Up for tender: the house with its own fire engine

Don't stop at smoke alarms: buy this house and you get the ultimate in home-safety protection – a fully functioning fire engine.

The appliance is in the large garden of the cottage belonging to John Heap, who is selling up to move with his wife, Chita, to the Philippines.



Mr Heap said 'It's handy for putting out the odd chip-pan fire and for cleaning the upstairs windows, too.'

Mr and Mrs Heap are planning to move to the Philippines to be with her family once the sale of the property in Horton, Somerset, is complete.