The narrowest house in London - 1.7 meters wide - has been sold for more than a million euros (about one million and 204 thousand dollars), and is located between a hairdressing salon and a doctor's clinic.
This intriguing, five-story building in Shepherds Bush was originally a Victorian hat shop, with warehouses for storing merchandise, and residences on the upper floors.
In a nod to its past, the house has kept a small window decorated with a pillbox-shaped lamp.
The value of this wondrous property - which has a blue façade and is barely noticeable - is estimated at 950,000 pounds (1.1 million euros).
For David Myers, director of sales at the agency responsible for selling this building, this price is explained by the fact that the house, which was built at the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century, constitutes "a unique part of" London's history. " It is part of the magic of London. "
'Bohemian'
Room dimensions vary greatly from corner to corner.
And if the kitchen downstairs is narrower, it leads to a dining area twice the size of the kitchen.
There is a 2.5 meter wide garden behind the glass windows.
And there is the ground floor where the old store was, which has been turned into an entrance.
The first floor is of the same size, in addition to a bedroom and an office.
A balcony offering stunning views of the rooftops and chimneys of West London.
On the second floor, there is a bathroom and shower room, and on the third floor the master bedroom which is accessed via a hole in the floor to utilize the space.
For David Myers, this home fits "a young couple or one person".
Thanks to its "unique" features in terms of its history of construction and the eclectic innovations of the interior, the home can - according to Myers - attract "art-conscious" or "Bohemian" buyers.
Room dimensions vary widely from corner to corner (French)
"There is no other house in London that is 1.7 meters wide. There are other 5-storey houses, but no house has this unique area," Myers said, adding that "all the previous owners left their own stamp on it."
The home price is prohibitive for most British residents, with the average home price of £ 256,000, but it is typical of the London real estate market.
"It's more expensive because it provides everything you need; from a point like Shepherds Bush, you can be in the heart of (London) in 10 to 15 minutes," Myers said.
Unique and distinctive
If he finds a buyer at the proposed price, the house's value has doubled since 2006, when it was sold for 488,500 pounds (557,000 euros), but Meyers believes it is worth more than that due to its out of the ordinary design.
"In many parts of London, people use the price per square meter as a criterion for determining the value of real estate," he said, "but it does not always work that way.
According to the real estate agent, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused many people - especially families - to leave London in order to buy larger properties, which may hinder the sale of this particular property.
And he indicated that "in a situation like the outbreak of Corona (...) there are not many buyers, so that there are fewer buyers for unique and distinctive properties like this."
But he stamped it "neat and beautiful, which is why this house will be sold."