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That is cute. I wish I could remember more details about the narrow house I saw on tv a couple of years ago. I think it was in Philadelphia, and I think it was 7 feet wide. It was gorgeous, actually. A middle-aged man lived in it, and he had a grown son, and I can't remember if the son lived with him or not. It's going to drive me crazy now. It was very opulent and had state of the art stuff in it.
Like many commenters on the entry, I'm curious to know what the bathroom looks like. I love my teeny apartment (which may be bigger than that house, but not by much), but the weirdly shaped bathroom is probably by biggest peeve.
Makes our 1000 square foot house seem like a mansion by comparison. We're constantly fighting clutter. Any time we buy something new, we have to get rid of something old. Goes for clothes, shoes, tools, whatever. We simply do not have room for more stuff. We have three full baths, which is ridiculous in such a small place--one shower is used for hanging laundry, and we've converted another into a closet. Our stairs were so narrow that we couldn't fit the box springs up the stairs; neither dresser would fit, either. One bonus is that we almost never lose anything.
I don't know if that'll work, Hellbient. From the photos, there does not appear to be glitter on the mattress, the highway or the front porch.
Please! In NYC that'd be considered a bargain!
Yeah, the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the price was, "A house...for under $200K?!??!"
The price per square foot comes out to somewhere around $600. Move our house down the road a few blocks, and we'd be paying that, easy. We're not far from $450/sq.ft. now, actually (though we didn't pay that much when we bought the place). Location, location, location, and all that.
I love Old Towne Alexandria- so beautiful. I had a friend in middle school whose family was filthy wealthy, and they owned a beautiful townhouse, and it was like a castle. I can't imagine I could ever afford a house like that, but it would be fun if I could!
Speculation: In lots of places, building codes specify that stairs must be at least three feet wide. When your house is only seven feet wide, that's a big chunk of space.
Still, though, I'd've maybe gone with a ladder to a loft bedroom or something (I used to daydream about building my own tiny house. Maybe I still do, sometimes.)
If y'all wanted to know what living in an RV might be like, that house is just about right. The RV I lived in was eight feet wide, tho', and had slide outs/tip outs which upped the square footage to about 340 or so. I think I would have been happier in the small house.
The smallest house in Utrecht is built on a lot the size of a parking lot. 3 x 5 meters. It does have a medieval vaulted cellar opening on a canal though.
I've lived in the rust belt so long that it's hard to wrap my head around how high house prices are in non-depressed cities. $179K gets you this in my neighborhood which is one of the more expensive areas of the city.
The price per square foot comes out to somewhere around $600.
Wow- roughly ten times the going rate in my neighborhood. I've got 2200 square feet I'd be hard pressed to get $140k for.
Here's a link to a home builder in the area; I think the floorplan name equals the square footage. Which means you can get 2655 square feet for about $179,900. And that's for a new home.
There's a brand new manufactured house just a block from mine for $174,000.00. Three bedrooms, two full baths, and a gorgeous porch to die for. But you don't own the property here, you just rent the lot. If you can find anything under $200,000.00 in New Jersey (that's not in an old adult community), it's generally a crappy shack expected to be replaced.
By the way, brand new adult community houses around here start at $400,000.00 and go up.
The tiny house is 3km from my house (just under 2 miles). My dad, a realtor, has sent me the link to that house with the suggestion that I consider it. It makes my bachelor apartment look spacious. For my money I pay about 33 bucks per square foot, per year. Which isn't great for Toronto rent prices but is about as much space/money as I can deal with at the present moment.
The best you're going to get in Abbotsford (for $179,000 CDN) is a 700-900 sq. foot apartment-style condo. Some are nicer than others, 1 or 2 bedroms, 1 or 1 1/2 or 2 bathrooms, no pets, uncovered parking. Not bad if that's what you want.
Our house was built in 1950, and is just under 1300 sq. ft. (It was smaller before the carport was enclosed sometime in the late 60s/early 70s.) I've been a little shocked in the past when co-workers referred to it as a small house. I mean, for two people, it is PLENTY, and I happen to know previous owners raised as many as three kids in this house. (We have old neighbors who've told us so! Heh.)
Also, we're still technically in the city (right at the edge, but at least we're still close to mass transit) and in 1995 paid about half what our newer neighbors paid for their homes.
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