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'Rathole' for Rs 31 lakh!

Updated on: 06 October,2010 08:04 AM IST  | 
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Second home insurance customers looking for a cozy getaway in Italy may be interested to hear that the world's smallest flat has been put on the marketplace.

'Rathole' for Rs 31 lakh!

Second home insuranceu00a0 customers looking for a cozy getaway in Italy may be interested to hear that the world's smallest flat has been put on the marketplace.

A former porter's closet measuring five square metresu00a0 has gone on the market in Rome at ufffd43,000 (Rs 31.35 lakh).

The property, which is being described as the world's smallest apartment is barely large enough to contain a single bed.

The owner of the bijou property says he has been inundated with queries since putting it on the market a few days ago.

It is located on Piazza di Sant' Ignazio, a picturesque square overlooked by an enormous Renaissance church.

One report described it as "little bigger than a wigwam" whileu00a0 a daily newspaper, commented, "In Rome, people now live like rats."

The flat consists of a ground floor bathroom with a shower, sink and lavatory and a ladder leading to a sleeping platform just big enough for a single bed.

There is a single window, but to open it you have to climb over the bed.

It lies just behind Palazzo Grazioli, the imposing mansion which is rented by Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian PM, as his private residence in the capital.




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