Beach hut in Dorset goes on sale for £450,000 – but it doesn't face the sea

Got £450,000 handy?

We’ll give you two options.

Option one: You can buy outright a four-bedroom, newly renovated home in Swinton, Manchester.

Option two: You can buy this 10ft by 16ft hut for the same price.

Some things to note about this hut: It’s just 10ft by 16ft, and doesn’t have any mains electricity or washing facilities.

We know what you’re thinking: surely you’d go for the house, right?

But we reckon the hut might actually fly right off the market – and that’s all thanks to its location on the exclusive Mudeford sandbank in Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, where people can charge hundreds of thousands of pounds for a much-desired beach hut.

This particular pricey pad does come with an additional catch, though: it doesn’t actually face the sea.

If you can get past that fact, the place is quite nice.

The timber hut was built three years ago, and has a snazzy kitchen area with a cooker connected to a Calor gas bottle and a fridge powered by rooftop solar panels.

There’s a mezzanine floor space for sleeping, double-glazed doors and windows, and a decked terrace offering views of the harbour.

As we mentioned, there’s no shower or bath – you’d instead share a communal shower block with other hut owners – but there is a chemical toilet.

Mudeford is known for being home to the most expensive beach huts in the country, including one that last year broke records by selling for over £500k.

Its appeal lies in its remote location on the seaside. Cars aren’t allowed and it’s only accessible by a 20-minute walk, a ride on a special train, or a short ferry crossing.

This hut, number 222, is closer to the Hengistbury Head end of the sandy spit and faces Christchurch Harbour.

It has been owned by a local family for the past four years but they have now put it up for sale as they aren’t getting enough use out of it.

It is being marketed for offers over £425,000, although the estate agents handling the sale believe it will go for at least £450,000.

Andrew Denison, of estate agents Denisons, said while the market for beach huts has settled down from last year, demand remains strong.

He said: ‘We have a healthy list of people wanting to buy a hut at Mudeford and that is why we have priced it at offers over £425,000.

‘If two or three people come in for it then we will discuss and decide with the owners which offer to take but I could see a bit of an auction happening and it selling for £450,000 or £460,000.

‘Last year we experienced a fierce market for beach huts.

‘I think it was a consequence of Covid. There was a lot of pent up demand from where people couldn’t get out and buy during Covid and after things opened up again a lot of people changed their lifestyles and decided they wanted to be by the sea and just went for it.’

If you fancy putting in an offer, you can find out more through the Denisons listing.

Just bear in mind that you’ll also need to front about £4,500 a year to the local council in fees, all for a hut with a ladder up to your bedroom.

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