Small footprint indeed . . .
A fellow in Gonzalez is making 200-square foot houses. He's using salvaged lumber and touting them as "vintage."
(H/t Newmark's Door)
PS: The story is from a Seattle paper.
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Those are cool. Although, I'm betting most people are buying them as sheds and guest houses. You think you can get one of these on a tiny irregular lot or would the McMansion ordinance kick in? They're pretty tall in ratio to their footprint.
Posted by:Tim | March 13, 2008 at 03:20 PM
They'd be fine with McMansion - the setback tent allows 2 stories in this type of design essentially anywhere (as long as the lot was wide enough for the old pre-McMansion rules to allow it to be built, that is).
Ironically, couldn't do one of these in my neighborhood - no secondary dwelling units on lots < 7000 sqft, thanks to the usual gang of idiots.
Posted by:M1EK | March 13, 2008 at 04:56 PM