London - September 05, 2006

Happy Retirement

Retreat Homes

For sale: one bedroom flat (i.e., studio), with kitchenette (i.e., wash your saucepans in the bath), close to local transport (i.e., overlooks the M1). Cost: £250,000 (i.e., no — they mean it).

Struggling to get on the property ladder? Buy a Retreat Home.

Architects Buckley Gray Yeoman have taken the trash out of the trailer with their sleek timber cubes on wheels; models come standard, but extras (hot tub, sun deck, private cinema) can be added on request. Depending on planning permission, you could put one in your garden or, if your backyard isn’t big enough (and whose is?), there are prefabricated holiday Retreat Homes in parks across the UK, Eire, France and Spain.

It’s all very ecofriendly and ideal for urban escapees and asylum seekers.

And not a dual carriageway in sight.

Available online at retreathomes.co.uk.