In May this year, we featured a tiny “room without a loo” that was available for rent in Onslow Gardens, South Kensington for £210 per week ($277, €234 or درهم1,017 per week) and today we share without something equally ludicrous: A windowless storage room within Habib House, 21 – 22 Stanhope Gardens with a guide price of £20,000 ($26,400, €22,300 or درهم96,800).

To be offered by auctioneers Barnard Marcus on 15th December, the second floor storage “area” to be sold is described as “one room… held on a lease for a term of 999 years from 19th July 2019 at nil ground rent.” It measures just 11’4” by 7’8” and is currently filled with cleaning products and all manner of old gubbins.

 

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The worst property particulars ever? Estate agents often use clever photography to promote properties and urge sellers to tidy up and brew hot coffee before viewings. The brochure for a one bedroom flat in Stanhope Gardens in London’s South Kensington, however, is an example where an agent has done anything but.

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Outdoor parking space in South Kensington for sale for the same price as a Welsh farmstead One could argue the property market has gone completely nuts when an uncovered, leasehold parking space in Roland Way, SW7 goes on sale for the same price as a Grade II listed detached farmhouse with a range of stone […]

In February 2016, a “squalid windowless store room on a half-landing” on Cromwell Road that appeared on our pages sold for the staggering sum of £82,500 ($108,800, €91,900 or درهم400,000) at auction. It had been guided at what had seemed a punchy estimate of £30,000 to £50,000 ($40,000 to $66,000, €33,000 to €56,000 or درهم145,000 to درهم242,000), so maybe there is indeed a market for such spaces.

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For someone with deeper pockets, but an equal predilection for old tat, a scruffy, junk filled one bedroom in Habib House’s dark and dingy looking basement is also on offer. The price? A somewhat ambitious guide price of £440,000 ($580,000, €490,000 or درهم2.1 million) has been set.

Pictured top: Habib House, 21-22 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, London, SW7 5QX forms part of an attractive terrace overlooking a garden square.

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Windowless in South Ken – Windowless room for sale for £20,000 – Windowless property in Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, SW7 goes to auction with a guide price of just £20,000; there is, of course, a catch – Second floor mezannine storage room at Habib House, 21 – 22 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, London, SW7 5QX, United Kingdom – To be sold by Barnard Marcus on 15th December 2020 with a guide of £20,000 ($26,400, €22,300 or درهم96,800).
Windowless in South Ken – Barnard Marcus share only one image of the £20,000 room on offer. It does not exactly present the supposed bargain property in the most flattering light.
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Windowless in South Ken – Windowless room for sale for £20,000 – Windowless property in Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, SW7 goes to auction with a guide price of just £20,000; there is, of course, a catch – Second floor mezannine storage room at Habib House, 21 – 22 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, London, SW7 5QX, United Kingdom – To be sold by Barnard Marcus on 15th December 2020 with a guide of £20,000 ($26,400, €22,300 or درهم96,800).
Windowless in South Ken – A floor plan of the minute space shows how small it truly is. As the most honest estate agent ever, the late Roy Brooks, would say: “Not enough room to swing a cat.”
Windowless in South Ken – Windowless room for sale for £20,000 – Windowless property in Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, SW7 goes to auction with a guide price of just £20,000; there is, of course, a catch – Second floor mezannine storage room at Habib House, 21 – 22 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, London, SW7 5QX, United Kingdom – To be sold by Barnard Marcus on 15th December 2020 with a guide of £20,000 ($26,400, €22,300 or درهم96,800).
Windowless in South Ken – A one bedroom flat on the lower ground floor is to be offered for sale by the firm at the same auction.