Feb 27, 2010: Narrow House

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2010, 11:03 PM

Stormieweather thought you might be as fascinated as she is, by this narrow house.
It certainly would require a huge change of lifestyle for most people...
especially a family of four.

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Anyone who claims you can't cram a quart into a pint pot should visit the house owned by Iain and Rachel Boyle. It is only 6ft wide and 21ft from front to back.
Yet in that tiny space is an entrance hall, kitchen and shower room on the ground floor, a first-floor living room and a bedroom in the eaves. Mr and Mrs Boyle believe that the former donkey-cart shed could be Britain's narrowest inhabited terrace home and have written to Guinness World Records to ask if they are right.

I guess a "terrace home" would translate to row house, here.

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Mr Boyle, 51, said: 'Property is so expensive in Brighton that our tenants have always been thrilled to find a house they can afford with a garden.
'They don't ever have to switch the heating on - it is so narrow that it is insulated by its neighbours.'

A 6ft by 10ft garden wouldn't grow much more than flowers to look at out the window, but not paying for heat is a big plus.

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ZenGum · 02-26-2010, 11:09 PM

Oooh, ahhh, luxury, that is. When I were a lad ....

Trilby · 02-27-2010, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Oooh, ahhh, luxury, that is. When I were a lad ....

...we lived in the lake!

Clodfobble · 02-26-2010, 11:13 PM

Those camouflage curtains are hideous.

lumberjim · 02-26-2010, 11:21 PM

i'd freak the fuck out

jinx · 02-26-2010, 11:25 PM

“Oh, if only I could be so lucky as to have a house as wide as my master’s door.”

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2010, 11:42 PM

I wonder if the TV police could zero in on that place?

SPUCK · 02-27-2010, 05:17 AM

Don't switch on the heat..
Notice what they're all wearing?

Pete Zicato · 02-27-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SPUCK

Don't switch on the heat..
Notice what they're all wearing?

I've heard that folks in England don't turn their heat up to 72 the way most Americans do.

We keep our heat at 67. And mostly we wear sweatshirts during the winter.

Pete Zicato · 02-27-2010, 11:56 AM

I think it'd be fine for a single person.

glatt · 02-27-2010, 12:13 PM

If they closed the two open windows, it would be warmer. And sandwiched in between two other houses like that, you could probably get away without heating it because the neighbors would heat you. Just have to have good insulation in the roof and exterior walls.

It's too small for a family of four, but for a couple it might be OK. Depends entirely on the bathroom quality though. If it's like an airplane bathroom, that would be a deal killer.

lupin..the..3rd · 02-27-2010, 02:36 PM

The Dutch have them beat. Narrowest house in Amsterdam. I saw it on a recent business trip there. There are actually many many contenders there for 2nd place as well; loads of unbelievably narrow row houses, many less than 2 meters wide!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagatell/128061040/

capnhowdy · 02-27-2010, 06:53 AM

I hope they're not hoarders.

spudcon · 02-27-2010, 08:33 AM

Rachel is touching herself in both pictures.

Undertoad · 02-27-2010, 08:54 AM

Gotta keep warm somehow

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02-27-2010, 12:13 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	If they closed the two open windows, it would be warmer. And sandwiched in between two other houses like that, you could probably get away without heating it because the neighbors would heat you. Just have to have good insulation in the roof and exterior walls. It's too small for a family of four, but for a couple it might be OK. Depends entirely on the bathroom quality though. If it's like an airplane bathroom, that would be a deal killer.

02-27-2010, 02:36 PM	#12
lupin..the..3rd Belt Conveyor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Meijersville Posts: 68	The Dutch have them beat. Narrowest house in Amsterdam. I saw it on a recent business trip there. There are actually many many contenders there for 2nd place as well; loads of unbelievably narrow row houses, many less than 2 meters wide!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/bagatell/128061040/

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