House on sale for £595k comes with a cat who doesn’t want to leave

House-hunters will know that the property market is currently a dark and miserable place.

Here’s a bright spot to revive your faith and get you back to browsing property porn.

A five-bed cottage on the market for £595,000 comes with an unexpected bonus: a cat.

No, this is not an especially creative freebie from an estate agent. Instead, this is a feline friend who doesn’t really fancy leaving the place they call home.

The listing for the property, in Littlebeck, near Whitby, reads: ‘The property also could come with a cat as the residing one would like to stay if possible.’

Fair play to the kitty – it’s a place we wouldn’t give up too easily.

The home is a Victorian Gothic-style cottage with five bedrooms and loads of quirky original features, including rosemary tiles and teak fascia boards.

There’s a study, a kitchen, a dining room, and lounge on the ground floor, and outside is a large garden, complete with a pigsty and an area for chickens – so you can live your full cottagecore dreams.

‘The house is oozing with period charm and is incredibly individual,’ says the listing.

‘It is located close to a protected nature reserve so there is wildlife in abundance including bats to add to the atmospheric feel.

‘For any one in need of a new familiar the property also could come with a cat as the residing one would like to stay if possible.

‘Everything for a new fairytale lifestyle.’