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BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for £170,000

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'Table-sized flat' for £170,000

A flat roughly the size of a snooker table has gone on sale for £170,000 in London's upmarket Chelsea.

The former janitor's storeroom measures 11ft by 7ft and has a cupboard place for a shower and kitchenette area.

Potential buyers can expect to fork out an extra £30,000 to make the room habitable as there is no lighting and it is full of rubble.

Even the estate agent selling the property admitted the flat was "incredibly depressing".

"We have to go in with a torch because the lights do not work and it is full of rubble," Jason North, associate director at Lane Fox.

Nevertheless, the flat is expected to attract buyers due to its close proximity to the fashionable bars, shops and leisure facilities of Kensington and Chelsea.

In fact, the £170,000 price tag may make it one of the few affordable properties in what is London's and the UK's costliest borough.

According to research from property website Rightmove, released on Monday, the average asking price for a house in Kensington & Chelsea in January was £1,145,791.

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Look what £170,000 can buy you
 
Not even a "bed-sit" (in the English vocabulary) - barely a bed-stand".

I've been in VIA roomettes that look bigger than that.
 
It isn't even in good condition. You would think someone living in a place that size could afford the time to clean it once in a while.
 
Looks like a nice little fix-me-up. One could sit, shit, and sleep on the pot. 7x11" is plenty for a bigscreen tv as well.
 
Chelsea didn't seem particularly swanky when I was there...based on what I saw, it's hard to believe the area is so expensive.
 
Lord Foster lives nearby, in his delightful townhouse on the King's Road. Perhaps he'll do the reno - they could tape it for "How Not To Decorate" or somesuch.
 
Re: BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for �170,000

Doesn't look as tiny in that last pic. It's good to know that it's possible to afford something in Chelsea. Perhaps one day...
 
Re: BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for �170,000

It'd make a nice little knocking shop.
 
Re: BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for �170,000

The mirror tile really opens it up.

swank 42
 
Re: BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for �170,000

How many square feet in total is this puppy?
 
Re: BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for �170,000

77sqft. 7x11.

I'd live in it... just not for 170,000 quid.
 
Re: BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for �170,000

Thats about the size of most condo bedrooms these days. Actually, its longer than most.
 
Re: BBC News: 'Table-sized flat' for �170,000

77sqft. 7x11.

I'd live in it... just not for 170,000 quid.

Indeed - it'd be ideal as a pied-de-terre for extended stays in London, but certainly not as a principal residence. I figure that is what the eventual purchaser of this cozy fixer-upper will use it for.
 

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