A three-bedroom house near Birmingham listed for £310,000 has come under fire for its ‘pointless extension’.
The ‘charming’ family home advertised the space as the ‘second reception room’ but beady house-hunters spotted that the area is only 1.6m wide at its narrowest point, making it seem like a ‘corridor living room’ thanks to its nearly 7m length.
The current occupants had decorated the space with an armchair and sofa that looked snug in the slim space.
Despite their best efforts, the interior design were met with some scorn, comparing it to ‘a hallway with an abandoned sofa in it’.
Other cruel likenesses included a ‘single-lane swimming pool’ or a ‘bowling lane’ – although there was ‘not enough space for an actual alley’.
A TV was also mounted above the sofa, while an feature fireplace sits in front of the lounge furniture.
But the positioning of the flat-screen was further mocked as social media users said someone would have to ‘stand on the soft to watch the TV’.
Another said they ‘can’t imagine a more uncomfortable way to watch TV’ with one person adding that ‘giraffes must live there’ because of the height.
Creative decorators began suggesting ways the ‘ridiculous’ space could better be used, offering ideas like a hobby room, an office and even a dedicated spot for a rowing machine.
Another suggested a library because it had a ‘nice long wall for bookcases’.
One person even said it was their ‘dream space’ because they could use it ‘for a small office and bass guitars at the other, yet too useless for anyone else to want it’.
But these fans were in the minority, as most people said the room did ‘did absolutely nothing to the house as a whole’ and insisted it ‘had to be a joke’.
‘Please tell me they were moving the settee, and the photographer came 30mins early,’ they added.
‘What exactly was the point of that extension?’ another asked. ‘Maybe if you were able to take out the wall to the kitchen, open it up, or extend upstairs too… but I bet you couldn’t make it in to a proper utility room either.’
One user wrote: ‘This is everything wrong with the housing in the UK today. Too flipping small.’