Lowestoft's new beach huts to be sold for £30,000 each

The beach hut scheme costing £2.6m is part of the town's plans for regeneration

New beach huts being built as part of a £2.6m regeneration project will be sold for about £30,000 a piece.

Half of the 72 new huts in Lowestoft will be sold and half reserved for renting out.

The two-tier beach hurt complex, called Eastern Edge, will be completed later this month.

When plans for the beach huts were unveiled in 2021 they met with a mixed reaction from residents with some objecting to the modern design.

Moss Spillings, who is working on the huts, says the design will give "Lowestoft a zing"

Moss Spillings, the contracts manager involved in the project, said the huts were a "traditional build but with an absolute sort of modern twist giving Lowestoft a zing."

It is understood the rentable huts will cost £360 per week during the peak season.

Kerry Blair, head of operations at East Suffolk Council, said the beach huts are a "real bolt hole" whatever the weather.

He said: "It's not just a place to store a kettle and keep your towels but a base, a base for your family - it's a place to warm up, dry off and it gives you that location for the week."