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"The market holds limitless potential," says real estate agent Jason Scum.

WATERLOO, London, Monday — A cardboard box roughly the size of a snooker table has gone on sale for £170,000 in London's upmarket Waterloo Station area in Southwark. The former kitchen cooking range shipping box measures 11ft by 7ft by 4ft, and includes DSL broadband and a Sky TV dish.

The box is located in the former Cardboard City area near Waterloo Station. "It's gone way upmarket since the 1990s," said agent Jason Scum, associate director at Wrongmove and Bastard. "We expect the value to only appreciate." It is expected to attract buyers due to its close proximity to the fashionable bars, shops, leisure facilities and fetish clubs nearby.

In fact, the £170,000 price tag may make it one of the most affordable properties in the area. UK house prices rose by 10.5% during 2006, with Daily Mail readers continuing to be smug arseholes.

"We're looking into converting other nearby cardboard boxes, and possibly getting some made up specially with the Sky dish and broadband connections already fitted," said Scum.


Uncyclopedia, CC by-nc-sa 2.0. This is what I get for glancing at BBC News for even a moment.

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Date: 2007-01-23 12:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rufus.livejournal.com
eeek!

I guess the seller isn't especially motivated or s/he would have cleared the rubble out?

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Date: 2007-01-23 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wendolen.livejournal.com
Comparing the price of the flat to the average price in the neighborhood, I can see why they didn't feel the need to. That's fuckin' horrible, though!

That's the size of my study...

Date: 2007-01-23 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mouseworks.livejournal.com
...no, that's smaller than my study by a foot in one direction and two feet in the other (8 by 13).

Talk about a bed sitting room.

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Date: 2007-01-23 02:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fluffymormegil.livejournal.com
I see a need for FPAV and/or PBS.

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Date: 2007-01-23 06:38 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] xlerb.livejournal.com
You can tell the world's gone to hell in a handbag when an UnNews article seems less surreal than the real news it's based on.

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