For sale: London’s thinnest house

LONDON: Blink and you could easily miss it. Wedged between a doctor’s surgery and a hairdressing salon, London’s thinnest house is only identified by a streak of dark blue paint.

But the five-floor house in Shepherd’s Bush — which is just 5ft 6ins (1.6 metres) at its narrowest point — is currently on the market for £950,000 (39 million baht).

The unusual property, originally a Victorian hat shop with storage for merchandise and living quarters on its upper floors, was built sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century.

In a nod to its past, the house still has an old-fashioned glass shopfront with a lamp in the shape of a bowler hat.

David Myers, an assistant sales manager at Winkworth estate…