We’ve told you all sorts of neighbor stories more than once – how entitled neighbors have tried to interfere with literally any aspect of people’s lives, fromconstructionand renovation to their personal lives and evenpets. As a rule, this doesn’t lead to anything good, except yet another drama. And yet, every rule has its exceptions…
It sometimes happens that the interference of neighbors can ultimately prompt the homeowner or the developer to do something really extraordinary. As, for example, happened with this house in Florida, which recently went completely viral.
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There’s a house in Jacksonville Beach, and it’s just 10 feet wide
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And it’s been the ruin of many a poor neighbor’s window view
Jacksonville Beach is a small resort town on the Atlantic coast of Florida, well known for its beaches, sun, golden sand… and now an incredible two-story house that squeezed right into a narrow plot of land between two neighboring houses. A house that was featured on Zillow Gone Wild last year.
It so happened that during the development of the area in the ’00s, the developer John Atkins tried to build a house on this site, and the initial blueprints implied a width of 15 feet – but the neighbors, as often happens, began to protest andcomplain. Most likely, they expected that, having received a refusal, the developer would give in and sell them this piece of land. But Atkins was damn stubborn…
Having received permission from the city authorities to build a house only 10 feet wide, he erected a structure towering almost twice as tall – and put the house up for sale. The resulting property, with two bedrooms, turned out to be a truly unique architectural project, perfect for single life. The buyer, 51-year-old Mike Cavanagh, eventually purchased it for $619K – and is now very happy with the purchase.
The buyer tells us he enjoys what he has done – spending life in style and luxury in a house only 10 feet wide
As for its height, yes, the neighbors may be unhappy that it ruins their view somehow, but they, after all, contributed to the project’s implementation with their complaints. The new owner is happy to have acquired such a unique “skinny home,” and sincerely considers it “a solid investment.” He is quite likely to be right.
This type of building is mainly inherent to old towns of Europe – because of real estate taxing features in the Middle Ages
And today, walking along the cozy old streets of Amsterdam or Brussels, we see this classic picture of three- and four-story houses rising above the pavement, with lancet windows and tiled roofs, creating that very unique atmosphere of old Europe.
However, the Keret House is rather anart objectthan a real estate property, while Mike Cavanagh’s house is an absolutely full-fledged and comfortable living space. As for its unique characteristics, the great movie director Orson Welles once said, “The absence of limitations is the enemy of art,” and he was actually damn right.
People online sincerely believe this house is a real work of petty revenge, captured in stone, glass and metal. Some folks really liked it (the majority, in fact), arguing that living in such a house is like living in a two-story and well-designed trailer. But if there’s one thing you can’t deny about this house – it doesn’t leave people (especially neighbors) indifferent. And what do you, our dear readers, think of this truly remarkable building?
Netizens were very divided over this house, but it actually left no one indifferent
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