They might have to stand shoulder-to-shoulder inside, but this central London home will still cost buyers an arm and a leg.
At $1.02 million, this 8-foot-wide home is on the market in the city’s popular neighborhood of Clerkenwell.
Known as “the Wee House,” this 650-square-foot former bookshop was recently remodeled with sleek features and much-needed breathing room, the Standard reported.
The home is five stories high and just one room deep, spanning only 8 feet at its widest point.
Still, the home includes a full kitchen, a bedroom, a separate dining room, a reception room, a study and a roof terrace. The bedroom fits a small double bed and the dining room currently seats six. On the fifth floor, a large skylight bathes the study in light.
The front of the home was also remodeled, with its name proudly displayed on the concrete exterior.
Prior to the redesign, the home suffered from an inefficient floor plan, with a tiny kitchen and bathroom crammed into the basement level. When the owner hired architect Joe Wright, he knew he didn’t want it to feel like a tiny house — with hidden tables and pull-down beds — but rather, a real home, Wright’s blog reported.
In addition to moving the kitchen to the ground floor and converting the basement into a bedroom, the architect added a triangular infill extension in the back of the home. Little half landings between the stairs made ample but discrete room for the less aesthetic necessities of homeownership — a boiler room with a washing machine, electronics and plumbing.
Some of these additions, however, required significant acrobatics.
“This tiny extension, completely hemmed in between [neighboring] buildings, was the architectural masterstroke despite being so awkward to complete that the builders had to abseil into the space,” Wright’s blog said.
The extension includes two wet rooms, a library and a utility room.
The price tag of more than $1 million not only accounts for the sleek upgrades, but the attractive location. Clerkenwell was named the best place to live in London last year by the Sunday Times, calling the neighborhood where Dickens’ Oliver Twist learned to pick pockets “the pinnacle of London living.”
