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08-03-2008, 01:31 PM
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"For skinny houses, a chilly reception"
"It looks almost like an average-size house that's been sliced in half. At 12 feet wide, the neat, new single-family home is squeezed onto the slenderest of strips of land on a Brooklyn Park street of modest, post-World War II houses..."
For skinny houses, a chilly reception -- baltimoresun.com
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08-03-2008, 02:33 PM
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Re: "For skinny houses, a chilly reception"
How about the "Spite House" in Alameda, CA built be a guy to spite his neighbor? The lot is exactly 9 feet in width. I measured it myself.
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08-03-2008, 02:47 PM
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Re: "For skinny houses, a chilly reception"
Originally Posted by Michael Thomas
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Needless to say, CAVE is having a fit...
Who/what is CAVE?
Personally I think that "snout house" (huge garage out in front) is way worse than the skinny one.
Edit: Not talking about WC Jerry's pics, but the one in the Sun article from the OP. |
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08-03-2008, 02:59 PM
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Re: "For skinny houses, a chilly reception"
Originally Posted by John Arnold
Who/what is CAVE?
Personally I think that "snout house" (huge garage out in front) is way worse than the skinny one.
Edit: Not talking about WC Jerry's pics, but the one in the Sun article from the OP.
I'm with you John. I have a couple of skinny houses right next door to mine. They were in place when we bought the house, so I didn't get to throw a fit when they were built...but I would have done. I'm no fan of them, but, if I was just shown that particular photo and asked which one was likely to lower neighborhood property values, I would have gone with the asphalt front yard leading to the overbuilt garage. |
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08-03-2008, 04:27 PM
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Re: "For skinny houses, a chilly reception"
Citizens Against Virtually Everything
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08-03-2008, 04:45 PM
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Re: "For skinny houses, a chilly reception"
Quote from Mr. O'Neil " What use to be somebody's yard is now turning into a building lot.
So for decades the lots were treated as the neighbors yard and the real owners of the lot received no benefit,other than paying the Property Taxes 
I wonder how many times the property was offered for sale to " Why Should I pay for it I already use it as My Free lawn ? 
1/4 Million Dollars for a 2 story Dog House!!!  . 
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For That kind of Cheese I would Demand a 3 Story Dog House. 
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Last edited by Billy Stephens : 08-03-2008 at 04:55 PM.
Reason: 3 Story
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08-03-2008, 05:38 PM
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Re: "For skinny houses, a chilly reception"
[[b]QUOTE=Michael Thomas;52469]Citizens Against Virtually Everything[/quote]
Oh, them.
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