Could you live in a micro-flat? | Compact housing in London
By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 00:01 BST, 20 March 2010 View comments When it comes to securing a foothold in the very best areas of London — but without forfeiting a king's ransom — it pays to think small, and then some. And that means tiny. Hotspot: Buy a micro-flat and live in Primrose Hill This week, it was revealed that a former London broom cupboard — now a 60.5sq ft micro-flat — in Knightsbridge has been valued at up to a staggering £200,000 (read more below). That's for a property that's smaller than a full- size snooker table . Daft? Perhaps. But it does have one major selling point : its local shop is swanky London department store Harrods . This places it in the heart of one of the capital's hottest locations, with Hyde Park on the doorstep and where even relatively ordinary flats regularly carry a multi-million- pound price tag . But is it really worth investing in a property little bigger than the average prison cell , even if it does come with one o...