Comments on: Toronto’s Smallest House

By: Jon Kepler

Jon Kepler — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:22:15 +0000

I think actually remember seeing this house in a design magazine. They had a professional come in and redo everything.

By: The Credit Toolbox

The Credit Toolbox — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:44:21 +0000

I would actually rather live in my car than living in this…house?

how about building a 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor to this house

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:49:35 +0000

CUTE! i want it….for house parties

By: Wilbur Perforce

Wilbur Perforce — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:35:35 +0000

Seems like every town has one of these. Here’s Alameda, CA’s: http://www.thelensflare.com/gallery/p_spitehouse_12561.php

And here’s a Wikipedia article mentioning several:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_house

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:36:42 +0000

I doubt the people who buy this kind of house are doing it only because it’s all they can afford. They can probably rent something larger. But it’s quite environmentally friendly, having such a small footprint. So kudos to whoever can live there happily!

By: Melanie Samson

Melanie Samson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:07:36 +0000

I think it’s adorable! I’m lucky enough to live somewhere I get a full-sized house for well under that budget, but not everyone wants to live out in the sticks like me.

That’s a pretty good price for Toronto. Someone might like the novelty of it.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:03:12 +0000

Hey, that’s my house!

I think someone bought it a year ago (or longer), fixed it up and tried to sell it – not sure if they ever did. Buying this place as a flip property was pretty dumb – it’s just not big enough to be a house!

By: Faye

Faye — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:28:52 +0000

I like that house. But it’s too expensive for me.

By: Traciatim

Traciatim — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:27:17 +0000

I still don’t understand why anyone would buy that instead of just moving to somewhere else that has reasonable houses for 175K. For instance in my town if you had a budget of around 175K you could get something like this:
http://tinyurl.com/6lrhp3

That may be a bit much for a single person, but you could even rent out rooms in your nice new place here that’s walking distance to a mall, elementary and middle school, walking trail system, movie theater, library, just up the street from a corner store, on a bus route . . . hmmm.

Even if you wanted a little smaller and more efficient plus a good deal of land for a garden you could switch up to this cheaper place:
http://tinyurl.com/5fal2e

Yes, that’s a shade over an acre with a nice house for 165K.

Now I understand the million dollar prize and catch phrase of the ‘Atlantic 6/49′ of “Where a million does what a million should”.