You might think the expensive stuff is just a London disease, but the virus is spreading. The Lake District and parts of the Cotswolds now have hamlets where the land price per foot is positively eye-watering. Want a view of a fluffy sheep and a rolling hill? That’ll cost you £1,500 per foot. That sheep better be spinning gold wool for that price.
And don’t get me started on Sandbanks in Poole—a tiny spit of sand that real estate agents call "the UK’s Palm Beach." Here, a beach hut—literally a wooden shed with no running water—can cost upwards of £300,000. The cost per square foot of that wooden box? More per inch than the wood from King Tut’s tomb. You pay for the right to watch millionaires walk their tiny dogs while you shiver in your wellies.
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Let’s get personal. The most expensive square footage in the UK isn’t living rooms or libraries. It’s the bathroom. In a bulge bracket Mayfair townhouse, one square foot of bathroom floor costs the same as a first-class train ticket to Edinburgh. If you drop your phone in that toilet, you haven’t lost a phone—you’ve lost a weekend spa break.
One listing boasted a "powder room with hand-painted silk wallpaper." The price per foot was £12,400. I hope that wallpaper sings opera while you wash your hands, because for that cash, I want a personal bidet butler.
