NYC's 'skinniest' house has fat price tag: $2.7M

AP via ExciteNews ^ | Aug 26, 2009 | staff reporter

[Daffynition]

[the invisib1e hand]

9 1/2 feet wide. I’m getting short of breath just trying to picture that.

[Fichori]

Try to imagine three 40’ refrigerator trailers stacked.

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The house at 75 1/2 Bedford St. in Greenwich Village is 42 feet long and three stories high which makes the total square footage about 1,200 feet. Some houses in New York City, probably not far from 75 1/2 Bedford St. in Greenwich Village, have bedrooms bigger than that.

How much per square foot

So, with a price tag of $2.7 million, the house at 75 1/2 Bedford St. in Greenwich Village costs about $2,250 per square foot. Just for the sake of comparison, my college studio apartment cost 78 cents per square foot. Now that I think of it, maybe I should have stayed there. I’d have a lot of extra cash now.

[Salamander]

I’d lose my last remaining marble within 7 minutes, tops.

[Domangart]

Reminds me of the Sacramento rats two story low cost 250k housing they built out by the air port. The driveway was on the street and is the most prominite feature of the home's. They are lined up like hot dogs. The front door is in the center.

[the invisib1e hand]

Try to imagine three 40’ refrigerator trailers stacked.

That's an effective image.

Still laboring over my wind, however.

[the invisib1e hand]

I’d lose my last remaining marble within 7 minutes, tops.

Then you'd fit right in.

[Daffynition]

NYers are famous [infamous] for putting up with sub-standard housing for exorbitant prices/prices.

[Salamander]

Strange but true “coincidence”.

Back in the dim and distant past, my first husband and I were apartment hunting.

We answered a promising ad and were led into a “house” that was maybe 12 feet wide and 30 feet long.

*That* was not the worst part, however...the wooden floors were painted bright, slaughterhouse red.

The landlord asked if we wanted to see the upstairs.

Although I was no more than 3 feet inside the threshold, I backed out so fast I nearly fell off the front steps.

[and I’m not even claustrophobic...the place was just so geometrically *disturbing*]

[woulda made a nice duckpin alley, though]...:)

[Jemian]

It’s a long tall trailer! Put a presidential library in it.

[nmh]

Living there would make me claustrophobic!

[MaxMax]

For 2.7m the reach around better be exceptional.

[MaxMax]

2.7 hundred a unit! Hurry they're going fast.

[Dov in Houston]

For a house with this much square footage I wonder what the “property” taxes are ? 9 1/2 by 30 or 40

[ozark hilljilly]

It still has more square footage than my cozy 3 bedroom humble abode.

[snarks_when_bored]

[Daffynition]

Kansas City; at least it is free standing.

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Skinny house Boston

The Skinny House in Boston is pretty well-known, at least in the area. The story goes that in 1874, a couple of brothers had a fight over the land they had jointly inherited from their father. Instead of properly settling the fight, one brother built a large home on the land while the other brother was away in the military. When the traveling brother returned home, he decided to spite his greedy brother and build a small house on what was left of the land they both owned, blocking his brother’s nice view. It still stands today and is occupied. At its widest point, the Skinny House is just over 10 feet wide. The narrowest point in the house is only 6.2 feet wide.

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Taxes $9,669 (annual)