A flat in London’s Kentish Town – one of the trendiest neighbourhoods in the city – went on the market for nearly half a million pounds.
However, photos of the property immediately raised eyebrows among buyers after it featured a bathtub in its hallway.
Even the boss of the estate agents tasked with selling the flat has admitted his shock at the bizarre architectural quirk.
The flat currently has an asking price of £475,000, The Times reports.
The property, listed on Rightmove by Burghleys Estate Agents, is being advertised as a “unique” one-bedroom garden flat with a shower room and an “extra” bath.
The peculiar bathtub was installed on a white tiled area in the middle of the flat’s hallway, just feet away from the front door.
Many prospective buyers were left stunned by the bathtub’s position, saying it summed up the current struggle of finding a place to live in London.
However, far from putting off buyers, the flat has generated a lot of buzz and interest due to its layout.
The rest of the flat appears normal, with an ordinary bedroom, shower room, kitchen, dining room, and outside decking area.
Ashley Gendler, the director of Burghleys Estate Agents, confirmed that the flat was generating plenty of interest from buyers.
He said: “There have been remarks about the bath as it’s not something you would usually see.
“It was an architecturally designed conversion — not by the current owner but by the previous owner, who we know nothing about — so we don’t know the reasons why he did this.”
The estate agent admitted he was “taken aback” – and that there had been a few raised eyebrowns and double takes as a result of the property listing.
Mr Gendler said that when property was first examined, that part of the hall was filled with storage items.
He explained: “We didn’t even know there was a bath there. It had to be pointed out to us so it was even more of a shock to us.
“The property is getting a great deal of interest at the moment.
“I think people who have the common sense to either leave it or take the bath out and replace it with storage cupboards.”
He added that “people are not being resistant to viewing it because there is a bath in the hallway.”
This comes as prices remain sky-high in the capital, even though house prices are falling at their fastest rate since 2009 and the financial crisis.
The average home now costs £279,000, with £5,000 knocked off its value since July, returning to a level seen at the start of last year.
London homes saw the most dramatic fall in price of any region, tumbling 4.1 percent to £529,000.
Despite this, the capital remains the most expensive place in the UK to purchase a home.
