New York's Skinniest House Comes W/ $2.7 Million Price Tag

NEW YORK - A town house dubbed New York City's skinniest house has sold for $2.1 million.

The red, 9.5 foot wide, 42 foot (3 by 12 metre) long brick building in Greenwich Village was built in 1873 on land used as an alley between homes. The town house was listed for sale last August at $2.7 million. The two bedroom, two bath home last sold in 2000 for $1.6 million.

A plaque on the narrow Bedford Street home notes poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead.

The newly-sold building was listed on real estate Web sites Wednesday as a rental available for $10,000 a month. An email seeking comment from the listed rental agent Wednesday was not immediately returned.
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Update: NYC's 'skinniest' house sold for $2.1 million, now renting for $10K a month

No way would I rent that house for $10K a month. :shock:
 
sablescort said:
over 2 million for that SKINNY house? For that same amount I can buy a HUGE spread of farmland in Tennessee more like 300 or so acres plus a farm that goes with the land.

I can call the farm more BANG for the buck than the Greenwich Village house.

Really, NYC real estate makes my head spin with outrageous prices for SMALL parcels of land ..ugh.
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have you ever been to new york city? it's amazing, i definitely want to live there but i can't afford it. broke college student right here. maybe one day i will..
 
There's no way I would buy a place that's skinny; can you imagine the bathroom?!

I'm crass like you guys- must have my time in the loo and yes I have a huge supply of reading materials in the loo. Gotta read to pass the time!!
 
no way for my kids to hang out there or my kids would have destroyed everything what we own.
 
It doesnt look worth 2.7 million to me but then again, I dont know what's inside. Guess there are people who have money to burn.
 
You forgot a few important things:

NYC is an island; therefore, the land tends to be very expensive due to lack of space and valuable properties like buildings, condos and so on.

Property tax in Manhattan is quite high for obvious reasons.

That is why this house is so expensive.

I recall that the guy sold a house which was in just a satisfactory condition in Las Vegas to the developer for about $2.1 a few years ago. Why? The developer built condominiums around the house; therefore, the value of land where the house was, skyrocketed.

It is a smart and great investment for the house owner. :)
 
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