AN ENCHANTED PLACE TO BE
FOR years, Caroline Petherbridge dreamt of owning a beach hut. But the married mother-of-two feared the cost would be too much.
However, last May the 51year-old took the plunge.
Among the £40,000 huts she saw a 1960s flat-roof hut — measuring 8 ft by 12 ft — at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, for £28,000 as it needed renovating. Together with friends, she bought the hut.
‘We spent the summer using it and then knocked it down to build a new one, which cost £5,000,’ Caroline explains. ‘It’s named The Enchanted Place, a nod to the Winnie-the-Pooh books. I furnished it for just £300.’