, with @Rev_Biscuit asking, ‘Why am I still amazed at the amount of money people pay for a postcode?’ and @PM-me-your-knees-pls adding a humourous take, saying ‘I’m adding some plasterboard to the walls until it’s officially the narrowest house in town and hopefully gaining half a million in value.’

It’s the dragon’s head downpipe that won it over for us, but unfortunately, we might have to wait for a lottery win to make an offer.

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