hotelThe Hotel Inspector · Season 19, Episode 5 · Aired May 2, 2024
The Original Hut Company
Bodiam, East Sussex
Yes. This one is still open. It trades today as The Original Hut Company.
What happened after
Off-grid shepherd's huts and camping site with 80-seat cafe on a working farm; official site directly confirms ongoing (seasonal) operation.
What happened on the show
Shipped here under a generic descriptor, the series 19 case East Sussex Shepherds Huts is really The Original Hut Company at Bodiam, an off-grid shepherd's-hut and camping site with an eighty-seat cafe on a working farm. Alex Polizzi's nineteenth-series visit in 2024 tackled this distinctive glamping operation. Because the record preserves nothing of the specific problems she diagnosed, the honest frame is verifiable rather than reconstructed, drawn from the property's type and setting and the plain fact of the inspection. The outcome is documented clearly by the business itself on its own site, which sets out how the operation has fared since the cameras left the East Sussex countryside. The operation trades on today, now closing seasonally by the owners' choice rather than any business failure, as its own site sets out.
After the cameras left
The Original Hut Company is open and trading, its official site directly confirming ongoing, if now seasonal, operation of the off-grid shepherd's huts, camping and eighty-seat cafe at Bodiam in East Sussex. It now closes seasonally from late October through March, a lifestyle choice the owners describe as making more time for their children rather than a business closure, so the open status sits at high confidence. The glamping and camping operation Polizzi visited, shipped here under the spine's generic descriptor, appears to have kept going comfortably as a going concern in the East Sussex countryside.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.