A budget of £150,000 doesn’t get you far in the property world of London. We did find this £110,000 houseboat in Chelsea , for example, but you’d likely have to pay in cash, as well as finding nearly £1,000 a month in mooring charges. There’s also a garage in Clapham on the market at £150,000, and it has a very nice blue door… but it’s still just a garage.

So to come across a well-located property of over 1,000 sq ft, right near the River Thames, with freehold included, up for auction with a guide price of £110,000 feels like something of a miracle. The catch? It’s a former public convenience on the Isle of Dogs, and the entire place needs to be gutted.

The Manchester Road public conveniences are close to a DLR station, a park and the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. (Image credit: Savills)

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