Demand for beach huts rockets by 260% in six months with hundreds of Britons planning ‘staycations’

Beach huts have soared in demand as Britons look to holiday at home for a second year amid concerns foreign trips will be banned. Prices to buy and rent the wooden shacks have rocketed despite most having few utilities and mainly being used for storage. Property website OnTheMarket found estate agents have seen searches surge … Read more

Two teenagers are arrested after vandals torched three of Britain’s most expensive beach huts

Two teenagers are arrested after vandals torched three of Britain’s most expensive beach huts worth up to £300,000 each at Dorset beauty spot Two men, aged 15 and 19 , have been arrested in connection with the blazes  Three beach huts in Hengistbury Head, Dorset, set alight on Saturday morning Thirty of the huts were … Read more

Three of Britain’s most expensive beach huts worth up to £300,000 each are torched in Dorset

Three of Britain’s most expensive beach huts worth up to £300,000 each are torched at Dorset beauty spot Three beach huts in Hengistbury Head, Dorset, set alight on Saturday morning Thirty of the huts were broken into, it is not yet known if anything was taken    Huts regularly go for up to £300,000, with impressive views … Read more

Owners of beach huts worth £300,000 angered by council’s bid to build two-storey restaurant

Owners of beach huts worth £300,000 each fear they will be left in the shade by a two-storey restaurant planned for their exclusive seaside peninsula. Officials tabled the £1million scheme for Mudeford Spit, Dorset, on the site of a cafe that burned down two years ago. But ‘hutters’ have been up in arms over the … Read more

The Beckhams have ‘upset the neighbours’ with plans to add ‘security huts’ to their Cotswolds home

The Beckhams’ plans to beef up the security around their Cotswolds barn conversion has reportedly left the neighbours irate. According to The Sun, those who live close to the famous family believe the reported plans for ‘gatehouses and security huts’ will ‘ruin the ambience’ of the quaint Oxfordshire bolthole. According to The Sun, an outraged … Read more