A couple who live in one of Britain’s skinniest homes have said its so thin delivery drivers struggle to find it.
Emily and Tyler rent the £200k property in Cardiff and say apart from confusing drivers and the bathroom being a pokey 4.9ft wide the house is ‘not as a bad as it looks.’
The home measures just 9ft 6in across and is grey walled with a slanted roof that contains a solar panel for eco electricity.
With a long drive, the house is car-friendly and can easily fit two large cars on the driveway.
But many locals said they did not even notice the house was on their street because it was so tiny.
Emily said it has a special design feature that more than make up for’ its narrow frame.
She told MailOnline: ‘It really isn’t as bad as people think from the outside. We could fit an 8ft Christmas tree in the living room if we needed to.’
The home in Cardiff measures just 9ft 6in across and is grey walled with a slanted roof that contains a solar panel for eco electricity
An aerial view of the skinny house wedged down a strip of land between homes and a railway bridge in Cardiff
Although the house is strangely thin, it boasts very high ceilings
She said the high ceilings are ‘certainly a complimenting feature’ to the thin property.
‘The way it’s been built is impressive and flattering to the building, bringing what once was a city waste land, into modern day,’ she added.
Before the house was built in 2008, the plot was a patch of unused wasteland. Once completed, it was marketed for sale at £200k and snapped up by Emily and Tyler’s landlord.
The couple’s neighbour, 21-year-old Flo Hollingsworth, said: ‘I didn’t know it was there, I will have a look next time.’
Most of the other houses in the student-heavy area – Cathays – are terraced and open straight on to the pavement.
The house, just a stone’s throw from the city centre, is grey walled with a slanted roof that contains a solar panel for eco electricity
‘I think it is pretty cool,’ said 23-year-old bar manager Archie Wright. ‘Probably wouldn’t live there though, I have a load of sports gear and would need more space’
Emily and Tyler’s house sits further back to allow a driveway, with a wall to another house guarding one side, and the fence of a walkway over a railway on the other.
This suits the couple well due to the busy resident parking, they said.
Emily said she had just one minor gripe about the house – the size of the bathroom, which is just 1.5m wide.
She told MailOnline: ‘However, I suppose it is the same as living in a flat to be honest.
‘I would perhaps say better because you have an upstairs..
And, of course, the fact that the property doesn’t appear on a lot of maps can make making parcel deliveries and directions for their friends and family more challenging.
As it doesn’t have a number, it means they get confused a lot with the house next door.
The house, in a quiet street in Cardiff, south Wales, measures just 9ft 6in (2.9m) across
Emily and Tyler’s house sits further back to allow a driveway, with a wall to another house guarding one side, and the fence of a walkway over a railway on the other
With enough space for the two of them to both work from home, and only being a 30 minute walk to the centre of Cardiff, the property is practical as well as loved.
Despite Emily and Tyler’s fondness for the property, locals are skeptical when looking at first glance.
‘I think it is pretty cool’ said 23-year-old bar manager Archie Wright. ‘Probably wouldn’t live there though, I have a load of sports gear and would need more space.’
Similar to Archie, friends Soham, 22, and Abhay, 23, seem to love the initial look of the property but struggle with the realism of living there. Abhay said: ‘It is pretty cool, it is very small though, I don’t think I would be able to live there.’
Soham told Mailonline, ‘It is just too thin, I think it would be okay if someone lived alone there or maybe for students, but I wouldn’t live there.’
