Wooden cabin with 'best views in Cornwall' hits market for £400,000


A wooden cabin dubbed Britain’s ‘most expensive beach hut’ has gone on the market for £400,000 – as it offers the ‘best views in Cornwall’ and comes complete with kitchen, living room and bedroom. 

The Cabin is nestled among the trees above Porthkidney Sands beach in Carbis Bay and looks out across the sand and waves of St Ives Bay all the way to Godrevy Lighthouse.

The quirky property can only be reached by foot on the South West Coast Path, making it a really secluded coastal retreat.

It is the perfect spot to watch wildlife like seals and dolphins as well as boats and surfers and the new owners could be on the beach in minutes.

Because of its timber construction, the property is only open to cash buyers and can only be used as a holiday home, not a main residence.

Last July a wooden cabin at Mudeford Spit in Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, sold for £330,000 – the same price as a five-bedroom detached house in Hull. 

Nestled among the trees above Porthkidney Sands beach in Carbis Bay is a £400,000 cabin that looks out across the sand and aves of St Ives Bay all the way to Godrevy Lighthouse.

Nestled among the trees above Porthkidney Sands beach in Carbis Bay is a £400,000 cabin that looks out across the sand and aves of St Ives Bay all the way to Godrevy Lighthouse.

The holiday property is not available as a permanent home, but is based on a secluded path offering the owner peace and quiet during their visits

The holiday property is not available as a permanent home, but is based on a secluded path offering the owner peace and quiet during their visits

Inside is an open-plan living room, kitchen and bedroom, with space for a king-size bed above within its vaulted ceiling

Inside is an open-plan living room, kitchen and bedroom, with space for a king-size bed above within its vaulted ceiling

The Carbis Bay cabin was built about 20 years ago in the garden of another property and the current owners have rented it out as a holiday let.

There are about five homes on Hawks Point, all of which can only be reached by the footpath. There is a nearby road with unrestricted parking and the cabin is then reached by a three-minute walk from that road down the coast path.

The property has an entrance hall, open-plan vaulted ceiling reception room with a kitchen area and living/dining room facing the views, a mezzanine with a king-size bed that looks out to the beach and a shower room.

Outside it has a wraparound deck, which makes the most of the sunshine and the views, storage areas for surfboards and an outdoor surf shower.

The property sits in a third of an acre but most of the land is coastal slope so it requires no maintenance.

The property has an entrance hall, open-plan vaulted ceiling reception room with a kitchen area and living/dining room facing the views, a mezzanine with a king-size bed that looks out to the beach and a shower room

The property has an entrance hall, open-plan vaulted ceiling reception room with a kitchen area and living/dining room facing the views, a mezzanine with a king-size bed that looks out to the beach and a shower room

The Carbis Bay cabin was built about 20 years ago in the garden of another property and the current owners have rented it out as a holiday let ever since

The Carbis Bay cabin was built about 20 years ago in the garden of another property and the current owners have rented it out as a holiday let ever since

As well as a large open plan living area, there is also a spacious bathroom with a shower and ocean-themed maritime windows

As well as a large open plan living area, there is also a spacious bathroom with a shower and ocean-themed maritime windows

Because the beach can only be reached by foot and there are no car parks nearby, it remains fairly quiet all year round.

At low tide the owners can walk 100 yards along the coastal path to get to the beach and at high tide they can swim off the rocks from the same position.

Guy Morse from Lillicrap Chilcott said: ‘We deal with an awful lot of very nice properties in our office but most of us agree, this is the best view in Cornwall.

‘It’s absolutely mind-blowing. Rather than looking out to sea, you’re just looking straight down the line of the water so you have the waves coming across in front of you and it leads round to Godrevy Lighthouse.

‘There’s just something about the view that’s ridiculously special.

At low tide towners can walk 100 yards along the coastal path to get to the beach and at high tide they can swim off the rocks

At low tide towners can walk 100 yards along the coastal path to get to the beach and at high tide they can swim off the rocks

Estate agents selling the property agree that it offers the 'best view in Cornwall' with an outdoor seating area allowing owners to gaze down the south-west coast's seafront

Estate agents selling the property agree that it offers the ‘best view in Cornwall’ with an outdoor seating area allowing owners to gaze down the south-west coast’s seafront

With a guideprice of £400,000, The Cabin is expected to be the most expensive 'beach hut' in Britain - following the sale of another property for £330,000 in Dorset last July

With a guideprice of £400,000, The Cabin is expected to be the most expensive ‘beach hut’ in Britain – following the sale of another property for £330,000 in Dorset last July 

'St Ives is on your doorstep but you're totally secluded from all that and feel like you're immersed in nature,' said Guy Morse from Lillicrap Chilcott estate agenst

‘St Ives is on your doorstep but you’re totally secluded from all that and feel like you’re immersed in nature,’ said Guy Morse from Lillicrap Chilcott estate agenst

‘You’ve also got the Hayle Estuary so you get all the boats coming and going and all the fish shoal around the mouth of the estuary so you get seals, dolphins and gannets diving, it’s all happening right in front of you. It’s just incredible.

‘The approach is one of those things you either love the idea of only getting there on foot or you don’t get it and want a drive to park your car in front of your house.

‘The person that wants a bit of seclusion and that feeling you have left the world behind when you step onto the coast path will love it.

‘When it’s high tide there’s no beach there, you can go straight into the water. So if you’re a surfer there’s no paddling out or you can go wild swimming or get your paddleboard in and head round to St Ives.

‘It’s just so different to anything else.

‘St Ives is on your doorstep but you’re totally secluded from all that and feel like you’re immersed in nature.

‘It’s difficult to convey that sense of serenity you get and feeling like you are one of the luckiest people in the world.’

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