# Anyone want a 60 ft wide by 3ft deep house? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936 "2017-03-11T15:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/1 "2017-03-11T15:39:12Z")
LOL why was this even built? It’s a long hallway. 🙂 I’ve seen other tiny houses for sale. They are usually seven or eight feet wide. More usable then this thing. Even a twin bed wouldn’t fit. I guess a built-in bed with custom foam mattress would work. Perhaps a long built-in padded bench for seating. It’s a very claustrophobic space. Even for just one person. The “house” is obviously a tacked on bump out from the main building. Someone went to a lot of trouble adding this on. It seems like a decorative false front to the building and not intended as living space. Anyone actually willing to buy something like this? It’s got obvious water damage and needs a roof. All new interior and an innovative living space design. The photo of the previous owner indicates a small woman. That’s probably a requirement for any potential buyers. 5 ft tall at the most. > **[Knightsbridge house which is THREE FEET deep to sell for £800,000](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4302446/Knightsbridge-house-THREE-FEET-deep-sell-800-000.html)** > > The property, 1b Ennismore Gardens Mews, in Kensington, London, has a 65ft frontage but is only 2.5 ft deep at one end. It is expected to sell for more than £800,000. > **[3ft wide house £800k.... in London](https://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F229392-3ft-wide-house-%C2%A3800k-in-london%2F)** > > That's a tight squeeze! £800,000 house round the corner from Harrods which is wider than most mansions but just THREE FEET deep is up for sale The property, 1b Ennismore Gardens Mews (left), in Kensington, London, has a 65ft frontage but is only 2.5... ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/2 "2017-03-11T16:00:17Z")
There was one of these somewhere - SF? - that was about six feet wide by three stories by forty or fifty feet deep. It made the weird news sections regularly. I suspect such things don’t meet any modern codes. Things like door clearance and stair access (for fire safety) alone would be red X’s. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/3 "2017-03-11T16:08:57Z")
Glad you mentioned doors. The photos show the front door swings in. That eliminates significant living space. I’d install a door that swings out. Unless building codes prevent it. Doors that swing out are used in Florida. They resist strong winds from tropical storms. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/4 "2017-03-11T16:35:33Z")
800,000 pounds for a water damaged hallway? It wouldn’t be terrible if you could fit a bed in there. Plus a bathroom. Plus a place to put a recliner and TV. On second thought, it wouldn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/5 "2017-03-11T16:36:29Z")
Where would you put the fridge, and the stove, and a shower? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/6 "2017-03-11T16:53:30Z")
I think we figured out why this space has remained unsold. A stove is at least 24 in deep. So is a fridge. Good luck fitting that in there. I can’t imagine how that lady lived in this hallway for 60 years. Yet she obviously enjoyed living there and had lots of plants outside. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/7 "2017-03-11T16:59:12Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Where would you put the fridge, and the stove, and a shower? The buyer will be a rich crazy person. They need none of those things. The 3 foot wide is the narrow end, other photos show some sections are almost usable width. I mean, I could still think of much better things to do with £800,000, but then I’d never want to live in London anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/8 "2017-03-11T17:08:04Z")
Well, it’s not insurmountable. You can buy a shower head and put plumbing down on one end of the hallway beside a boat or airplane-style ‘head’ and then have your bed as a fold-up against the wall style on the far wall. Hang hammocks from the ceiling for stuff, and have a table that folds up against the wall… it’s tight, but I think doable. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/9 "2017-03-11T17:24:44Z")
Just noticed the lady had the exterior painted grey. Looked very nice with the plants. Some idiot painted it a depressing turd brown. What were they thinking? I bet she’d be heartbroken seeing that place in such terrible condition after only 7 years. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/10 "2017-03-11T18:20:15Z")
What were they thinking with that toilet? Mounting it on the adjacent wall would have made it usable. I’m astounded that they’re asking so much for this hallway. It would be a fun design challenge, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/11 "2017-03-11T18:25:29Z")
I was assuming that the lot was bigger, so whoever bought it would just tear it down and build something bigger, but apparently this is not the case. I wonder if it could be converted to commercial space somehow? Also, I love this photo caption from the Guardian. I’m glad to see our local rag is not the only one that makes egregious editing errors: > [@](#): > > For 60 years, it was lived in by Linda Wildoner (above, pictured with Sir Martyn Poliakoff), however she died seven years ago and is now being put up for auction by Savills So they are auctioning off her corpse? I didn’t know you could do that. I wonder what it will fetch after 7 years. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/12 "2017-03-11T18:34:37Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > There was one of these somewhere - SF? - that was about six feet wide by three stories by forty or fifty feet deep. It made the weird news sections regularly. > > I suspect such things don’t meet any modern codes. Things like door clearance and stair access (for fire safety) alone would be red X’s. Sure glad we have codes,to make sure everyone lives in little boxes, all made out of ticky tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/13 "2017-03-11T23:37:29Z")
I’m not convinced. The /text/ of the articles claims “2.5 feet at one end” (not even mentioning 3 ft), and the pictures look wider, so I’m thinking it’s a triangular lot, and /wider/ than 3 ft at the other end. Perhaps they’ve just divided the plot size by the length to get a number for width? More interesting to me: note the filled-in doorway in the centre of the lot. I’m thinking that when they built the flats behind, they were required to keep the facade, and the facade was turned into the narrow triangular lot. What do you think the building was before the development? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/14 "2017-03-12T00:20:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > For 60 years, it was lived in by Linda Wildoner (above, pictured with Sir Martyn Poliakoff), however she died seven years ago and is now being put up for auction by Savills Huh. Sir Martyn Poliakoff is the wild-haired guy featured on the excellent [Periodic Videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtESv1e7ntJaLJYKIO1FoYw) channel. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/15 "2017-03-12T00:27:54Z")
I assume it has to be in a very desirable neighborhood in London, because I can’t think of a reason why someone would want to pay such a high price for such a place, especially given it’s very damaged. £ 800 000 ??? That unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/16 "2017-03-12T00:55:20Z")
Back when I was apartment shopping in NYC, I looked at a place that was a converted hallway, very long and about 5-6 feet wide. You could sit on the living room sofa and rest your feet on the opposite wall. The kitchen and bathroom were like what you’d find in an airplane. I have mild claustrophobia, and couldn’t wait to escape from the place. But it was in a prime location in Greenwich Village, and went for a couple grand a month. And that was 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/17 "2017-03-12T01:47:59Z")
At 280 sq ft, 65’ long and 2.5’ wide at the narrow end, it’s about 6’ wide at the wide end. That’s actually enough width to work with, though obviously still a significant design challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/18 "2017-03-12T01:55:44Z")
Can someone explain to a Yank what “freehold” means? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/19 "2017-03-12T02:15:44Z")
Freehold In England and Wales a freehold is the ownership of real property, or land,[1] and all immovable structures attached to such land, as opposed to a leasehold in which the property reverts to the owner of the land after the lease period has expired.[2] Immovable property includes land and all that naturally goes with it, such as buildings, trees or underground resources, but not such things as vehicles or livestock. > **[Freehold (law)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freehold_(law))** > > In common law jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Canada, and Ireland, a freehold is the common mode of ownership of real property, or land,\[a\] and all immovable structures attached to such land. It is in contrast to a leasehold, in which the property reverts to the owner of the land after the lease period expires or otherwise lawfully terminates. For an estate to be a freehold, it must possess two qualities: immobility (property must be land or some interest issuing out of The d... ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936/20 "2017-03-12T02:45:14Z")
Wonderful. **aceplace57** can use Google as well as I can. Color me impressed. How is that definition relevant to this situation? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-a-60-ft-wide-by-3ft-deep-house/781936.md?page=2)