London's Smallest House
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2024
- London's smallest house can be found on Bayswater Road- 10 Hyde Park Place, W2 to be exact.... but what's the story behind it?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:57 Number 10 Hyde Park Place, W2
02:50 Audio description of interior
03:48 Theories as to why the small house was built
06:30 The early 20th century
06:58 The Little Gnome Man
07:23 The Elfin Oak
07:36 J.M Barrie
08:05 Times the house has been up for sale
08:42 The only official resident...
10:05 Outro
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Music used in this video:
Look Busy (Kevin MacLeod, Creative Commons)
Doh De Oh (Kevin MacLeod, Creative Commons)
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I would love to see inside, I am surprised that none of the owners haven’t extend upwards. Seeing as it’s in such a prime location.
Yes, there appears to be a lot of space behind it too Nicky. Thanks for the comment and stay well.
They're probably not allowed to extend up or out. You know what London's like with its onerous codes!
If you look down the gap above the house you can see a window on the end of the house on the left that’s why they can’t extend the house upwards.
If it’s a listed building then no, you can’t extend it.
@@pjgreen1786 If it's London's smallest house, then it must be a listed building for sure.
There is a family story much like this one about a house my great-aunt owned in St Louis, Missouri. The house had been passed down for generations and was wanted by developers, but she wouldn't budge. She ended up living between to large apartment buildings with her small house still standing. She left the house in her Will to her doctor who was 40 years younger and was willing to take care of her for free for the rest of her life. She outlived her doctor, so he didn't get the house after all.
That's brilliant Maggie, thanks for sharing :-)
I hope it ultimately didn't end up in the hands of developers
@@iris5678 It's with the Convent at the moment Iris, so in safe hands :-)
Is the house still in the family ??
@@kristenconrad4222 My cousin is now the owner. He's renting it out to an organization that uses it as a halfway house. He calls it his FU to developers.
I did ask if the story was true about Great-Aunt Minty and her doctor was true and it is. He has her old Will where she left him the house but he was 34 years younger and not 40.
Omg you actually coverd this tiny house that was owned by my mum's aunt! My mum visited the tiny home when she comes over from Australia with my grandparents back in the early 1930's, she was 10 at the time. My mum mentioned the ladder and everything and told us our Nanna couldn't climb it and it was unladylike anyway lol. That's just so unreal. I thought it didn't exist anymore.....
Wow!!
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5:48 The shot of the tiny car in front of the tiny house couldn't have been planned any better..😉
Yes, it was an incredibly lucky shot!! ;-)
The redevelopment of this quant, small dwelling, alongside, its adjoined neighbour is rather nice with its red brick design. But I think it’s design doesn’t match the period properties next door. And from the historic photos shown in this video, I feel it’s original design would be more suited, then the redesign. But I do like it, it has a retro feel to it.
Yes, it is a strange one…
Yes it looks robust and classy
It's original design was far superior.
It ain't "quant", but "quaint".
I've walked past that house for years never knew that it was the smallest property in London thank you for the informative video
It’s a pleasure Steven, thanks for watching!
I sound like a broken record but I really do love your videos - wasn’t aware of this tiny house or its history - absolutely fascinating! Would love to have a nosy inside!
You can sound like a broke record all you like Louise, I'll never tire of your kind words and support! Thanks so much as always and stay well :-)
Yeah, you are very boring! I seem to be writing the same sort of thing too! I find Rob’s videos to be very interesting and informative. All the best from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 I hope that you are enjoying the summer in London. It’s a bit cold here at the moment.
I live in a detached house that is less than three foot at the front from next door and about ten feet at the back . And year's ago there was a single story dwelling that took up less than half that space from the front towards the back . The really strange thing was that it was six feet up and accessed by a ladder .
You made my day with this upload. London never ceases to fascinate me. Thank you!
It's a pleasure Todd; so happy you enjoyed it :-) Stay well my friend and thank you.
Hear hear!
@@arriesone1 :-D
Hyde Park 10 sounds like a house straight out of Harry Potter. I bet it’s the size of a huge mansion inside with all kinds of protections from preying Muggle eyes. Makes me wanna go and watch an HP film…🤣
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I thought the same. It would be funny as 10 and 3/4 Hyde Park
That was fascinating - thank you! I'd love a property in this part of London but if I sold my 4 bed house with large garden in North Essex I still wouldn't be able to afford this tiny house!
Thanks Alice! Yes it’s crazy isn’t it 😕
Remember the Grand Designs episode when they renovated that water tower. Certainly quite a departure inside from workhouse facilities.
Yes, I didn't see the episode Zepherus but I was aware it had been on Grand Designs... sounds like the project was quite a headache?! Cheers and stay well.
@Gillie Monger Thanks for the info Gillie
@Gillie Monger I was born in Walworth, I never see that house!
I saw that on grand designs too
Hi Rob, as always totally fascinating!! Gotta love London full of wonders and eccentrics. 👍
Ha ha, cheers Clive! :-)
Thank You, Very Interesting and Fascinating!
Thanks Rob for another beautiful tale. I like to think that I have an enquiring mind, but your research is fantastic. You never ever fail to put a smile on my face . You bring history alive, and that is such a talent 💕
That’s so kind Cheryl, thank you ☺️
Agreed! Well stated.
Really enjoyed that,know the house well,though I'm afraid I knew nothing of its history until just now. I myself lived in one of the smallest houses I know of in London, in Chelsea Manor Street,Chelsea,opposite Alpha Place,just before Oakley Gardens. It looks a little bigger because it's sideways to the streets, joined to the house on corner of Oakley Gdns, it's just 3 rooms stacked on top of each other,basement is a kitchen(just room for table),with the loo throuh a door on far left hand side. Narrow stairs lead up to a sitting room & then up another flight of stairs to the bedroom,with a shower & washbasin,again through a door on left hand side. It did benefit hugely from a small 'paved 'garden' which I made seem larger by installing mirrors behind raised flower troughs. This was accessed through a door on ground floor at top of the stairs leading to the basement. I lived there for 10 years in the mid 80s/early 90s. The kitchen window was in a well set below a grill set into the pavement - again made bigger by lining with mirror,installing lighting and plants. A tiny house in the heart of Chelsea - where I was born & have lived all my my life; still here! It belonged to Cadogan Estates - who own a large number of properties; it was at that time rent controlled & when I moved in the rent was £24 a month!!!! rising - with hard negotiations each year(the basement was riddled with rising damp & dry rot, so lined out entirely with tongue & groove,which I stained a light blue to brighten it up: the back wall was also in a terrible state,but,livable with) to £36 a month by time I left. For the record, I regularly had people knock on door to ask for a nose around. Lookin forward to catching up on your back catalogue & new videos coming. Very best wishes to you & yours👋🌟💯✌
Brilliant comment, thanks so. much for sharing... £24 a month?!! Blimey ;-) Thanks again and stay well.
If I had ever been going past, as my only time away from Oz, I might have knocked and asked. It would have been my only chance, ever.
But I would have brought a cake and biscuits and offered morning or afternoon tea as thanks...
@@georgielancaster1356 well then you would DEFINITELY been very welcome😁👋✌
Hi Rob, you always make London look so beautiful. I'm sure the Mayor is pleased with you. That little house probably has no less floor area than my flat, but it's certainly more awkwardly proportioned.
Thank you so much 😊 London does the work for me; it always looks great! Although to be fair I’m always lucky with the weather!
Wow, my nana worked in service in a house opposite Hyde Park in the 1920s, to think she probably walked past this house regularly 👍🏻
Just stumbled across your channel, I love it as I’m always fascinated with unusual homes and buildings 💞
What a wonderful comment Eve, thank you so much! Yes, your Nana would've been most certainly familiar with the little house :-) Thanks again and stay well.
@@Robslondon thanks👍🏻
@@eveoakley6270 ;-)
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It really makes one ponder what’s behind the closed, locked front door; particularly, in modern times as amenities have presumably been updated.
I think it looks like a cupboard
Someone has to conduct surveillance to discover who, if anyone, goes into the tiny house.
Yes, I was thinking the same ;-)
I enjoy all your presentations. Love from America 🇺🇸🇬🇧
That's so kind of you to say Lorrie; many thanks! Stay well :-)
Fascinating. I tend to the theory it was to prevent the alley being used as a toilet
Thank you hatty 😊
I actually walked past this house on 22nd February this year without knowing what it was. I was heading to an hotel in Norfolk Square to stop for one night before getting the Heathrow Express for my flight back home, and noticed the shrine even stopping to read the plaque. Then I noticed this odd looking door and figured it was just some sort of service door. I wish I had watched this video earlier.
Nice comment Liam, thank you.
As it’s said to date back to 1805, I think it may have been used as a warehouse of sorts, more precisely a larder. Ice , meats and perishables on the lower floor, and other foods and supplies on the upper floor.
It may even have been a storage for supplies and food for horses. A groomsman might have lived upstairs.
Just throwing ideas at the wall to see if they stick.
Interesting thoughts, thanks,
Another great video! The old Lambeth workhouse become Lambeth Hospital, my late father worked there for a number of years! My wife was born there Christmas Day 1963!
Wow! The workhouse and hospital are certainly worth a video in their own right. Cheers Mark and stay well.
This was brilliant! I really need to catch up with your uploads as ive been so busy ... I love the details you add into your videos for us..1913! Thank you so much for making this !
It's an absolute pleasure Sonique. Thank you so much for watching; I really appreciate your kind words :-) Thanks again and stay well.
This was lovely. I appreciate it so much! I live 20 miles north of Philadelphia, PA, and there is a district named Kensington. Sadly, it is not a safe place to visit. But there are other beautiful districts where I live in Bucks County with names like Buckingham, New Britain, Chalfont, Warrington, North Wales, Abington, White Hall....so many established in the 1700s. I live in Doylestown borough, the county seat of Bucks County. It is considered to have significantly more national historical designated sites than many others in the nation. This is because so many artists, vocalists, musicians, writers, play wrights, and people of significance have lived here.
Thank you Marie; a very interesting comment, I enjoyed reading that. Thanks too for the kind words 😊
That was a really fascinating video. Personally I love the possibility of it being the little gnome man’s house, but I’m leaning more to it being a lookout for the nearby graveyard? Thank you for sharing.
Lovely comment Joanna, thank you :-)
Another great video Rob. I'd say the servant quarters is a very good guess, and it makes sense. I'd imagine the convent has some link between them now.
Thanks Paul, and yes good points ;-) Cheers and stay well.
That’s a ‘bijou, centrally located desirable option £3000 pcm’ to any London letting agent!
That's cheap Jason, ha ha!! ;-)
@@Robslondon I know, Rob. I live in Dulwich Village and I aspire to rent so low!
@@CorvoFG ;-)
£3000 per month for that? No thanks!
@@scientchahming5 😂
A talking suit! Hilarious! Those WWII films, both British and American were so unintentionally funny! Great work as always!
Many thanks Martha 😊
How extraordinary! Another gem, Rob - thanks a lot. Do we know if the two adjacent houses clad in red brick have the same owner? If so, I'd bet the two houses have been cunningly combined or linked.
Thank you so much! As far as I know the whole set are owned by Tyburn Convent... would be fascinating to know if there's a secret link; I didn't think of that! Cheers and stay well ;-)
This was my thought too. The door would give access round the back to a garden/ outdoor space ?
@@lindalaw5466 Yes, I did try to get around the back but it's inaccessible to the public unfortunately.
@Nicky L good detective work!
I am totally amazed! I have often passed this while visiting the Tyburn nuns, and never even noticed. Gosh! Thank you.
Ha ha! It's very easy to miss Jacqueline ;-) Thanks for the lovely comment and stay well.
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Excellent Rob have missed you, another informative and interesting outing looking forward to seeing some more
Thank you so much Bob 😊 I’m in London as we speak, filming for the next one! Cheers and stay well
I’ve walked so many times pass that house and never thought it was a house!
Very interesting, thanks.
THis little house reminds me of the Spite Houses in America. I understand they were very small buildings squeezed between others just like this one. Spite Houses were built for no reason other than out of spite- perhaps because of a dispute with a neighbour or relative about vacant land in tight spaces.
That's a great bit of info Peta, thanks for sharing ;-)
I have lived in America all my life (76) and never heard of Spite Houses though that doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. Not in Detroit or Michigan. Maybe in the Deep South. There’s so much room to build anywhere that it’s hard to imagine such an attitude. The cities may get crowded but there are so many building codes and such that prohibit such building. If you know where they are located I would love it if you would inform me as it’s so interesting. Also it sounds like they could have been in New York where the great influx of immigrants from Ireland and England esp with disputes got the “ire” up!
@@Dotalina33 Hi Dottie, I heard about them on tv, but have found something In Wikipedia for you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house.
@@petat13 wow. So interesting. Kinda rare but people get icky like that from time to time. Thanks for the link!!!
Your videos are always truly unique, Rob.
I really appreciate that Jimmy, thank you.
Bizarre certainly but fascinating. Rob you seem to have endless topics and I always get something out of your yarns. Keep producing.
Many thanks Mike 😉
Hi, thanks for this cute program! I hail from the USA (and had the privilege of visiting London with my mother in the mid 1980s after I graduated from university.) I think the most plausible explanation is it being used as servants' quarters. I'm really quite jealous! I'd live there in a heartbeat, as I am alone in the world, so it would be a terrific match! Besides, I love that park view! I'm bummed we can't see the inside! 🤷♀️
Thank you so much for the kind words Carla 😊 Maybe one day I’ll be able to get inside! 😉
Melbourne, Australia has a fairy tree in Fitzroy gardens, with beautiful carvings. You might be interested in 🌟❤️
Thank Sarah, I just had a look... it's delightful! Love the kangaroo, Emu and Koala!
I have it in mind hat my Ma once did a retreat with the Tyburn Convent nuns but she might have just heard mass there once or twice. Most interesting and engaging as always. Thanks.
ps - that picture of kids gazing at the fairy tree could be me (in the late '50s). I absolutely adored, and spent many happy hours in, that playground, or down near the Round Pond at the Kensington High Street end, rolling down the little slope, feedng the ducks and enjoying the kite flyers.
A nice connection to have Paul :-) Thanks for the kind words and stay well.
I wonder if it is no longer a residence but a disguised building used for utilities. Many cities have them. Pumping station, electrical of telephone supporting facilities, perhaps.
Fascinating story, I had a flat in Hackney but never really explored as much as I should have done.
Thank you John.
@@Robslondon My pleasure, I wonder what a 1 bedroom, ground floor flat in a Georgian terrace with 150' garden would be worth now? lol.
@@johnallen7807 Too painful to think!!
@@Robslondon Too true. My father built our house in 1949 for about £1100, current value on Zoopla £2.7 million! What young couple can afford that but if you're going to allow nearly 1.5 million into the country every year what do you expect?
You are fabulous - this is the second time I've landed on your channel by accident - and watched your content to the end without any trouble at all, such a pleasure - and that's rare these days - you are so good - truly. Psyche aka Psyche Thompson UK 🌹
Thank you so much, your comment made my day 😊 Very much appreciated. Thanks again and stay well.
Wow, interesting stuff Rob. It would be amazing to see behind the door. Keep up the good work.
Cheers Barry ;-)
Thank you for another great video. I will have to look to see where it is. I once lived in Bark Place, off Bayswater Road.
Thank you Scott 😊
Cheers mate,another great video.I would say originally a watch tower/look out and then servants quarters 🤔🤔
Thanks Nicholas- the watch tower theory is my favourite ;-) Cheers and stay well.
My uncle used to live in Hyde Park Mansions, my sister was invited to stay for a week , she was so excited, it sounded so posh . She was very disappointed, it turned out it was a flat, very similar to the Victorian flat we lived in, in the north .
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Hi Rob
I'm kicking myself, my earlier guess was 100 bayswater Rd and tyburn you mentioned both , but the house was bang in the middle, I always thought that the goldhawk road property took the smallest title , again you surprise me, as always love the videos, all the best
Mike
Ha ha! I knew you'd kick yourself Mike ;-) I guess the the Goldhawk Road one could perhaps be classed as the smallest depending on the criteria used to judge it (does it need running water for example?) Cheers and stay well.
I got that beat. I used to live in a shoebox in a road off Walworth Road near Elephant & Castle for 3 years
You never disappoint with your stories of London Thank you so much
Cheers Bob 🙂
Very interesting show of Architecture! My Father was an Architect of note, here in Washington, DC's Registry, in the USA...He was right up there with Frank Lloyd Wright, almost!
My father designed a lot of large homes; sometimes Schools, Office buildings for downtown's...Especially in Evansville, Indiana, Vero Beach, Florida, & abroad in Canada..
Wow! 😁
Very interesting, and appreciated since I’ve never had the chance to visit the UK or London. Who knows what the next chapter may be for the diminutive dwelling, but I certainly hope it’s another remodel; what they did to the façade is criminal - it is so hideous compared to how it looked in the earlier photos.🙀😿
Great comment, thanks so much Jon… and yes, a return to the original look would be nice! Cheers and stay well 😉
I wholeheartedly agree, its early design was far more pleasing.
I enjoyed the tour of Old London Town...it inspires me for places to visit when I'm in London thank you. 😊
It's a pleasure Audrey, glad I'm able to help! :-) Thanks and stay well.
I thought I lived in the UK’s smallest house. Then I realised the issue was the ex’s shoe and handbag collection :(
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@@RetroReminiscing :-D
@@Mia-oj7ro :-)
I just stumbled upon your channel. You do great work! Thank you 😊
Really glad you did! Thank you :-)
I prefer the old facade Rob I must say. Quite a few small houses tucked away in London, cheers
Cheers Dave; yes I completely agree I've no idea why they felt the need to change it so drastically :-( The old one had so much more character. Hope you're keeping well mate.
@@Robslondon it looks like it’s part of a complex extending up to and including the nuns’ house. It appears to have been modified to blend together as a unified property. That’s why no letter box etc.
Thanks Robslondon, I must have walked past this place a hundred times and never realised its importance! Oh, how embarrassing. In my defence they say one never completely knows London. Think I better subscribe to your channel now to avoid further embarrassment...
Ha ha! Cheers David, great to have you here ;-)
This 'house' looks about as big as some of Tokyo's "smallest apartments" from the building exterior...
I wouldn't be surprised if the building owners covertly modified the building by extending it downwards into a tunnel as if it was like a maze or secret door found in the game "Myst" or "Rivian, the sequel to Myst"...
Great comment 😉
They could build upward too, seem to have space above.
What a cute and well researched video! Subscribed as London is my most favorite city!
Thank you ☺️
Nice video. I’ve walked past that place a couple of times as a friend used to live in an apartment on the next road along. I always wondered what was behind that front door… thanks Rob!
Lovely comment, thanks George and stay well 😊
Thanks for the post! I believe I could live here. I adore really tight spaces. 👍
Wonderful Rob
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Thank you so much Alan :-) Stay well my friend.
I find these videos fascinating. Well done and well researched.
Thank you so much Stephen! Much appreciated.
Another great video, I love the quirky nature of these stories. Thanks.
It's a pleasure mccstuff; thanks as ever for watching. Really appreciate you support.
A superb piece of London history. I knew nothing about it. Many thanks.
A pleasure Darrien, thank you :-)
The great "what if" for me, for London, are: Pugin's proper St Pauls being built & had British railways went for IKB's broad gauge rather than "standard gauge" railways - just look at the extra space the wider gauge needed for starters . . . . but our trains would have been better.
Fascinating video though & its nice seeing love for the unusual.
Lovely comment Em, thank you so much. And I love your alternative histories- much agreed! Thanks again and stay well.
Really enjoyed your video. There's something very homely and comfortable about your delivery. Subscribed.
Really appreciate that GuildfordGhost (great name by the way!) Thank you; lovely to have you here ;-)
Lovely visuals. Thank you for the video!
It’s a pleasure Daniel, thanks for the kind words 😊
Fascinating and entertaining. Thank you very much. (Strangely, I’ve read about that suit movie!) Subscribed!
Thanks! Good to have you here!
Another great video. Loved it once again. Thanks Rob.👍👍👍😍😍😍
A pleasure as always Sharon :-) Thanks and stay well.
fascinating! I lived nearby to there during my time in London and this place always fascinated me!
Thanks Sally :-)
I don't think these new fangled motor buses will ever catch on. No call for them.
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excellent as always. Can't wait and take a look. Incidentally the American friends I mentioned earlier are comming over in the summer and we will spend a day looking at some of the sites you mentioned.
Wayne you should hire Rob for the day, he is a London tour guide.
Thanks Wayne, that means a lot to me. Make sure you show them the Washington statue in Trafalgar Square ;-) And the one of Lincoln in Parliament Square too!
That was great, I have just come across your video and thought I would watch about London's smallest house. What an amazing bunch of stories and very well told by you. Thank you for sharing these tales I really enjoyed them. I am from West Yorkshire but really enjoyed that as its all of our history isnt it. ... Rea xx
Thank you so much, and yes you're completely correct :-) I love Yorkshire and always do my best to take in some history whenever I'm up there too. Cheers and stay well.
@@Robslondon aw thank you ... you are so kind and hope one time you can come up here its really beautiful where i live near the countryside. Peace and love to you x
@@MJARTBYDAY Same to you :-) Thanks
Would love to see in it. Wonder what that gem would cost on Hyde Park?
Rob that was so fascinating. Loved it
Wish we could see inside.
Thanks so much Suzanne, I wish I could too!
Brilliant job, thanks for sharing.
It's a pleasure Stephen; thanks for the kind words. Stay well.
Thumbs up Rob.
Thanks.
Much appreciated Mike, cheers ;-)
Hi Rob new subscriber here 🙂
Great channel and I will look forward to watching more of your video's.
All the best 🍻👍🏻
Thanks so much MrVxrman ;-) Really good to have you here, and thanks so much for the kind words. Stay well!
It’s 25 years since I lived in london. Your videos make me miss it.
Thanks Peter.... hope you get back for a visit soon. Stay well.
First class Rob, totally absorbing from start to finish.
Thank you!
Looks like the perfect setting for a fantasy novel. Interesting video!
Thank you so much 😊
❤️❤️❤️ that was too wonderful! thank you rob!
Many kind thanks hellie el; very much appreciated :-) Hope you're keeping well. I haven't forgotten the mugs! ;-)
I would love to have a look see!! Very interesting!!
Thanks for telling us about different and interesting things
It's a pleasure; thanks for watching :-)
The Tyburn Convent is an AMAZING place. You are allowed in to the chapel hear the sisters sing The Hours. I wandered in during a Vespers one day and it was like a trove of angels singing on high. It’s free to pop in to the non cloistered chapel when a service is on being sung and anyone would be remiss for not stopping
I used to live,for a time,around there & remember that house
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Pure Gold. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
Really appreciate that Murray, thank you 😉
Good photography. Excellent narration. Thank you.
Much appreciated, thank you 😊
Hi Rob, another interesting presentation.😁
Thanks Kathryn!
That was really interesting, I’d love to see inside, I would so live there! 👍🏼
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My curiosity is piqued! I’d love to have a nose around inside. I agree with the other comments, adding another floor or two could be done.
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I love to see how inside the house is actually, so we can feel how small it is
I'd like to too ;-) I didn't want to intrude though...
Backstreet London Pubs Would make a great video! ♥️ I love London So much....Was born an East Ender 😍 stayed till I was 20 x
Great comment Pagan Punk, thanks :-) It's funny you mention that because my next video will indeed feature an East London backstreet pub! I filmed it last week! Stay tuned and thanks again ;-)
That would be the perfect example of a literal pied a terre.
Is it 4' wide, and I think you said 20' long? And 2 storeys?
I'm guessing a very steep, slightly thicker, solid ladder in middle. Maybe that is on an industrial hinge, to fold against one wall, when not needed? Maybe shallow shelved kitchen area at back, on ground level, with fold down table for eating and work space? Sink on back wall?
Microwave, one of those mini glass ovens, a plug in double hot plate, all kept in cupboards at head level, and lifted down to use on draining area surrounding sink.
You can get fitted tops to put over sink, so when not needing sink, it is work space. 2 kitchen chairs, either hung out of the way - upside down hung would have the awkward legs up near ceiling. Easier to walk past - or even collapsible and then hung up out of the way.
In front of kitchen, towards front door, two of those fold up seats, that are like 3 folded foam squares. They could pack away lengthwise, in a shallow cupboard at head height, when not in use. So you have a comfy seat and one for chum. And they could be used for visitor sleeping overnight.
Tv above front door, maybe have it able to be lowered? Fold down table set up where you most prefer to sit on your comfy chair, watching tv, so you can use a portable computer in comfy chair.
Bike hung up at ceiling level, can be lowered, near front door, for local transport.
Upstairs, you could have a single bed, shallow shelves, and hanging area, maybe with a drop blind to cover it, when not dressing. Where ladder/steps are, you can fold down a solid floor over the ladder hole in floor, when not needing steps. Set up a wet area, towards back, where you literally walk through a tiled shower area, Loo maybe to go at back wall, because it would be awkward to get past. Sink set up to one side. Maybe have a thick drop blind you can drop, to give privacy on loo, if sometimes sharing with friend or sibling. Is there a back window on first floor - or ground floor?
Maybe a small front loading washing machine at head or shoulder level, above loo? (If no window) Have to have those moisture fans to outside back wall, on ground and 1st floor.
Have I forgotten anything?
That would be the perfect bolt hole, if you were young, fit, if you tended to pop into London at odd times, fairly regularly, and wanted to have your own space, your own things there, permanently.
But what cost?
What an interesting little place.
What a great comment, thanks Georgie!
@@Robslondon I forgot fridge/freezer and maybe frosted glass floor to ceiling doors to shut off steamy shower from bedroom or you would get mouldy bedroom/clothes. Might have to have 2nd evacuation fan near shower, to suck moisture out fast.
If only 4' wide, you would be pushing to get a bar fridge or freezer under sink area. Fridge there. Maybe a small travel size portable, car size freezer for occasional use? Can store it under a portable wooden step box to reach higher level shelves., which can also be sat on.
A lot of wealthy people eat out or get takeaway, I think. But I couldn't live without a freezer. You have to have somewhere for some really yummy ice cream... or ice for drinks - not me - I'm diabetic :-( Well, I do eat the wicked ice cream.
Great video. Factual, well edited yet totally unpretentious 👏👏👏👍
That means a lot to me Gareth, thank you so much 😊
Well Rob yet another very interesting video, so many small houses in London glad none of the converted garages or shops were included, many times have I passed this building but the little piece on the side does not jump out at you. It looks like it could be the bicycle shed but if it listed as a house that’s what it has to be. Greetings from London back now from Thailand , what will be the next topic ?
Cheers Dave, always look forward to your comment! :-) It does indeed look like a bicycle shed doesn't it... maybe that's what the Nuns now use it for?!
Not sure what the next video will be (lots of ideas swimming around though!) although it'll probably be something to do with the Elizabeth line.
Cheers and stay well
I believe there is an access from the brick house next door. From the second floor? Just my thoughts. It's interesting it's lasted thru all the 100+ years. Thanks 🙏🇺🇲❤️
Ah, interesting 😉
I would love ❤ to have a nosey up the apple and pears 🍐 lol. How interesting u should write a book about all these unusual places I'm sure the tourists and general public would love it. I know I'd buy it if not too pricy. I'm a newbie I can't wait to see more not only London but all over the UK. Thanks for sharing
Such a lovely comment thank you! 😊 Believe it or not I have written a book like that; it’s called ‘The Knowledge: Train Your Brain Like a Cabbie’ (published by Quercus) Thanks again and stay well 😉
@@Robslondon ah I will have to find a copy
@@jojosmumdorothy2829 Thanks so much for your kind words and support ☺️
@@Robslondon your very welcome 😀
@@jojosmumdorothy2829 :-)
I've been watching Jools guides for a while now and stumbled upon you lol. Absolutely brilliant! I'm a specialist Decorator for the National Heritage and I've decorated some of the properties in your videos! SUBBED 😇
That means so much to me, thank you! Sounds like you've got an incredible job! A good friend of mine is a pest controller, and he too has seen inside many of these buildings! :-D Thanks again for your kind words; made my day. Cheers and stay well.