A delightfully petty man has built a tiny home on a small plot of land out of spite for his millionaire neighbours.
Florida builder John Atkins constructed the 10ft-wide house on a cramped but empty plot in Jacksonville Beach that was being used as a garden by a neighbour.
He initially wanted to make the house 15 feet wide, however, building codes require there be 7.5 feet of space on either side of it, which the plot didn’t allow for.
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When he, and listing agent Ryan Wetherhold of Oceanside Real Estate, tried to get the rule changed, residents of the elusive neighbourhood pushed back, saying they wanted the plot to remain open, reports MailOnline.
This included the neighbour who had begun to use the land as their garden, and who urged others to attend a public meeting, which resulted in the pair being left with the 10ft wide abode as their only option.
Wetherhold, who is now listing the property for sale, said Atkins used his understanding of the building codes, to “get creative” in making the skinny two-bed home that features three bathrooms and a single-car garage.
Wetherhold explained: “He [Atkins] got creative within the code and was able to do bay windows, bump-out seating that really helped and that was the difference.
“Being able to utilise his knowledge within the building code to make it, honestly, a very user-friendly, nice, practical home for a buyer.”
The narrow, 1,547 sq ft home, which is on the market for $619,000 (£487,000), has nine-foot-high ceilings on the ground floor, and vaulted ceilings that extend up to 10 feet.
It also has a built-in dining table that is made from wood reclaimed from a local pier destroyed in Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
After the estate agent made the property’s backstory public, the house went viral and even has a potential buyer who found the home through its controversy.
Wetherhold said: “Normally, you get 50 views in the first few days, and this one already had 1,000 to 2,000 within the first few days.
“So we knew right when we put it out there that it was something special, something unique and something that was definitely an eye-opener.”
He added that the house is ideal for a person who wants to be in a million-dollar home neighbourhood but for half the price and without the maintenance factor.
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