Here's a flat for sale that might have all mod cons - you'd just have to dig through a load of clutter and junk to find out.

The “spacious” two bedroom apartment is on the market for £285,000 with photographs on Rightmove revealing no effort to make it look spic n' span for potential buyers.

Alex Gosling, managing director of estate agents Housesimple.co.uk, said properties in London were fetching an incredible 101% of asking price on average no matter how they were presented.

He told the Evening Standard: “London properties are selling like hot cakes but in the current market they do not have to look that edible.”

In one bedroom of the flat in Tulse Hill, South London, boxes can be seen piled high while two packets of biscuits have been left on the bed.

The flat’s kitchen, which selling agent Brooks Estate Agents of Streatham say “would benefit from updating”, is almost invisible under debris and the window is largely blocked by hanging clothes.

Agent James Brooks said the flat was being sold by an elderly lady who needed to downsize and was not physically able to tidy up.

He said: "Usually in this situation we would only take pictures of the outside, but now we think we should show exactly what people are going to see so they don’t get spooked when they go inside.

"The flat is not filthy, it is just untidy. It is not that she can’t be bothered but she is not physically able to tidy up. We are selling it for her so she can move to something smaller. We think it is important to be transparent."

He said another flat in the block had already sold for £350,000 so the property was offered at "a good price" and a viewing had been booked within hours of it going on the market.

He added: “That price will encourage people to see it, the money they save is an awful lot which they can spend on tidying up."