# Narrowest home in NYC is just over 8ft inside & sold for $3.25M **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785 "2013-08-21T08:01:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/1 "2013-08-21T08:01:05Z")
[8ft 4in is the widest interior space to be precise.](http://www.businessinsider.com/nycs-narrowest-home-worth-325-million-2013-8?op=1) > [@](#): > > The skinniest house in New York City just sold for $3.25 million, [according to The New York Post](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/for_vil_age_lean_to_Tac1iVY6jmOowAmS1kW8nL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Manhattan). The historic home — known as [The Millay House](http://www.townrealestate.com/listing.html?webID=814743) — at 75 1/2 Bedford Street, has spent nearly two years on the market. Pics at link ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/2 "2013-08-21T10:17:02Z")
The [narrowest house in Europe](http://www.flickr.com/photos/saz/30926453/) is just 2m wide. Another Amsterdam contender is [just one metre](http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/Ndtrc/Het%20smalste%20huis) wide, but widens out to the back. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/3 "2013-08-21T10:23:55Z")
Meanwhile, $3.2 million buys you [this home](http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-homes-for-sale-2013-8#51-north-dakota-a-32-million-6-bedroom-85-bathroom-home-in-fargo-with-an-indoor-pool-and-movie-theater-1) in North Dakota. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/4 "2013-08-21T10:29:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Meanwhile, $3.2 million buys you [this home](http://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-homes-for-sale-2013-8#51-north-dakota-a-32-million-6-bedroom-85-bathroom-home-in-fargo-with-an-indoor-pool-and-movie-theater-1) in North Dakota. Pity about the commute. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/5 "2013-08-21T10:39:39Z")
Or you could buy [six parking spaces](http://swns.com/news/britains-expensive-parking-space-market-300000-38243/) in London, with a bit of change left over. (£300k = about $470k) ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/6 "2013-08-21T10:43:42Z")
Or all of Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/7 "2013-08-21T12:29:16Z")
The [littlest house in Great Britain](http://www.secretg.co.uk/smallest%20house.htm) is 6 feet wide, 10 feet deep, and a little over 10 feet high, with 2 “floors”. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/8 "2013-08-21T15:15:12Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > The [littlest house in Great Britain](http://www.secretg.co.uk/smallest%20house.htm) is 6 feet wide, 10 feet deep, and a little over 10 feet high, with 2 “floors”. I’ve been in that. It’s \*really \*tiny. Really really tiny. The pics of the house in the OP make it look a lot bigger inside than it sounds. Four floors and a backyard. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/9 "2013-08-21T18:03:51Z")
And have you seen [these tiny little things](http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/products/bodega/#ad-image-0)? For the little trailer houses my level of WANT is up to eleven… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/10 "2013-08-21T18:07:54Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I’ve been in that. It’s \*really \*tiny. Really really tiny. The pics of the house in the OP make it look a lot bigger inside than it sounds. Four floors and a backyard. Yeah, the pictures do make the house in the OP look remarkably livable. I mean, 990 square feet isn’t that small, but spread out over four floors it does seem a bit claustrophobic. Very pretty and clean-looking inside. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/11 "2013-08-21T18:25:06Z")
[Tiny House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lomy7xAVDKE) (video). ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/12 "2013-08-24T01:08:17Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > I’ve been in that. It’s \*really \*tiny. Really really tiny. The pics of the house in the OP make it look a lot bigger inside than it sounds. Four floors and a backyard. I’ve been in the Great Britain house, too, back in 2004. I spent a month in the UK just touring, and Conwy was one of the places I went. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/13 "2013-08-24T04:20:28Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, the pictures do make the house in the OP look remarkably livable. I mean, 990 square feet isn’t that small, but spread out over four floors it does seem a bit claustrophobic. Very pretty and clean-looking inside. True, but I’d like to see what it looks like with furniture and stuff in it. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/14 "2013-08-24T14:56:28Z")
This building: [http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/BRITISH%20COLUMBIA/VancouverNarrowestBuilding.html](http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/BRITISH%20COLUMBIA/VancouverNarrowestBuilding.html) (which used, at least, to house apartments) is just 6’ (1.8 m) wide and is supposedly the narrowest building in the world. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/15 "2013-08-24T17:27:39Z")
After reading this, I feel much better about paying significantly less than $3.25 million for my home in NYC, which is significantly wider than eight feet. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/16 "2013-08-24T21:38:10Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I’ve been in the Great Britain house, too, back in 2004. I spent a month in the UK just touring, and Conwy was one of the places I went. I’ve been there, too. Conwy is one of my favorite places in the world. When I sell my Manhattan apartment for a lot less than $3.25M, I’d love to get a place in Conwy. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/17 "2013-08-24T23:00:51Z")
It’s lovely though! And it has a garden! Honestly, to those of us used to London flats, it doesn’t even look that narrow. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2013, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowest-home-in-nyc-is-just-over-8ft-inside-sold-for-3-25m/666785/18 "2013-08-25T08:03:18Z")
The OP may be the narrowest house in NYC, but I may have been in the narrowest apartment. It was so narrow, you could sit on the sofa and touch the opposite wall with your feet. It had the type of restroom and kitchen you’d find in airplanes (plus a tiny shower). The apartment was originally a hallway, and like the OP, was in the West Village (I believe Perry Street).