Quirky coastal property with a hot-tub and a surfboard store overlooking exclusive Cornish cove goes on sale for £650,000 – but can only be used as a holiday home

• Leeward House sits above Trevaunance Cove near St Agnes, overlooking a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• The unique wooden home is one of 11 in a development and is classified as for holiday occupancy only
• Estate agents say the stunning property would be worth an extra £300,000 if it were a primary residence

A unique coastal holiday home with a hot-tub overlooking an exclusive cove in a UNESCO World Heritage Site is on the market for £650,000.

Leeward House sits above Trevaunance Cove near St Agnes in Cornwall and is part of a small enclave of detached cedar-clad properties.

The architecturally-distinct home is one of only 11 in the development and is classified as for holiday occupancy only.

It cannot be used as a sole or primary residence due to planning rules but it could be used year-round by the new owner and there are no restrictions on how many weeks they could live there. 

A unique coastal holiday home with a hot-tub overlooking an exclusive cove in a UNESCO World Heritage Site is on the market for £650,000

Leeward House sits above Trevaunance Cove near St Agnes in Cornwall and is part of a small enclave of detached cedar-clad properties

The architecturally-distinct home is one of only 11 in the development and is classified as for holiday occupancy only

St Agnes on the Cornish coast is a highly desirable village in an area of outstanding natural beauty and a World Heritage Site

Agents Lillicrap Chilcott say the property would be worth £950,000 without the planning rules, and it has already attracted a huge amount of interest in under 48 hours on the market.

Several people are bidding sight unseen and the agents have set noon on Monday for best and final offers.

The glass and wood house was built ten years ago and was the original show home for the development and has a high spec finish throughout.

It has beautiful views of the surrounding trees, which were protected during the build, and the rugged countryside of the former mining landscape beyond.

It cannot be used as a sole or primary residence due to planning rules but it could be used year-round by the new owner and there are no restrictions on how many weeks they could live there

It has beautiful views of the surrounding trees, which were protected during the build, and the rugged countryside of the former mining landscape beyond

The glass and wood house was built ten years ago and was the original show home for the development and has a high spec finish throughout

The current owners, who bought it off-plan, have used it as a second home and recently as a very successful holiday rental, which would be expected to gross up to £60,000 this year if the new owner continued holiday letting.

The house has 1,328 sq ft of accommodation with an open plan L-shaped kitchen/dining/living room on the ground floor and four bedrooms and two bathrooms on the first floor.

The property has sliding patio doors that make the most of the views and open onto a large outdoor decked terrace.

It has an air source heat pump that provides the hot water and heating.

The first floor has two balconies, one with a hot tub on it. There is also a surfboard store below the raised walkway and an outside shower.

Properties anywhere near the highly-regarded and sought-after Trevaunance Cove beach are scarce and there is already huge interest in the home

The current owners, who bought it off-plan, have used it as a second home and recently as a very successful holiday rental, which would be expected to gross up to £60,000 this year if the new owner continued holiday letting

Several people are bidding sight unseen and the agents have set noon on Monday for best and final offers

The house has 1,328 sq ft of accommodation with an open plan L-shaped kitchen/dining/living room on the ground floor and four bedrooms and two bathrooms on the first floor

The grounds, which include walkways, grassy areas and woodland, are communal with each property owner holding a share of the management company.

St Agnes is a highly desirable village in an area of outstanding natural beauty and a World Heritage Site.

Properties anywhere near the highly-regarded Trevaunance Cove beach are scarce.

Ian Lillicrap from Lillicrap Chilcott, said: ‘The house is on a hillside which slopes down to Trevaunance Cove and looks out over the valley.

‘There’s 11 houses grouped very nicely on the hillside, all looking out.

‘It’s quite hard to get property in St Agnes.

The property has sliding patio doors that make the most of the views and open onto a large outdoor decked terrace

The first floor has two balconies, one with a hot tub on it. There is also a surfboard store below the raised walkway and an outside shower

The grounds, which include walkways, grassy areas and woodland, are communal with each property owner holding a share of the management company

Agents Lillicrap Chilcott say the property would be worth £900,000 without the planning rules, and it has already attracted a huge amount of interest in under 48 hours on the market

The dramatic ruins of the old Wheal Coates tin mine are on the doorstep of the property on Chapel Porth Beach

‘This cannot be used as your principle residence but it can be occupied all year round, so the owners could spend what time they want to there, however many weeks a year, and then let it out the rest of the time.

‘It would let like wildfire. It’s currently let through a company and once lettings are permitted to resume I think it’s let every single week through until the end of December.

‘That’s why all the contents are available by separate negotiation.

‘We’ve had a lot of interest in it. It only launched on Monday and we had 23 enquiries on Tuesday morning with several people bidding sight unseen. It is going to go for well over £650,000.

‘The opportunity to have a house like that, were it not for the restriction preventing it from being a main home, it would cost the best part of £950,000.’

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