I am not sure how whether it is happening all over the US but over here in the West Coast, I have noticed that houses are getting closer and closer to each other. I took this photo in a new housing community near my place. Look at the narrow gap between the 2 houses. The interesting fact is that these houses not cheap houses. They cost well over 1/2 million. I would imagine if I were to pay this much for a house, I would love to have a little privacy. Don’t you agree? :)
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February 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Yes.. I agree.. It is happening here in the Midwest too! I am so scared that one day, I will sit on my toilet and be able to shake hands through the window with my neighbor!!! EEK!
Great photos!!!!
February 1st, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I couldn’t agree with you more. it is nuts! I would NEVER want to live like that. ugh!
Great post!
happy Weekend!
February 1st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
I shudder at the thought of having neighbours close enough to hear them blast their stereos loudly!!
Have a good weekend!
February 1st, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Yep, it’s true, houses have been smushed together more and more together with just a narrow piece of grass that they call lawns. You basically don’t need a lawnmower anymore to cut the grass, just a pair of scissors…. bwahahahaha… great post for the hunt!
February 1st, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I hate that about all the new housing developments. It’s happening out here in Colorado too. I want a yard dang it! LOL!
February 1st, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Yes indeed, they are narrowing the gap as land becomes more and more expensive. Good take on the theme.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Economics. Real estate is soaring high. I agree with you on the privacy thing. But see, in my country, most houses are close with each other even in middle class subdivisions.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
This is surely narrow. I wonder whether there still exists the word “privacy” in the minds of developers nowadays. Anyway, great take
February 1st, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Yup - just too close for comfort. Great photo.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I’ve noticed this too! I even heard of some people buying the piece of land next to their homes so that it DOESN’T get developed.
Creative choice for narrow!
February 1st, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Privacy!? In tiny Singapore, it seems impossible! A condominium is being built right behind my back yard. I just discovered, the residents of that condo and I cannot open our windows without looking into one anothers’ bedrooms and living rooms! We are just 2m apart.
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 am
I suppose we are more used, here in England, to houses being close together. I can imagine increased land prices is a reason for this happening in the USA. Great shot, an excellent take on the theme. Happy weekend!
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:38 am
Ya, it’s like that here too. Guess they want to conserve on land area…or get the most out of their investments and build MORE homes into the area.
That photo in itself is great tho…tells a lot!!
Thanks for the comment, have a great weekend.
February 2nd, 2008 at 4:24 am
It is becoming like that here in Canada too, in the newer subdivisions. Great shot!
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 am
Yes, it is like that now in my home state of Connecticut as well.
Happy Weekend.
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:45 am
But in Penang, any theres would have easily cost half a million and it’s even closer! LOL! I don’t like it either.
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:46 am
Not just where you are, BM, also here in the Philippines. At least with some, there are fences to separate the houses. Where we live, we can sometimes hear our neighbors’ voices even if there is a tall fence between us. And at times, smell their food being cooked. Ugh!
Have a great weekend!
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 am
That is way too narrow a space to have between two houses! If I paid that amount of money for a house I’d want it way out in the middle of nowhere, not where I could reach out my window and shake my neighbors’ hand. Great take on theme!
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 am
Yes, I like land around my house, not just an ally way. Guess that why I live in New Hampshire!
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
That’s happening where I live too, triangle area of NC. The older subdivisions like mine have nice lots and some of the newer ones do too but there are quite a few new subdivisions with expensive homes put right next to each other like that. I don’t understand it at all. Especially in an area where you have the other choice. Good take on the theme.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
Sure makes me appreciate where I live… though there are homes that close together just a few miles away. You’d definitely want to like your neighbors! lol Great photo for the theme!
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 am
You’re so right. I’ve noticed this too! You could reach out and touch the hand of your neighbour who’s reaching his hand out! A bit TOO close for my comfort. Great idea for narrow!
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 am
And I thought this wouldn’t exist in the States because it is typical European. But here it is justified because there is not a lot of room. I hate houses who are so close together. I am rather lucky in our area the gap between to houses has to be at least 6 m.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
The term for such closeness of homes is “zero lot lines” from what I understand. Fortunately here in Tallahassee, there’s not much of that since there’s plenty of space. However in other, larger Florida cities, you’ll see a lot of zero lot line housing where property is at a premium. If they could figure out how to build houses on top of houses they’d would…waittasec!….those are called “condos.”
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February 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 am
Houses in the Philippines do not just sit next to each other, they are communities in themselves.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Nice take on the theme. Have a great weekend.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
I agree! Too narrow. It must be a really desirable location. People still buy those homes, though, don’t they?
February 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 am
maybe their house is with sound proof lol!
happy weekend!
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Totally agree. That’s a little too narrow for me…
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
It is indeed a narrow gap. Great choice for the theme! Have a great weekend!
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February 2nd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
We here in Idaho are pretty spread out. Not many homes and I can only thinking of one that you could jump from roof to roof except me because I’m out of shape.
I seen house like that in the bay area.
It not for me.
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
The result of population explosion. Have a nice weekend.
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:33 pm
That is so appropriate for Narrow. We have noticed the same thing in many of the subdivisions in our area. We drive in and even the streets are narrow. We shudder and can’t wait to get back to open spaces. We see this whenever we visit friends. They just moved into their home last January. After being there 3 weeks, the house 2 doors down (still under construction) blew up and the fire took out the houses on each side of the blown up one, and the sides of the two on each side of those. Our friends had to move out of their house for 3 months while their place was fixed up. Too narrow for me.
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:02 pm
wow! you have a very nice picture and I love the way you put consistency of the picture, indeed you have a great post! keep it up!!!
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Happy Weekend Everyone!!!
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Totally agree to this, this sure lookd narrow..;)That is a perfect entry for this week theme..Great choice..;)
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Tell you what. Just to make you feel abit better, here in Singapore the apartments are getting smaller and narrower and taller and the blocks are soo closed together…
We’re lacking of space now…
Pearl - have a good weekend Hunting!
February 2nd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I’m always torn with these houses: I could not live like that. But they do preserve more land than the zoning rules of an acre or more. The houses are pretty, though!
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 pm
i can’t live like that! oh my, i just hope it’s not the master’s bedroom that is near each other. Imagine!
thanks for the visit.