WHAT could be the Westcountry’s smallest holiday home has been put up for sale near Wiveliscombe.

Estate agent Stags is asking for informal tenders by midday on Tuesday, November 3, for the former BT telephone exchange hut a mile outside the town and close to the hamlet of Croford.

The 107 sq ft (9.91 sq m) building beside the B3227 Milverton road has been priced at about £27,000.

The kitchenette in a former Wiveliscombe BT telephone hut converted to holiday accommodation and now up for sale. PHOTO: Stags.
The kitchenette in a former Wiveliscombe BT telephone hut converted to holiday accommodation and now up for sale. PHOTO: Stags. (Stags)

Planning permission was given by Somerset Council in February of last year for its change of use to a holiday accommodation let.

A Stags spokesperson said the sale was a ‘unique opportunity’ to acquire a property with further development potential, subject to the necessary planning consents.

They said the accommodation comprised a ‘light and airy’ open-plan living space with a kitchenette, and ladder access to a mezzanine sleeping area.

Leading off the main living area was a shower room fitted with a toilet, wash handbasin, and a shower cubicle.

Outside was a small enclosed lawned area bordered by fencing, and infrastructure was in place for a mains water connection, although it had not yet been connected.

The spokesperson said it offered an ‘exciting opportunity to create a rural Somerset retreat’, which could become an attractive business venture in the region’s growing holiday let market.

This former BT hut near Wiveliscombe has been converted to holiday accommodation and put up for sale. PHOTO: Stags.
This former BT hut near Wiveliscombe has been converted to holiday accommodation and put up for sale. PHOTO: Stags. (Stags)

Council planning officer Denise Todd said last year when granting the change of use, introducing a holiday let would prevent the building falling into disrepair due to its small size.

Chartered surveyor Ryan Holmes, of Symons and Sampson, 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.

“Alternative uses explored in similar circumstances include conversion of properties to leisure use as holiday accommodation or residential use.”