Stylish home in trendy DC area sparks buyer confusion after hitting market with ... trends now
A brand new home has hit the market in a trendy DC area for just $599,900 and buyers are confused about the bargain price.
The home was built on a lot in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., which is known as one of the city's hippest areas - with cool cocktail bars, beer gardens, vintage clothing boutiques and modern global restaurants.
Most houses in the area cost over $1million, while condos hover around the $600,000 on average - but can go for up to a million.
This is why buyers are shocked that a brand new house in the area hit the market for just under $600,000.
Contractor Nady Samnang first purchased the small lot at 1738 Glick Ct. NW with the intention of building a four-level, 15-foot-wide single-family home with his brother.
A brand new home has hit the market in a trendy DC area for just $599,900 and buyers are confused about the bargain price
The home was built on a lot in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., which is known as one of the city's hippest areas - with cool cocktail bars, beer gardens, vintage clothing boutiques and modern global restaurants
The brothers who bought the plot of land to build a property were hit with the shocking news that they could only build a six-foot house
Samnang, who is the CEO of Virginia contractor Omnifics, said that the plans were originally approved by the district - but the city made changes to the zoning laws after ground-breaking had already began.
The brothers were hit with the shocking news that they could only build a six-foot house.
'Unbeknownst to us, the city made changes to the zoning laws after we purchased the lot,' Samnang told PEOPLE. 'The zoning laws only allowed for a six-foot blueprint of a house.'
'At that point, I spoke to my brother and architect and said, "Hey, is this even viable? Or possible for someone to live?"' Samnang says.
Over a year-and-a-half after the bombshell news - the team had designed a blueprint for 'the skinniest house in all of D.C.' - which was six-foot-wide and 600-square-foot.
The construction process was brutal, according to Samnang - who said that no heavy equipment could drive onto the property because it was tiny.
All of the heavy materials had to be marched straight to the property by hand and only two workers were allowed to be on the site at any time.
The large-looking but deceptively tiny bathroom has a large glass shower with a cobbled floor stunning wooden finishes
'We have high-end cabinets, quartz countertops, wall-to-wall porcelain tiles in the bathroom. That was really important to us: If you’re going to build a very small
