Eleven of the skinniest houses you have ever seen.
September 2, 2009 by Peter Baumbach
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New York’s ‘skinniest house’ is on sale for 2.7 million dollars. It is only 9 1/2 feet wide. It is located on 75 1/2 Bedford St. in New York City. The current owner bought it in 2000 for $1.6 million.
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A very skinny house in Fremont neighborhood, Seattle.
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This looks like a skinny house in Amsterdam. The size is deceiving, because the house gets wider in the back.
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This Amsterdam house is one of the skinniest. Kraskland explains “At one time houses facing the canals were taxed based on the width of the structure, so there was great incentive to make them very thin. Here’s the skinniest one in Amsterdam. ” But, this next one might be skinnier?
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Another skinny Amsterdam house. This one does look skinner than the previous one doesn’t it?
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This pink house is in South Carolina.
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This house is in Helsby England. At first it doesn’t look that skinny. But notice the parked Mini Cooper. Now you get some idea of scale. This home may have been a spite house to block someones view.
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It is a little dark outside here in Shitamachi, Tokyo Japan.
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This skinny house is at 44 Hull Street in Boston. Wikipedia says
The structure was apparently built as a “spite house” shortly after the American Civil War. According to local legend:
…two brothers inherited land from their deceased father. While one brother was away serving in the military, the other built a large home, leaving the soldier only a shred of property that he felt certain was too tiny to build on. When the soldier returned, he found his inheritance depleted and built the narrow house to spite his brother by blocking the sunlight and ruining his view…
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This Paris building is thin but pretty wide.
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As you can see this house was for sale during the winter. I tracked down the listing, and it is still for sale. The price is $49,900 in Rockford IL. The house is bigger than it looks. This is a triangle. There is a garage even. Still only one bedroom and one bath.
