With so much grim news about real estate making the rounds, it seems like the perfect time to take a break from the ceaseless negativity and shed a little light on the quirkier side of the housing and commercial property markets in our great nation. To that end, we give you: Biggest, Smallest, Cheapest, Tallest? random factoids for the real estate curious!
Biggest, Smallest, Cheapest, Tallest ? Random factoids for the real estate curious.
Biggest
If you?re feeling squeezed in America?s average household square footage?a modest 2,135 sq. ft.?you may feel more at home in America?s largest privately-owned home, Biltmore. Built by George Washington Vanderbilt II in the late 1800?s, this 135,000 square foot home?you read that right?sits like a gem in the midst of an 8,000 acre estate. The home itself has 250 rooms, and 33 guest bedrooms. Still owned by a Vanderbilt descendant, the home is open to tourists and is now operated as a guest inn for guests interested in reliving the Gilded Age.
Smallest
Once overwhelmed by the opulence of Biltmore, you may find yourself craving simplicity? at which point you?re likely to turn to the cozy creations of the Tumbleweed tiny house company. Ranging in size from 99 to 874 square feet, these homes are smaller than many people?s walk-in closets, yet have remarkable charm. With architectural charm and every need accommodated, one has to wonder whether we even need that average 2,135 square feet after all?
Narrowest
Speaking of shedding the excess, California residents are known for staying fit and trim, so it?s no wonder that the Golden State is home to Long Beach?s ?Skinny House,? certified by the Guinness Book of World?s Records as the narrowest home in the United States. The 860 square foot home was built on a lot measuring just 10 feet by 50 feet, after someone bet the owner that building a ?habitable home? on the tiny parcel was impossible. He managed to create a home that is just one room wide, but three stories tall? suggesting that gambling, perhaps, is the true mother of invention.
Tallest
If you?re lucky enough to have visited the great city of Chicago, you hopefully made it to the top of the country?s tallest building?Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower). The iconic black building soars 110 stories into the air?1,450 feet?and is still the tallest building in the western hemisphere. Hundreds of different companies, spread across the building?s 3.8 million square feet, call the building their business home, but we can?t help but wonder: do any of them ever make it up to the observation deck? Or is even an ear-popping elevator ride to the top of the hemisphere prone to becoming old hat?
Source: http://www.newhomessection.com/blog/biggest-smallest-cheapest-tallest/2011/08/31/
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