Flat iron-shaped home in Cornwall is pressing for a buyer
A tiny house once named after a flat iron because of its shape is for sale in a Cornish harbour. The Doll's House, on Claremont Terrace in Porthleven, is just 3ft (0.91m) wide in places.The ground floor of the property, with a guide price of for £235,000, covers 180 sq ft (16.7 sq m) and the first floor is slightly smaller at 159 sq ft (14.8 sq m), meaning the total floor area is 339 sq ft (31.5 sq m)."You really wouldn't be able to host a family of four here," said estate agent Tom Reed of the Mather Partnership.
Some residents remember the house being called Box and Heater due to its vintage clothing iron-shaped interior and because it is wedged between two existing houses.Claremont Terrace was once known as Lifeboat Terrace because the village's first lifeboat house was built there in 1863.Thomas James Agar Robartes MP is recorded to have given £150 to the cost of a six-oared lifeboat, and railway companies transported the vessel free of charge from London to Truro.At the request of the villagers, the lifeboat was called the Agar Robartes after the donor.
In November 2024, the average house price in Cornwall was £303,000, according to the Office for National Statistics.Mr Reed said the house's £235,000 guide price was "a sensible price" as it had a "fantastic location" and sea view.
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- Daily Mirror
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Scottish Sun
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- Scottish Sun
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- Edinburgh Live
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