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BONKERS BEACH HUTS

Nothing says Great British seaside more than a beach hut. And now we’re all allowed to go to the coast again, sales and rentals of these traditional holiday staples have soared.

Once upon a time, they used to be seen as ‘common’ but now they’re so achingly middle-class that last year one on Mudeford Spit in Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, sold for £330,000 – the same asking price as a five-bedroom house in Hull.

The idea of spending the summer in a

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