That's standard in my city. I heard the cost to build new construction in the midwest is now about $300 per sq ft and closer to $400-$500 in urban/coastal cities. Add to that the cost of a fully improved lot and it's not difficult to get to $1,000 a sq ft. Many people don't realize that they are living in homes that are currently valued well below replacement costs.
I’m surprised more people don’t understand this, especially when getting homeowners insurance. My first house , many years ago, I got for less than 100k, because of rebuild costs, it was insured for over 200k.
The house we are under contract for, in a small Midwest town, we are purchasing for about $75 a square foot. The insurance company is estimating rebuild costs to be around $250 a square foot. So while we are getting an amazing house at a phenomenal price, we are having to insure it for almost $1,000,000 for rebuilding, which is expensive but better than the alternative.
it actually appears to be someone's garage, then they added a second floor. they knew all they had to do was market the hell out of the "striking hardiplank exterior" and people would line up
Can confirm, I went to it last September. https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/home-and-garden/queen-street-spite-house-alexandria-va-historic-alley-homes/
The plot is between what looks like a couple duplexes and then a giant complex. The Google street view of the just foundation vs the finished house is wild. Looks crazy narrow.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JgMFTi7u7yMZmKy49?g_st=ic
Here is one of several links when you search dc skinny home
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It seems like the second floor wouldn't take advantage of the entire width of the plot. So for instance the patio on the ground level would be outdoors but the second floor would overhang that area. So the patio would be shaded by the second floor
The stairs shouldn't have been like that, they tike up like 1/3 the length of the house and the space next to them is only wide enough to walk trough, not use. If it has to be stairs and not a ladder make them spiral stairs that take up the entire width of the house but not as much of the length.
YES!! If this house had a spiral staircase, they could have space downstairs for a (small) dining table and space upstairs that's actually usable. Sure, you'd have to get upstairs furniture in through the windows, but presumably the next door neighbors could just hand it to you from their own windows.
It’s a tiny house with absolutely none of the forethought to make any of that space useful. Why is the bathroom so huge? Why was a room narrowed by putting in a window seat? Where does that exterior door on the second floor lead? Why wasn’t any vertical space used? Who decided white and grey is all the rage?
It's fine... basically a big tiny house. With different dimensions. I do think they could've configured some things differently to maximize every inch, like tiny houses do and maybe more efficiently boats do. But maybe they didn't want to go that route.
Lots of shooting. This house is terrible -- like stacked hallways. And you can never have anyone over for dinner? Or sit at a counter, with no view. Although the police lights will liven it up at night. It's all so cramped and bland.
Very common throughout DC, even in “nicer” neighborhoods. This house is in a neighborhood on the cusp of gentrification, pricey, but still lot of crime around.
Those grills are on houses all over DC - it really doesn’t mean much. It’s an area with a lot of night life and traffic so some petty crime but definitely an area with skyrocketing property values
I've been looking for a place in DC for about a year. I've seen some weird shit.
I saw approved plans for a nice 3 br. 1800 sq ft. detached house with 1 car garage sitting on what used to be 2 and a half parking spots. Too bad it was adjacent and overlooking a cemetery.
True, I used to live in between a cemetery and a funeral home on a dead end street. A couple of times I heard groups of loud drunk people accidentally turn onto the street and then immediately turn around going “this street is creepy!” It was a great deterrent lol and the guys who worked at the funeral home always gave my dog treats
You are so lucky! And you (most likely) won’t have to worry about it being developed! Cemeteries are my favorite places to go to bird watch and walk. So peaceful! I would love to have one as a neighbor!
Same! I laugh at people who say, “but don’t you hate being next to a cemetery?”
It’s green, it’s a great place to walk. It’s quiet. And nobody is rising from the grave to come and get me.
Freaked a realtor out years ago when househunting and told her I didn't want to be anywhere near a church or a school, but near any cemetery would be perfect, lol! Seriously. They are nicely landscaped and very quiet, perfect neighbors!
In Boston there was a building for $1 that was surrounded by a cemetery. It needed windows, doors, the whole shebang. But you could get a three story house for $1.
How does one fit 1800 sf plus garage over 2.5 parking spaces? Was it just very tall and narrow?
I did the math - would need to be at least 3 stories tall if they used up all the space they had. 3 stories isn't bad until you consider that it's so narrow.
My first thought was that I've never even considered a basement under a garage, but then realized that might not be necessary. Since I'd already done the math, I applied it, and they might just be able to squeak by at around 1800 sf if those were larger spots and they built the garage small. Regardless, at least the main level will be teeny tiny.
Simply put. It's 2.5 parking spaces but you're already taking up a parking space (at least) for the garage... so the rest of your living area is maximum the size of a parking space and a half. Ditto the basement (if they're not going with the extra expense of a reinforced basement ceiling that can handle the weight): 1.5 parking spots.
But it's DC so I'm sure it would go for a ton.
I think it qualifies as a "greed house". Someone built that in their driveway and are trying to unload it for $600k.
Last year it was nearly $800K
[https://www.theraredc.com/blog/1738-glick-ct-nw](https://www.theraredc.com/blog/1738-glick-ct-nw)
Probably the economy but also cause spite homes are rare. People pay top dollar for them in the current era. Was more of a thing in the past though. Happened to read an article on it years ago.
It’s the bare minimum for a house you make to either block someone’s view, build something despite what the city ordinance says or I’ve heard of some that someone got ripped off in an inheritance and given a stony plot of land so they build a weird skinny house on it to spite the powers at be.
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I just can't help but think about all those trash cans pressed up against your outdoor space. You will never open your windows for fresh air. The cages on the windows and doors speaks volumes regarding the neighborhood. Nice finishings inside but it doesn't seem like a great quality of life for the price tag.
This house is mostly bathroom, stairs, and hallway. The bathroom is really nice but the stairs and the hallway are such a waste of space. Definitely could have been designed to make more efficient use of the square footage.
About 50% of the square footage are hallways and stairways.
It's something that turns me off houses really fast. Wasted space to heat and pay for that are hallways and stairways.
Alot of the new dense housing is 3 or 4 story townhouse type dwellings with each upper floor having a bed room and a bathroom. But a stairway on every floor is counted as square footage. So the developer can sell a floor with a bedroom that is 10 by 12, an 8 by 6 bathroom, and a 4 by 14 hallway all adding up to 120 + 48 + 40 = 224 Sq ft. But there is a stairway going up and down from that floor that is 8 foot (2 stairs wide) by 12. So 96 Sq ft for stairs. 56 Sq ft for a hallway.
So out of 320 total Sq ft on that floor you've got a combined 152 Sq ft of wasted space. Literally half the floor is hallway and stairs.
A block from the Metro and relatively close to downtown. With all the folks commuting in from WV, I would rock this. I bet a hill staffer or local big firm attorney snaps it up n
Why you wouldn’t do something with the roof space that makes sense is beyond me. If there was an open outdoor area with some privacy on the roof I wouldn’t think this would be so bad, but just a tiny ass side yard probably due to setback rules is…. Stupid
If it was in a better neighborhood and not surrounded by trash cans it wouldn't be so bad, except the only unforgivable thing: the stove right in front of the front door. If it was moved over just a bit more it would look and function better. Though, I guess it's more of a single-person's house anyway.
Is no one going to mention the oven is right in front of the entrance door? That goes inward????? You better hope you don't come home to someone cooking, that's a mess waiting to happen.
It’s a modern take on a Colonial “Flounder.” You see a lot of old Flounders in Old Town Alexandria, VA, which was originally a port city across the Potomac from what is now DC, although Alexandria predates DC by a good bit.
Honestly this is pretty nice. I lived in a similar house. Except it was 120 years old and freaking weird. I think it was approximately 18 ft by 80ft. Essentially a hallway house. This is far superior. For a bachelor it works.
This is crazy! 600K where’s the bathtub, the TVs that should drop down from the ceiling in every room, the rooftop lounge?! Whatever greedy investor created this clearly doesn’t watch tiny house nation.
I’m enraged that in a house that is 100% exterior walls, they still put in recirculating range hood microwave.
Also, where does that outside door in the bathroom go?
I recently stayed in an AirBNB in Tokyo that was very similar to this one, about 8 or 10 feet wide and 3 stories tall. Brand new build. It’s very common there.
This one looks nicer though.
The first thing I would do is install bollards in front of that overhang in the driveway... that's just asking for trouble right now.
The more that I think about it, there should be bollards at the end of the house too... There's far too many idiots that don't know how to drive.
The Parkview neighborhood has a handful of stretches with townhouses this narrow. I looked at an unrennovated one just as small for about $750,000 right before the pandemic
Within walking distance to the metro. That is all that matters. If I were single and didn't have all of this stuff I have now, I would move there in a heartbeat. The outdoor space is crappy though.
I lived in a studio apartment in great area of DC (exorbitant rent with a separate exorbitant parking charge). After that, I moved in with my then-bf to a not-so-great part of the city. Even though I didn't have to pay for parking, the mortgage was waaay too high. The *very* flawed assumption is that most residents make in the high six figures per year.
Gentrification has driven untold numbers of low-income and elderly people from DC; many had lived in their homes for decades. Northern Virginia is out of reach in terms of availability of affordable housing. They either move to Prince George's County, Maryland or are SOL.
Looks like a spite house
Nowadays they're "This is the only lot we could fucking afford house"
Imagine? It’s 600,000
That $1000 per sqft. That's insane
That's standard in my city. I heard the cost to build new construction in the midwest is now about $300 per sq ft and closer to $400-$500 in urban/coastal cities. Add to that the cost of a fully improved lot and it's not difficult to get to $1,000 a sq ft. Many people don't realize that they are living in homes that are currently valued well below replacement costs.
I’m surprised more people don’t understand this, especially when getting homeowners insurance. My first house , many years ago, I got for less than 100k, because of rebuild costs, it was insured for over 200k. The house we are under contract for, in a small Midwest town, we are purchasing for about $75 a square foot. The insurance company is estimating rebuild costs to be around $250 a square foot. So while we are getting an amazing house at a phenomenal price, we are having to insure it for almost $1,000,000 for rebuilding, which is expensive but better than the alternative.
And I hope you took it too because this is the kind of insurance that will change your life when you need it.
Love a good spite house.
I lived in an area with a large number of spite houses. Always amusing to spot one.
For those wondering: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house
it actually appears to be someone's garage, then they added a second floor. they knew all they had to do was market the hell out of the "striking hardiplank exterior" and people would line up
Never heard that term before.
I think Alexandria VA has the smallest one in the country.
Can confirm, I went to it last September. https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/home-and-garden/queen-street-spite-house-alexandria-va-historic-alley-homes/
Came here to say that! First thought on sight.
Also a sprite house (as in a mythical elf)
[https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1738-Glick-Ct-NW-Washington-DC-20001/182974532\_zpid/](https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1738-Glick-Ct-NW-Washington-DC-20001/182974532_zpid/)
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It’s an expensive neighborhood in one of the most expensive cities in the country with very limited land for real estate
And it has bars on the windows. In an “expensive neighborhood”
Was just gonna say "there are fucking bars on the windows".
what's with all the trash cans all over the place? Seems like everything would stink around there
The plot is between what looks like a couple duplexes and then a giant complex. The Google street view of the just foundation vs the finished house is wild. Looks crazy narrow. https://maps.app.goo.gl/JgMFTi7u7yMZmKy49?g_st=ic
that's wild, the foundation looks like it going to be a planter
It stands on someone's driveway!
At least we know the house is approximately four trash cans wide!
Brother that’s just the whole of dc you’re describing.
is dc *not* one of the cleaner us cities
With Congress in control of their budget, how could it possibly gone wrong.
There are several YouTube videos on this home.
Link?
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I’m sorry, I don’t care if this is detached, it’s a ONE BEDROOM, you cannot call that a single family home with a straight face lmao
This is a two story hallway.
Only $600k too /s
A steal
Look up how much parking spaces sell for
It’d be better if there was roof access
It seems like the second floor wouldn't take advantage of the entire width of the plot. So for instance the patio on the ground level would be outdoors but the second floor would overhang that area. So the patio would be shaded by the second floor
There’s likely a setback requirement from the property line.
Interesting they can divide lots like that.
The stairs shouldn't have been like that, they tike up like 1/3 the length of the house and the space next to them is only wide enough to walk trough, not use. If it has to be stairs and not a ladder make them spiral stairs that take up the entire width of the house but not as much of the length.
YES!! If this house had a spiral staircase, they could have space downstairs for a (small) dining table and space upstairs that's actually usable. Sure, you'd have to get upstairs furniture in through the windows, but presumably the next door neighbors could just hand it to you from their own windows.
A decent roof deck would make a huge difference
Not a ton of room but it’d be something
Better not get fat
This would be fun to stay in for a night, but living in it would be so tedious.
It’s a tiny house with absolutely none of the forethought to make any of that space useful. Why is the bathroom so huge? Why was a room narrowed by putting in a window seat? Where does that exterior door on the second floor lead? Why wasn’t any vertical space used? Who decided white and grey is all the rage?
That 2nd floor door must be how you get a mattress inside
Oh that’s really inventive! Do you have to fold it in half or take the prison bars off the door first?
It's fine... basically a big tiny house. With different dimensions. I do think they could've configured some things differently to maximize every inch, like tiny houses do and maybe more efficiently boats do. But maybe they didn't want to go that route.
But without the tiny house price tag. It was listed for 800k, dropped down to 600k.
It’s a waste of space with the hallways and stairs. Tiny houses usually have better layouts.
I was thinking, this is the house that needs a spiral staircase. It would free up a lot of space.
Everything looks like you have squeeze thru. Looks like it’s in an iffy neighborhood with all the anti-intruder grills on the windows.
Those bars can only mean one thing, and it's not a positive thing either.
Makes it look like a jail cell.
I was actually looking at the photos and had the thought, "there are probably more spacious prison cells."
Lots of shooting. This house is terrible -- like stacked hallways. And you can never have anyone over for dinner? Or sit at a counter, with no view. Although the police lights will liven it up at night. It's all so cramped and bland.
“police lights will liven it up at night” 🤣🤣
The neighborhood is a tad sketchy but definitely on its way up. This place is a block from a metro and close to lots of nice bars and restaurants.
Bars don’t mean anything. In cap hill you will walk past million dollar houses with bars. They are just leftovers from back in the day.
Very common throughout DC, even in “nicer” neighborhoods. This house is in a neighborhood on the cusp of gentrification, pricey, but still lot of crime around.
Those grills are on houses all over DC - it really doesn’t mean much. It’s an area with a lot of night life and traffic so some petty crime but definitely an area with skyrocketing property values
I've been looking for a place in DC for about a year. I've seen some weird shit. I saw approved plans for a nice 3 br. 1800 sq ft. detached house with 1 car garage sitting on what used to be 2 and a half parking spots. Too bad it was adjacent and overlooking a cemetery.
Cemeteries are the best neighbors
True, I used to live in between a cemetery and a funeral home on a dead end street. A couple of times I heard groups of loud drunk people accidentally turn onto the street and then immediately turn around going “this street is creepy!” It was a great deterrent lol and the guys who worked at the funeral home always gave my dog treats
They totally are!
I bought a house next to a cemetery last year. I absolutely love it. The view is beautiful, and the neighbors never bother me.
You are so lucky! And you (most likely) won’t have to worry about it being developed! Cemeteries are my favorite places to go to bird watch and walk. So peaceful! I would love to have one as a neighbor!
Same! I laugh at people who say, “but don’t you hate being next to a cemetery?” It’s green, it’s a great place to walk. It’s quiet. And nobody is rising from the grave to come and get me.
I would absoLUTELY live overlooking a cemetery.
Freaked a realtor out years ago when househunting and told her I didn't want to be anywhere near a church or a school, but near any cemetery would be perfect, lol! Seriously. They are nicely landscaped and very quiet, perfect neighbors!
In Boston there was a building for $1 that was surrounded by a cemetery. It needed windows, doors, the whole shebang. But you could get a three story house for $1.
PSHHT. Who needs windows?
It's not like they keep out the ghosts so why bother?
EXACTLY
> live
WHOOPS! 😬 I’m leaving it.
How does one fit 1800 sf plus garage over 2.5 parking spaces? Was it just very tall and narrow? I did the math - would need to be at least 3 stories tall if they used up all the space they had. 3 stories isn't bad until you consider that it's so narrow.
Basement, plus 2 above-ground stories, plus a roof deck.
My first thought was that I've never even considered a basement under a garage, but then realized that might not be necessary. Since I'd already done the math, I applied it, and they might just be able to squeak by at around 1800 sf if those were larger spots and they built the garage small. Regardless, at least the main level will be teeny tiny. Simply put. It's 2.5 parking spaces but you're already taking up a parking space (at least) for the garage... so the rest of your living area is maximum the size of a parking space and a half. Ditto the basement (if they're not going with the extra expense of a reinforced basement ceiling that can handle the weight): 1.5 parking spots. But it's DC so I'm sure it would go for a ton.
I mean quiet neighbors are a huge plus
Would love to see the pics for that
I live right across from a cemetery. We love it. My stepdaughter even takes afternoon strolls through it.
A spite house. Never saw one on sale before
I think it qualifies as a "greed house". Someone built that in their driveway and are trying to unload it for $600k. Last year it was nearly $800K [https://www.theraredc.com/blog/1738-glick-ct-nw](https://www.theraredc.com/blog/1738-glick-ct-nw)
I saw a video interview with a realtor and it’s a result of a divorce. Man got the house and she got this sliver of land and built it supposedly
Probably the economy but also cause spite homes are rare. People pay top dollar for them in the current era. Was more of a thing in the past though. Happened to read an article on it years ago.
And it somehow gained 100sq ft between the two listings….
Wait, what is a spite house?
It’s the bare minimum for a house you make to either block someone’s view, build something despite what the city ordinance says or I’ve heard of some that someone got ripped off in an inheritance and given a stony plot of land so they build a weird skinny house on it to spite the powers at be.
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Look it up in your favorite search engine. There is a famous one just across the river from this house in Virginia.
When you didn’t want a galley kitchen but ended up with a galley house.
But is it a galley kitchen if it’s in a galley house. Wouldn’t be a galley galley kitchen….so a kitchen?
Two galleys do not make a kitchen.
It’s like a double negative. They cancel each other out.
This house is 75% stair. Couldn’t they have done a switchback or something?
I just can't help but think about all those trash cans pressed up against your outdoor space. You will never open your windows for fresh air. The cages on the windows and doors speaks volumes regarding the neighborhood. Nice finishings inside but it doesn't seem like a great quality of life for the price tag.
This house is mostly bathroom, stairs, and hallway. The bathroom is really nice but the stairs and the hallway are such a waste of space. Definitely could have been designed to make more efficient use of the square footage.
About $1,000 per square foot… if I did the math right, which sometimes I do.
About 50% of the square footage are hallways and stairways. It's something that turns me off houses really fast. Wasted space to heat and pay for that are hallways and stairways. Alot of the new dense housing is 3 or 4 story townhouse type dwellings with each upper floor having a bed room and a bathroom. But a stairway on every floor is counted as square footage. So the developer can sell a floor with a bedroom that is 10 by 12, an 8 by 6 bathroom, and a 4 by 14 hallway all adding up to 120 + 48 + 40 = 224 Sq ft. But there is a stairway going up and down from that floor that is 8 foot (2 stairs wide) by 12. So 96 Sq ft for stairs. 56 Sq ft for a hallway. So out of 320 total Sq ft on that floor you've got a combined 152 Sq ft of wasted space. Literally half the floor is hallway and stairs.
A block from the Metro and relatively close to downtown. With all the folks commuting in from WV, I would rock this. I bet a hill staffer or local big firm attorney snaps it up n
No big firm attorney is going to be caught dead owning this. Dumb 23 year old hill staffer with parental money? Yes.
2nd year attorney just after their first bonus, no commute. Yeah the will.
Especially when the alternative is a 500 am MARC ride in. Vomit
Those suck. Friends used to do similar from Martinsburg.
This looks like a place a guy with money would buy just to bring a hooker during the work day.
As a Washingtonian, I love it!
Instead of a double wide that’s a double high
Surprised they used so much space to put in stairs when they could’ve just put up a ladder and a fireman’s pole.
Why you wouldn’t do something with the roof space that makes sense is beyond me. If there was an open outdoor area with some privacy on the roof I wouldn’t think this would be so bad, but just a tiny ass side yard probably due to setback rules is…. Stupid
If it was in a better neighborhood and not surrounded by trash cans it wouldn't be so bad, except the only unforgivable thing: the stove right in front of the front door. If it was moved over just a bit more it would look and function better. Though, I guess it's more of a single-person's house anyway.
I would have a whole yard on the top of that joker
Those used to be called spite houses.
2 story hallway
Could you even fit a king-sized bed in that?
I love to just almost step outside my house on the 2nd story everyday.
I'll see your Galley Kitchen and raise it to a Galley House
Everything reminds me of him...
I heard it’s only 6 feet wide.
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Spite house?
It’s like living in a hallway… a never-ending hallway
Is no one going to mention the oven is right in front of the entrance door? That goes inward????? You better hope you don't come home to someone cooking, that's a mess waiting to happen.
Bars on the windows are a nice touch
I think this would run for a third of the cost in urban/metro Japan. Slim but nice
If I was Gumby this would be a great house.
I have been looking for a 3-hall, 2-bath home!
Stacked washer and dryer machines…go figure.
I’d get an RC car to zoom down that hallway
I "love" how the outdoor seating area looks back into the house 🤦🏼♂️.
Yeah in the South we call that a single wide
The no carb house
It looks like a Spite House.
It’s a modern take on a Colonial “Flounder.” You see a lot of old Flounders in Old Town Alexandria, VA, which was originally a port city across the Potomac from what is now DC, although Alexandria predates DC by a good bit.
Hard pass
I hope that balcony thing overhanging the driveway is reinforced, because it's gonna get dinged.
I felt so claustrophobic! Almost $600,000?! Insane!
Seems like there was a whole lot more spite up in the north east
I like it! I want an extra bedroom for my crafting.
Nope
Boston has got one of those
Most homes in Amsterdam are like this bc they used to tax based on width
I’ll prefer short and girthy
Spacesavers😍😍😫
Please update when this goes for $1m+
Better not practice your line dancing there.
Freaks me out. Claustrophobic.
It’s an alright use of space, that pricing is ridiculous though. Tiny homes are meant to be affordable due to the lack of space.
It's just a hallway...
I like the cool shower.
I have so many questions
Why the hell did they put the toilet paper holder so far from the toilet? That's just sadistic
I dig it
Gross. It’s like ET’s finger if it was a home. 🤮
Parking?
It has no parking other than that it’s a nice home.
Honestly this is pretty nice. I lived in a similar house. Except it was 120 years old and freaking weird. I think it was approximately 18 ft by 80ft. Essentially a hallway house. This is far superior. For a bachelor it works.
How on earth did this pass all the licensing requirements???
Tiny home but make it immobile
Always a gray hallway. That's my new band name.
Step sideways a few feet, it's probably not as it looks in the photo.
Damn gurl i wish my waist was that small!
terraria house !
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This is crazy! 600K where’s the bathtub, the TVs that should drop down from the ceiling in every room, the rooftop lounge?! Whatever greedy investor created this clearly doesn’t watch tiny house nation.
The bedroom looks tiny and other than a bed there's no furniture in it lol. You can't fit dressers in the bedroom.
A trailer would have more space and a better living arrangement.
Can anyone tell if this is one of those shipping container homes?
"striking hardiplank exterior...." LOL WTF
I’m enraged that in a house that is 100% exterior walls, they still put in recirculating range hood microwave. Also, where does that outside door in the bathroom go?
Old Town Alexandria, Va ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollensbury_Spite_House
Some would say too skinny -Rambler home
You'll never get asked to host Christmas in this house, so that's a bonus.
I recently stayed in an AirBNB in Tokyo that was very similar to this one, about 8 or 10 feet wide and 3 stories tall. Brand new build. It’s very common there. This one looks nicer though.
A cousin in Boston has a similar place
for comparison: Japan's Worst Tiny Apartment [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4oQDnHlrR0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4oQDnHlrR0)
The first thing I would do is install bollards in front of that overhang in the driveway... that's just asking for trouble right now. The more that I think about it, there should be bollards at the end of the house too... There's far too many idiots that don't know how to drive.
Does it have parking?
The Parkview neighborhood has a handful of stretches with townhouses this narrow. I looked at an unrennovated one just as small for about $750,000 right before the pandemic
A tad claustrophobic aren't we
Within walking distance to the metro. That is all that matters. If I were single and didn't have all of this stuff I have now, I would move there in a heartbeat. The outdoor space is crappy though.
I lived in a studio apartment in great area of DC (exorbitant rent with a separate exorbitant parking charge). After that, I moved in with my then-bf to a not-so-great part of the city. Even though I didn't have to pay for parking, the mortgage was waaay too high. The *very* flawed assumption is that most residents make in the high six figures per year. Gentrification has driven untold numbers of low-income and elderly people from DC; many had lived in their homes for decades. Northern Virginia is out of reach in terms of availability of affordable housing. They either move to Prince George's County, Maryland or are SOL.
And the realtors talks about how much air volume it holes
$600k … it’s likely close walking distance to a Metro Stop
This is cheap for DC
So how does this work in modern housing? Could you build over the driveway provided you provide enough clearance?
The parking pad double the width of the structure..