The ‘skinniest’ house or narrowest house in New York city is now for sale for a price tag of $2.7 million. Built in 1873, its dimension is 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long.

More photos after the jump.
Narrow house in Madre de Deus, Brazil, about 9 feet wide.

Sliver House in London, England – With a glass façade and white paint, this house is 10 feet across by 26 feet high.

La Casa Estrecha in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico – 5 feet wide throughout and stretches 36 feet back and is two stories high.

Skinny House in Boston, Massachusetts – 10.4 feet on one end and 9.2 on the other

Singel 166 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands – just 2.02 meters wide

The narrowest house in Warsaw from the 18th century.

Most roofs are only appreciated when viewed from the top, like that mansion in Berkshire where there is a 60 ft drawing of a phallus. But there are few unique roofs that attract viewers even from up front. Here are 6 unique roof photos that you might consider in your next house renovation.

Torajan ancestral houses – South Sulawesi, Indonesia


Casa Batllo in Spain. The roof is compared to a reptilian creature, the backbone of a gigantic dinosaur.

Hotel Marques De Riscal in Spain

Toluca Lake house in California

Turfed Roof of a 5-story building at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

Brazilian Leaf House – outside of Rio de Janeiro, on a beautiful little beach with amazing blue water.