A couple who live in one of the narrowest houses in Britain say it is so narrow that delivery drivers struggle to find it.
Emily and Tyler rent the £200,000 property in Cardiff and say that, apart from the confusion experienced by motorists and the cramped 1.5m-wide bathroom, the house is ‘not as bad as it seems’.
The house is only 2.98 meters wide and has gray walls and a sloping roof with a solar panel for ecological electricity.
The house has a long driveway and is therefore car-friendly. Two large cars can easily fit on the driveway.
However, many residents said they didn’t even notice the house was on their street because it was so small.
Emily said it has a special design feature that more than makes up for the narrow frame.
She told MailOnline: ‘It’s really not as bad as people on the outside think. We could put an 8ft Christmas tree in the living room if we needed to.’
The Cardiff house is just 9ft 6in wide and has grey walls with a sloping roof that incorporates a solar panel for eco-friendly electricity
An aerial view of the narrow house wedged into a strip of land between houses and a railway bridge in Cardiff
Although the house is strangely thin, it has very high ceilings
She said the high ceilings “certainly compliment” the narrow building.
“The way it’s been built is impressive and flatters the building. It brings what was once a derelict urban area into the modern age,” she added.
Before the house was built in 2008, the plot was a piece of unused wasteland. Once it was finished, it was put up for sale for £200k and was snapped up by Emily and Tyler’s landlord.
The couple’s neighbor, 21-year-old Flo Hollingsworth, said: “I didn’t know it was there, I’ll go and check it out next time.”
Most of the other houses in the Cathays student district are terraced houses and border directly on the sidewalk.
The house, a stone’s throw from the city center, has gray walls and a sloping roof with a solar panel for ecological electricity
“I think it’s pretty cool,” said 23-year-old bar manager Archie Wright. “I probably wouldn’t want to live there, I have a lot of sports equipment and would need more space.”
Emily and Tyler’s house is set back to accommodate a driveway, with a wall to another house on one side and a fence on the other side for a walkway over a railroad track.
The couple thought this was convenient because the residents’ parking lot was so busy.
Emily said she had only one small gripe with the house: the size of the bathroom, which is only 5 feet wide.
She told MailOnline: ‘But honestly, it’s like living in an apartment.’
‘I would say maybe better, because you have an upper floor..
And the fact that the location isn’t on many maps can make delivering packages and giving directions to friends and family more difficult.
Because the house has no house number, they often get confused with the house next door.
The house, on a quiet street in Cardiff, South Wales, is just 2.9 metres wide
Emily and Tyler’s house is set back to allow for a driveway, with a wall to another house on one side and the fence of a walkway over a railroad track on the other side
With plenty of space for both of them to work from home and just a 30-minute walk from Cardiff city centre, the property is both practical and popular.
Despite Emily and Tyler’s fondness for the property, local residents are skeptical when they first see it.
“I think it’s pretty cool,” said 23-year-old bar manager Archie Wright. “I probably wouldn’t want to live there, I’ve got a lot of sports equipment and I need more space.”
Like Archie, friends Soham, 22, and Abhay, 23, seem to love the property at first glance, but struggle with the reality of living there. Abhay said: ‘It’s quite cool, but it’s really small, I don’t think I could live there.’
Soham told Mailonline: ‘It’s just too narrow. I think it would be fine if someone lived there on their own or maybe a few students, but I wouldn’t live there myself.’
