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Pictured: 37 years later - Sarah and Alwyn Thomas. As well as sea views the hut has a view onto Christchurch harbour (pictured). <br />
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A shore investment..<br />
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A woman whose parents paid £500 for a wooden beach hut has seen it shoot up in value to a staggering £400,000.<br />
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But Sarah Thomas has vowed never to sell the sought-after seaside cabin despite it being worth the same as a house in many parts of the country.<br />
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Her parents, Jean and Peter Purvis, bought the beach hut at Mudeford in Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, in 1965 using £400 inheritance from her grandfather.

BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833.
Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

Pictured: 37 years later - Sarah and Alwyn Thomas. As well as sea views the hut has a view onto Christchurch harbour (pictured).

A shore investment..

A woman whose parents paid £500 for a wooden beach hut has seen it shoot up in value to a staggering £400,000.

But Sarah Thomas has vowed never to sell the sought-after seaside cabin despite it being worth the same as a house in many parts of the country.

Her parents, Jean and Peter Purvis, bought the beach hut at Mudeford in Christchurch Harbour, Dorset, in 1965 using £400 inheritance from her grandfather.