A wooden beach hut has sold for £485,000 - making it one of Britain's most expensive ever.<br /><br />The hut at Mudeford Sandbank, just south of Christchurch, on the Dorset coast measures just 20m².<br /><br />But it it thought to have fetched so much because it some how has two storeys and a toilet crammed inside.<br /><br />It was supposedly sold by Denisons Estate Agents less than 24 hours after going on the market.<br /><br />Despite just the one bed and minimal sofa space, according to Denisons it can sleep six to eight people - but only for half the year.<br /><br />BCP Council says the beach huts can only be slept in from 1st March to 31st October every year and owners require a license.<br /><br />Denisons also say this is an 'above average size' hut - a typical one measures just 20.25m², and electricity is supplied by a solar panel.<br /><br />Two other beach huts sold over the past year for £480,000 and £415,000 - both without a toilet, running water or gas.<br /><br />For the same money in nearby Christchurch, you could buy a four-bedroom house.
