If you are hoping for a tale of drinking and debauchery in a traditional olde worlde pub, then I am going to disappoint you. Wrong type of spit and sawdust establishment. Instead, let me introduce you to a world that is altogether crazier that anything the depraved mind of the village alcoholic could ever dream up. The spit is Mudeford. The sawdust represents the wooden huts that have been stacked up along the sandy stretch of beach. The madness is the price that some people are prepared to fork out for one of these ramshackle buildings, which are only ever one big storm away from turning in a new British Atlantis.
When working out what sort of value for money these huts represent, I had a look at what you’d need to pay out for a property in the most expensive cities on plant earth. Just to give these huts a little perspective. At about £16,000 per square metre for a piece of Mudeford real estate, only Monaco appears to be more expensive. Given that they have no running water, nor any electricity (unless the owner has fitted some solar panels) they are even worse value when you consider that you wouldn’t use them all year round.
The Mexile 
I’ll take two!
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You’ll need a big deposit. They also seem to be popular with the local canines. They’ve already left a few big deposits of their own.
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Location would be my bet. And I’ll double down on demand.
It speaks volumes of England’s property market.
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The property market in England is all a bit Donald Trump. Completely bat shit crazy.
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When I read no toilets I was thinking of the sound of distant bums. Surely though some sort of sanitary dwelling could be cobbled together before the council kicks up a stink! Seriously though if one is paying four grand a year ground rent a suitable compostible potty should be considered?
I can hear them poopooing the hole idea!
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There are communal toilets along the spit. Which was a relief….!
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They look like refurbished (and not very) Victorian bathing machines. But, of course, that was my era.
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And I had you down as Geogian. My bad!
🙂
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