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The prototype of an eco-friendly micro house has been bought by a Londoner for £9,500 at auction, adding £1,500 to the original listed guide price.



Mic Choudry, the owner of Moving Home Company Ltd, intends to use the portable single residence - which, at 130sq ft is about a third of the size of a Tube train carriage - as on-site living quarters for the foreman at the company's 25,000sq ft commercial premises in Greenwich, south-east London.



Micro houses, supplied in Britain by Ecodom, are kitted out with a fold-down bed, kitchenette and shower room. If all goes to plan, Choudry would like to invest in more of these compact homes, with the idea of creating a rental village that would be ideally located for students at the University of Greenwich nearby.



Including VAT, he paid a total of £12,000 for the "studio house made from wood". He says: "I think it was a good investment. It's a compact building and nicely fitted out. I think they could work particularly well for the student market in London."



SEE MORE: IMAGES AND FLOORPLAN OF THE MICRO HOUSE...



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1/12 Buy into Charles Dickens’ blue plaque home The bedroom/living space with a floor-to-ceiling window.

2/12 Alesha Dixon’s old home for a bargain £1 million The bed folds-up into the wall. The living space leads into the kitchen area.

3/12 Do a DiCaprio — buy yourself a private island The single bed folds-down at night.

4/12 Free delivery and assembly service on bespoke beds A fully-integrated bathroom maxinmmises space.

5/12 Discounts on summer garden furniture Constructed off-site...

6/12 Discounts on Eames-style chairs And delivered fully-made within two months...

7/12 The 130sq ft single residence measures about a third of the size of a London Tube carriage.

8/12 Chic sun loungers for £445 The new model wll be 2.5 metres tall, so you won't need planning permission to put one in your garden.

9/12 Up to 30 per cent off window shutters A computer-genereated-image of the bathroom and bedroom/living space

10/12 Can I force my ex to lower the selling price of our house? A computer-genereated-image of the bedroom/living space and kitchen

11/12 Savings on stylish tray tables A computer-genereated-image of the bedroom/living space and bathroom

12/12 Save £15 on contemporary tripod lamp A birds-eye view of the micro-house.

three metres tall - a shade under 10ft - so an owner would need planning permission before putting it in a garden, and as the electrics are in line with EU regulations, these will need to be adapted to meet British standards.

READ MORE: Planning permission for outbuildings - everything you need to know

New micro homes will be made with energy-efficient timber frames and insulation, rather than the prototype's solid wood panels, so they will be cheaper to heat and will weigh less than the 5.1-ton original. Crucially, the new model will only be 2.5 metres tall - 8ft 2in - so you may not need to apply for planning permission.

For more details, visit ecodom-uk.com.