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House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:52 am
by Gob
A north London house, believed to measure just 6 ft 11 inches (2.1m) wide has been put up for sale for £200,000.
The two-bedroom property in Haringey has a reception room, kitchen and bathroom, as well as a roof terrace.
The terraced house is believed to have been built on a driveway between two homes and is due to be sold at auction on 1 October with a guide price of £235,000.
The agents selling the house said it was "very unique".
James McHugh, from McHugh & Co, said: "It's a very unique house, to say the least, in a great location.
"The property would certainly appeal to an owner-occupier or rental investor."
In May, planning inspectors ruled that a 6ft (1.8m) wide house in Leyton, east London should be returned to its original use as a garage.
The two-storey building, between terraced houses, was branded "singularly out of place" and "wholly unsatisfactory" by a planning inspector.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:57 pm
by rubato
"very unique"
yrs,
rubato
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:12 pm
by Lord Jim
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:58 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
rubato wrote:"very unique"
yrs,
rubato
You know, I refrained from scoffing at that because I felt a reasonable certainty that some arse would point out to me that "modern usage" trumps actual meaning. That doesn't seem likely now.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:57 pm
by Sue U
I once lived in a house not much larger (might have been as much as 9 feet wide) on
an entire block of houses the same size: "kitchen"/seating area on the first floor, bedroom and bath on the second, and bedroom on the third. (Haha, the planter I built out front in 1978 is still there!)
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:39 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
It could work.
But the price is a little "large".
My sons first bedroom was only 7' wide. (14' long). I built a platform bed (3.5" high) and a desk right under it at a right angle to the head of the bed. We had room for a dresser and toy box too.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:55 pm
by BoSoxGal
MajGenl.Meade wrote:rubato wrote:"very unique"
yrs,
rubato
You know, I refrained from scoffing at that because I felt a reasonable certainty that some arse would point out to me that "modern usage" trumps actual meaning. That doesn't seem likely now.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:03 pm
by Lord Jim
I think it goes beyond being very unique...
I think it's more uniquer than that. In fact, its just about the most uniquest I've ever seen...
Edited to change "it's" to "its" just to irritate the OCD types...
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Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 2:59 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
You're unique
just like everyone else.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:27 pm
by Lord Jim
There's a scene in a Barny Miller episode (what a great show that was...I wish MeTV would start running it) where a grammar nazi has been arrested for defacing the billboard of a dill pickle company. He was driven nuts by the slogan on the billboard "They're the tongue tinglingest, lip smackingest, crun-crun-crunchiest...."
The owner of the pickle company shows up at the precinct and the grammar nazi starts yelling derisively at him from the cell, "Why don't you just say ko-ko-ko-kosherest! "
The pickle company owner starts thinking out loud: "hmm...ko-ko-kosherest, ko-ko-kosherest...I've got it...They're Ko-Ko-_Kosherific!"
And the grammar nazi lets out an agonized scream...
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:05 pm
by Joe Guy
Lord Jim wrote:There's a scene in a Barny Miller ...
That's a unique spelling of his first name.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:13 pm
by Lord Jim
Yes, but it's not the very most unique spelling.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:26 pm
by BoSoxGal
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:42 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Isn't that really "Oh for f***'s sake"?
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:47 pm
by Joe Guy
It depends on how many sakes you're referencing.
Re: House for dieters
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:51 pm
by BoSoxGal
YES!
But I'm stuck with it because I'm too fucking lazy to find a proper one elsewhere online.
