The former BT hut beside the B3227 in Somerset measures 10ft by 10ft. Buyers have until 3 November to submit offers.
A 10ft by 10ft building billed as England’s smallest home has gone on sale for an advertised £27,000. The former telecommunications hut stands beside the B3227 Milverton road, near the hamlet of Croford in Somerset. Inside it has an open-plan living area, a kitchenette and a ladder to a mezzanine sleeping space, plus a separate shower room with a toilet, sink and shower cubicle. It has planning permission for holiday accommodation, not unrestricted permanent residential use.
The sale
Stags is selling the freehold through its Wellington office by informal tender. Written offers must reach it by midday on Tuesday 3 November, with proof of funds, and viewings are by appointment only. The £27,000 is an advertised figure and not a guarantee that an offer at that level will be accepted.
A Stags spokesperson described it as a “unique opportunity” to acquire a property with further development potential, subject to the necessary planning consents. They said it offered an “exciting opportunity to create a rural Somerset retreat” or to start a business in the growing holiday-let market.
According to the research notes, the building has appeared at three advertised prices:
- June 2025: a £39,000 guide price with Clive Emson auctioneers, as Lot 27 for a 12 June auction. Its archived status reads “Withdrawn After”.
- March 2026: £35,000, in another auction listing for 19 March.
- October 2026: £27,000 by tender with Stags, about 31% below the 2025 guide.
These are advertised prices, not completed sale prices, and auction guides and tender prices are not directly comparable. The notes could not establish why it returned to the market.
What a buyer would get
Somerset Council granted planning permission in February last year to convert the hut into holiday accommodation, under reference 49/22/0012. The notes say the permission is for one unit of holiday accommodation and there is no sign of permission for ordinary residential occupation. A buyer who wanted to live there permanently would need to find out whether further approval could be obtained. Council planning officer Denise Todd previously said allowing a holiday let would stop the small building falling into disrepair.
The listing says it has mains electricity and standard broadband, and the infrastructure for a mains water connection is in place but not yet connected. A small garden faces the B3227. Mobile coverage varies by network. Earlier property data, based on provider and Ofcom estimates and not speed tests, put standard broadband at around 8 to 9 Mbps with no superfast option, and good outdoor coverage from EE but poor or none from O2 and Vodafone.
The windowless description needs qualifying. Earlier auction photographs show glazed double doors on the front, and Stags describes the interior as light and airy, so it is better described as lacking conventional windows. The floor area is about 107 square feet, and an earlier listing recorded the plot at about 0.03 acres. A March 2026 advertisement said conversion work had started, and no sign-off of the building work has been established. No overall renovation cost has been published.
The hut is less than two miles from Wiveliscombe, which has shops, schools and leisure facilities, and lies between Milverton and Wiveliscombe.
The rural property market
Chartered surveyor Ryan Holmes said: “It is clear demand in most sectors of the rural commercial property market is declining and many commercial property investors are seeking alternative uses for what are now effectively redundant commercial premises.”
He added: “Alternative uses explored in similar circumstances include conversion of properties to leisure use as holiday accommodation or residential use.”
Elsewhere, a two-bedroom terraced house in Kew, south-west London, only 8ft wide, has had its price cut to £600,000 after no buyer was found. Halletts estate agents is selling it on Rightmove.
