Tiny house the size of a door on sale for £109k – but it’s very different inside

Somerset’s Backabit Cottage is up for auction for less than half the going rate for houses in the area, but interested buyers will need to get clever with the space

A tiny house that is barely wider than its front door is on the market for £109,000.

The property, called ‘Backabit Cottage’, actually has a lot of room for a one-bed property.

The only snag is that the Somerset house is sandwiched between two bigger houses, meaning buyers will need to be clever with how they use the space.

The cottage is laid out across two storeys.

The front door opens onto a large porch room, and the ground floor also has a kitchen and a living room with wood stove.

The first floor contains a bedroom and a bathroom.

The house also has a long passageway leading up to it, which selling agents 247 Property Auctions calls “narrow but useful frontage”.

It is also a lot cheaper than the average price for a property in Highbridge -almost £275,000.

Scott Gray, owner of 247 Property Auctions and star of BBC programme Homes Under The Hammer , said the home had a “wealth of charm and character” and was a “deceptively Tardis-like property”.

The advert for the house added: “The house, which is convenient for the towns varied range of amenities and facilities, is likely to appeal to the lettings, holiday lettings and developer fraternities.”

The cottage is in the small market town of Highbridge, on Clyce Road near the River Brue.

All bids have to be in by April 14 at 5pm.

But Backabit Cottage is not the only home on the market that proves appearances can be deceptive.

Earlier this month The Mirror reported that another slimline property was on sale , for just £100,000, this time in Greater Manchester.

The terraced house is so narrow it is easy to miss from the outside.

In fact, the tiny two-bed property in Rochdale is half the size of the two average-sized terraced homes that it’s wedged between.

However, despite its narrow width at the front, the house does actually extend out slightly toward the back.

When you first walk into the home, you’ll be greeted by the kitchen, which features modern grey cabinet fronts but measures less than two metres in width.

And although the fitted kitchen is the same slender breadth as the front exterior, the lounge area stretches three and a half metres wide.

Upstairs, the bathroom and first bedroom both measure 1.9 metres wide, but following the same pattern as the ground floor, the second bedroom towards the back of the home is wider at 2.7 metres.

The home is definitely a tighter squeeze than most terraced houses, but the £100,000 price tag is low compared to the average house price in Greater Manchester, which is around £249,000.

Estate agents at Cowell & Norford have described the tiny home as “perfect for a first-time buyer or investor”.