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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthis is a house built in south korea. the land is the size of a parking place .
would it be leagel in the us and or your city? the main takeaway of this is
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 5, 2021, 12:47 PM - Edit history (1)
such a residence would not be allowed to be built. Too bad.
Total living space in that house is about 485 square feet, including the "garage."
I used to live in a 20'x20' house. Just 400 sq. ft. I later added a 12'x18' bedroom, a second 12'x14' bedroom, and a 8'x12' sleeping loft with a skylight over the kitchen. A very comfortable cottage. It started as a weekend cabin, which I turned into a cottage home. I built all the additions by myself, and documented them in one of the magazines I wrote for. I sold it in 2004, when my wife and I moved to Minnesota.
3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)Similar one in Bucks County, Pa. They took a caboose, stood it on end and made a house out of it.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)It says 16 square metres per floor. Not including the garage (which is how I'd work it out), that's 688 square feet; including it, it's 860 square feet.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)That makes more sense.
localroger
(3,626 posts)As MineralMan already pointed out, it's too small; most places 900 sqft is the minimum you can get away with, and that also has to have a certain division of functions. I suspect it would run afoul of other codes, such as fire escape requirements. But there are a couple of states (MS is one) that don't have statewide UBC so you can buy land that isn't within a municipality that might have its own codes and do whatever you want.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
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(8,020 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)diane in sf
(3,913 posts)cash out nicely at some point. The location is super lovely. An elevator would be space conserving, but one would need a generator or power storage in case of power failure.
Hekate
(90,674 posts)Santa Barbara has at least one architect-designed house that is wedged into a teensy lot inside the city. I dont recall if it goes up as high as 4 stories, but every inch is accounted for. Location, location, as they say. It made the newspaper.
Last year I visited a condo/ townhouse in Ventura that was all stairways, including one down into the garage. The living spaces took 3 stories so to speak. Id just turn around, and then realize there was nothing more: living room, kitchen/dining area, bedroom, each got their floor. That was a developers decision, though why I dont know.
Anyhow, I hope the young couple can squeeze in an elevator some day, maybe outside the building.