![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-quirky-15ft-seattle-pie-shaped-tiny-home-thats-only-55-inches-wide/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Inside-quirky-15ft-Seattle-pie-shaped-tiny-home-built-in-1925-thats-only-55inches-wide.jpg&description=There's a unique 'tiny home' that was just scooped up off the market in Seattle - and this 15ft pie-shaped apartment that was built by a feuding couple nearly 100 years ago has more than a few quirks according to the new owners A pie-shaped tiny home in Seattle is full of surprises despite its tiny stature, according to the home's newest residents, who have moved into the 100-year-old structure that's just 55-inches wide. The house has a reputation for being built out of spite - but the home's newest owner, Kirsten Dirksen, says that it's more than just pettiness that resulted in this structure. There's a long and sordid history that many fail to mention when they talk about this particular house in Montlake, in Seattle. The one-of-a-kind house is 'cheese wedge shaped' and fits perfectly behind a much larger home. Local legends actually have two backstories for this house. One story is that the person who lived in the property's main house wanted to buy the triangle-shaped piece next to the house. Apparently, they made such a low offer that the owner of the small plot not only didn't sell, he or she built the odd-shaped home to block his views. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US But the more popular story has to do with a husband and wife, and the state of their divorce, which would have taken place 100 years ago. Rumour has it that the former wife built the "cheese-wedge-shaped" home to block the view of her ex-husband, who still resided in the bigger home on the shared lot. While plenty of laws exist now to stop such structures from being built, there was a lot more freedom 100 years ago to do what you want with land. And while everyone calls it the 'spite house,' referring to the wife's reaction to the divorce, the home's new owner appreciates the history behind it. "We forget that there were limitations," the home's current owner, Kirsten Dirksen said in a video posted on YouTube. "Women didn't have the sa){kind=link}
There’s a unique ‘tiny home’ that was just scooped up off the market in Seattle – and this 15ft pie-shaped apartment that was built by a feuding couple nearly 100 years ago has more than a few quirks according to the new owners
A pie-shaped tiny home in Seattle is full of surprises despite its tiny stature, according to the home’s newest residents, who have moved into the 100-year-old structure that’s just 55-inches wide.
The house has a reputation for being built out of spite – but the home’s newest owner, Kirsten Dirksen, says that it’s more than just pettiness that resulted in this structure. There’s a long and sordid history that many fail to mention when they talk about this particular house in Montlake, in Seattle.
The one-of-a-kind house is ‘cheese wedge shaped’ and fits perfectly behind a much larger home. Local legends actually have two backstories for this house. One story is that the person who lived in the property’s main house wanted to buy the triangle-shaped piece next to the house. Apparently, they made such a low offer that the owner of the small plot not only didn’t sell, he or she built the odd-shaped home to block his views.
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US