DC 6 foot "skinny house" for sale

[Anonymous]

The end result is pretty cute.

6-Foot-Wide 'Skinny Home' Hits the Market for Under $600K in Washington, D.C.: Look Inside (Exclusive)
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When contractor Nady Samnang first purchased the small lot at 1738 Glick Ct. NW in Washington, D.C's trendy Shaw neighborhood, he and his brother had planned on building a four-level, 15-foot-wide single-family home.
Samnang, CEO of Virginia contractor Omnifics, said the plans for the home were even approved by the district. But when ground-breaking began, they were promptly issued a stop work order.

"Unbeknownst to us, the city made changes to the zoning laws after we purchased the lot," Samnang tells PEOPLE.

Those changes meant that the brothers were confronted with a major setback: "The zoning laws only allowed for a six-foot blueprint of a house."

[Anonymous]

I wanted to hate this so much but they did a great job. It’s really cute. But $599k, wow.

[Anonymous]

I love the story. I once read another story similar back spring 2013 a young male teacher in Long Beach NY bought a tiny 700 SF Sandy damaged home no basement on a street so narrow no parking or standing allowed and he had no driveway or backyard. The house was condemned he found out after his rock bottom purchase. He could not afford to demo home, could not afford permits and no way to get a truck on block.

It turns out Long Beach has three day a week public garbage pickup a max 4 cans per house.

The kid over summer slowly threw entire house in garbage cans piece by piece till Labor Day house was gone. It was hilarious.

I recall article ended he was going to leave plot empty 2-4 years then buy small modular house he can put on plot as he can only close Street a few hours.

Those tiny plots are a challenge. I recall he had a 30x50 plot.

[Anonymous]

Cute place! How does DC approve a plan and then rezone out from under the owner?

Street view a bit confusing. This is in an alley? Was it a parking pad or other prior to developing a house?

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9138221,-77.0205186,3a,75y,105.01h,70.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIQx1eYj8dMkTCbVM2-hNGw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

[Anonymous]

Anyone know how much he paid for the lot?

[Anonymous]

I'm so confused. The house is only 6' wide?