this is a house built in south korea. the land is the size of a parking place .

[AllaN01Bear]

would it be leagel in the us and or your city? the main takeaway of this is

[MineralMan]

1. A very clever solution. In most places in the US, though,

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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]

6. There is one light that on Lake St. Catherine in Vt.

Similar one in Bucks County, Pa. They took a caboose, stood it on end and made a house out of it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. More than that, according to the video

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]

11. Ah. I must have remember the measurement from the video.

That makes more sense.

[localroger]

2. Not legal anywhere in the US with normal building codes

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]

3. That was interesting! n/t

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. A solution without a problem.

[yaesu]

5. if you live in an area with no tornados, Derechos, ect....nt

[keithbvadu2]

7. 1+

[diane in sf]

8. Good for young people without mobility issues. God forbid anyone breaks a leg. They'll be able to

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]

10. Legal? Sure. It all comes down to the cost and availability of land...

Santa Barbara has at least one architect-designed house that is wedged into a teensy lot inside the city. I don’t 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. I’d just turn around, and then realize there was nothing more: living room, kitchen/dining area, bedroom, each got their floor. That was a developer’s decision, though why I don’t know.

Anyhow, I hope the young couple can squeeze in an elevator some day, maybe outside the building.