Sandwiched between two terraced houses it looks like it’s not much more than a couple of metres wide.
This wooden makeshift house, with just one main window and a front door, could be a novel solution to the capital’s housing crisis. But since it mysteriously appeared in Leyton a month ago, there are questions surrounding its legality.
It is understood its creators did not have planning permission for the structure, on the site of a former garage that used to be between the two houses.
Neighbours in Manor Road said there do not appear to be people living there at the moment while construction work goes on.
IT consultant Esther Regenwetter, 41, who has lived in Manor Road for 15 years, said: “For a long time it was a horrible shed, not even a garage. They seem to have put this bizarre front on it, but what was there before was really, really horrible. I don’t have anything against it.”
But one woman in her 70s who lives next door said: “You’re going to have to be quite thin to live in there.”
Waltham Forest council said: “We are investigating and will take appropriate action.”
