London's thinnest home at 6ft wide is on market for £800k - but is yet to attract buyer

A two-bedroom flat dubbed ‘London’s thinnest house’ has been on the market at £800k for two months, but it seems likely that potential buyers are being put off by a couple of practicalities.

South Kensington’s famous 5 Thurloe Square, aka The Thin House, became available for £795,000 earlier this year.

The architectural oddity, which is just 6ft at its narrowest point, is a two bedroom, two bathroom home set in historic former artist studios.

Images from Rightmove show the flat is kitted out with a modern kitchen and filled with natural light.

It has an open plan living area, which is 7.25m long by 4.01m wide, and a very long, but very thin, terrace.

The flat is almost directly conjoined with the tube line - which could make things a little noisy (Rightmove)

While the staged photos of the flat make it look very liveable, there are a couple of potential reasons why no one has snapped up the basement flat in the 2 months it's been on the market.

Likely the main reason is also the explanation for the house’s thinness, My London reports.

Unlike other houses on the street, The Thin House is almost directly conjoined with the tube line that runs along the back of the property.

The house is kitted out with a modern-looking kitchen (Rightmove)

This could also go to explain why buyers might not be keen to pay nearly 800 grand for a flat that is disturbed by the noise and vibrations of a busy tube line.

The house was built in such a way that it almost feels like an optical illusion, with its unusual wedge shape design making the whole house look rather bizarre.

Rightmove describes the flat on its website as: “A beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home in fantastic decorative order in historic former artist studios.

The long, thin, terrace outside the abnormally thin flat (Rightmove)

“Located on one of the best Garden Squares in Kensington and Chelsea with direct access to a South facing Patio / Terrace as well as access to the beautiful and dog-friendly Thurloe Square Gardens,” the description continues.

The flat is situated in one of London's most affluent neighbourhoods, with good transport links to the rest of the city.

With the London property market once again ramping up after a lockdown lull it will be interesting to see who, if anyone, snaps up this architectural anomaly.