A BEACH hut on Mudeford Sandspit has been sold for close to its asking price of £295,000.

The sale of the beach hut was completed all within the space of the first few days of 2018.

Miles Tarpey, partner at Slades Estate Agents in Christchurch, said: "When we got back to work after the festive period we had not expected our first transaction of the new year to be to sell a beach hut, or that the sale would go through so quickly!

“Having said that, these huts are incredibly popular and tend not to stay on the market for very long.

"The sale of this hut generated so much interest that we now have a database of keen buyers waiting to find the right hut for them.”