And you thought real estate was expensive in your town!

[azmouse]

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0122TinyApt22-ON.html


77-square-foot Brit apartment going for $335,000

By Raphael G. Satter
Associated Press
Jan. 22, 2007 01:51 PM

LONDON - Location, location, location. Almost anywhere else, the tiny dilapidated studio wouldn't attract much more than mice. But this is London and the 77-square-foot former storage room - slightly bigger than a prison cell and without electricity - is going for $335,000.

The closet-sized space in the exclusive Knightsbridge neighborhood may be only "about the size of a ship's galley, said real estate agent Andrew Scott, who's handling the sale. "But it's permanently anchored to one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the world."

At more than $4,340 a square foot, the mortgage buys a spot within walking distance of tony stores like Harrods and London's iconic Hyde Park. Originally conceived as a maid's room, the apartment at 18 Cadogan Place hasn't been used for years and is littered with trash bags and crumbling paint.

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WTF?!

[Deep13]

1. "...walking distance of tony stores like Harrods ..."

Not that you would have any reason to go there after spending your last tupence on rent.

[Crabby Appleton]

3. and if you bought something - where would you put it?

[Suich]

2. Good grief!

8'x10'??? You gotta be kidding...no thanks!

:hi:

[InternalDialogue]

4. "Littered with trash bags"?

Seriously, how many trash bags might that be?

Four?

[azmouse]

5. But ya know, a little paint , a vase of flowers,

it may not be so bad. :rofl:

[LynneSin]

7. If I were to buy it I'd probably rent it out

I mean if you cleaned the place up and put a loft in there for the bed, you might have enough room for a person.

[LeftyMom]

6. How long would it take to clean an 8x10 room?

Hell, you could clean, repaint and put floors down in a day and be done in time for lunch.

[trof]

8. A literal 'pied a terre'.

A 'foot on earth'.

[petronius]

10. Thank you! I've always wondered what that meant, but I've never been

motivated enough to look it up. More evidence that if I work hard enough at being lazy, everythin I want will eventually float by...

[trof]

11. "All things come to him who waits."

yer welcome
;-)

[VOX]

9. The housewarming would be interesting. "Get to know your new neighbour...REALLY know."

Actually, this would make an okay tourist rental, as long as it's quiet and isn't some sort of mildew-fest.

[smirkymonkey]

12. I thought New York was bad....

Although, seriously, Manhattan isn't much better. I have seen only slightly bigger studios go for that much and more.