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A non-traditional house

Looking at the pics below you will notice that this lot is very narrow....it's worse than it looks..


Our neighborhood has 50 foot wide lots, unfortunately our empty lot is only 40 feet wide. When highway 50 was built in the late 1960's they moved the house that used to be on this lot and the state bought the 10 feet closest to the freeway for the right-of-way.

Oh, and then there is the issue of a 20 foot utility easement on the side of the lot closest to the freeway...running the entire length of the lot are gas, water, and sewer lines for our local utilities.

And don't forget the side yard set-back on the south side of the lot, (5 feet). We spent several months going through the zoning variance process to get a 2 foot reduction in the side yard set-back....

For those of you without a calculator, that means we have a 17 foot wide buildable space.

Our house will have exterior dimension of 17 feet wide by 71 feet long and 3 stories high. In essense, a triple-high, single-wide!

Our official name for the house is `Casa de autostrada' as it will sit up above the freeway and have stunning views of rush hour....

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