AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE, BUT IN LONDONER RAY BARKER'S CASE IT'S A CONVERTED BROOM CLOSET MEASURING 11ft BY 5.5ft. BUT LOCATION IS EVERYTHING, AND THANKS TO ITS COVETED SPOT OPPOSITE HARRODS IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE, THE MINIATURE FLAT HAS BEEN VALUED AT £200,000. AND IT'S JUST RIGHT FOR BARKER, WHO USES THE TINY SPACE TO SLEEP IN, THUS AVOIDING A LENGTHY COMMUTE BETWEEN BATH AND CHISWICK. THE 49 YEAR OLD BOUGHT THE SPACE FOR £120,000 FOUR YEARS AGO, THE MIRROR REPORTED. HE SAID: 'I DO THE CLEANING WHILE LYING ON MY SOFA BED. IN FACT, I CAN WASH UP, ANSWER THE DOOR, MAKE A CUPPA AND GO TO THE LOO ALL IN THE SAME PLACE.' THE FLAT'S TWO ROOMS MEASURE 60.5sqft AND HAS A TOILET, A SHOWER WHICH DOUBLES AS A WARDROBE, AND SIX-INCH DEEP CUPBOARDS. IT WAS CONVERTED INTO A LIVING SPACE IN 1987 AND BOUGHT BY A SECRETARY FOR £37,000. NOW WORTH ALMOST SIX TIMES AS MUCH, SELLING THE FLAT WOULD ENABLE BARKER TO PUT DOWN AN OFFER ON 600 YEAR OLD BALLYFINBOY CASTLE, WHICH RESTS ON TWO ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY TIPPERARY, IRELAND.
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