A tiny 10-foot-wide home in Florida said to have been built out of "spite" has bagged a buyer, according to a report.
Located in Jacksonville Beach, the tiny home spans 1,547 square feet and has a width of 10 feet. The property features two bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, a loft area, and a space for a garage. The home is also built with energy-efficient materials that come with a builder-backed warranty. Furthermore, the home features a custom dining-room table and a built-in seating similar to what is normally seen in RVs.
Narrow "Spite House" in Florida Hits Market for $619K.
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The 10-foot-wide house stretches 140 feet deep and features two bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. The 1,807-square-foot home boasts a backyard, a garage, and other amenities typically found in larger homes.
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The two-story home, which sits on a 25-foot-wide lot, was completed earlier this year and listed in March for $619,000 or $400 per square foot. In comparison, the current median home list price in the area is $697,000, per Realtor.com.
It is unclear who the buyer is or how much the property's final selling price will be. However, Realtor.com noted that the property is currently in contingent sale status. The buyer would not be covered by renter restrictions or HOA fees.
Why Is It Called the "Spite" House?
The tiny home was built by Ryan Wetherhold of Oceanside Real Estate and builder John Atkins. The pair regularly build on leftover lots.
The property was originally supposed to be 15 feet wide. However, a neighbor who used the area as a garden complained about the development and persuaded the board of adjustment to bar the developers from building more than the code allowed.
Generally, local zoning boards give developers permission to break with the building code, which means they can construct larger homes than allowed. The neighbor's complaints, however, led the board to disallow adjustments.
"And to be honest, the builder almost built this out of spite just because of that fact. 'Oh, you don't think we can build, hold my beer,'" Wetherhold told Business Insider, which first reported about the home's listing.
"What we were left with was to build within the building code, a modern building code that's been revised that's pretty conservative at 35% law coverage and 7 ½-foot setbacks on each side. So it made us build a 10-foot-wide house. We had no other choice," he continued.
