Cute, but so overpriced!

Funny hows 800 sq.ft qualify as tiny by US standards! In France, and even the rest of Europe, houses between 800 and 1000 square are not that uncommon. Nevertheless this really is a cute little house, would love to see inside shots!

Papioshka - inside shots are on the linked blog. Super cute house!

This is a pretty standard size for the UK - value looks amazingly cheap compared to UK house prices - my 400sqft apartment - equivalent to US$265,000 - so I'd take this little house anyday....

Oh I disagree. The outside is cute and charming - good curb appeal, but the inside is dated and awkward.

I always have sticker shock after learning the prices of properties in bigger cities. I'm from the midwest and my fiance and I just purchased 6 acres, large farm house and 3 large outbuildings for $165,000. wow.

The inside has potential but at the time of the photographs the interiors felt like 1960-redux. I actually think what makes the house cute is the curvy walkway leading TO the house and the dog peeking in the doggie door.

I live in an area of 900 to 1200 square foot homes, and mine's 950, while I'm adding details to give it some charm (cottage-style garden, windows, hardware, and I may steal that curvy walkway idea) my neighbors are doing all they can to make theirs seem like mansions (out-of-scale arches, posts and balustrades). I could have gone modern, for the exterior, but I decided to see if I could make it into a cute cottage instead. We'll see how it turns out.

I can't believe this counts as tiny! It's got room for a dining room and an office!!! And it's got outside space. In England, this is not tiny, it's a family home, and it's not expensive either! House prices over here are crazy.

Prices have dropped quite a bit since 08, even in Chicago. But you always know you pay more for location when it comes to city vs country. Price is very relative based on where you are. Back in 06, $195k would barely buy you a 1 bedroom condo in many neighborhoods around Chicago.

Haha, it’s funny that people are saying it’s overpriced. I’ve lived in Seattle most of my life and to me, it seems right on, if not a little underpriced. I paid over $200,000 for my 1300 sq ft bungalow and it was a screaming deal.

Yeah, I too have to laugh at this being "small". I live in a 600 square foot two-bedroomed house in Dublin, Ireland and there are thousands just like it all over the country.

Cute front and cute porch. My house is almost the same size and feels way more bright and airy. Maybe it just needs more windows and lots of paint.

The price would be good for the SF Bay Area where I am.

Being from Toronto, I'm shocked that a place of this size isn't $300,000+!

After growing up in Chicago I'd say that 195,000 is a little over-priced for the size and area but not by too much. Just look at the size of that yard! And yes, the interior is dated but that's mostly just cosmetic. The house is well maintained and has so much charm!

Certain neighborhoods in San Diego, like North Park, South Park, City Heights and Univ. Heights, have tons of cute single family, detached houses in the 600 to 800 sq foot range.

Heh, my house in Austin is only 622 sf and wasn't a whole lot cheaper. Wish my yard was as pretty tho'.

My house is 800 sq in Atlanta, it's a shotgun, and it was $200,000 two years ago. My lot is also 0.1 acres:)

a little poking dug up the listing over on redfin:
<http://www.redfin.com/IL/Harwood-Heights/4703-N-Odell-Ave-60706/home/13554838>

Sold for $167k, May of 2009.
Pretty fair price for an after-the-bubble-burst sale.

Ours is about 975 square feet so the Chicago house doesn't seem so tiny. But, the price seems really tiny to me (in Santa Barbara). You can't get a studio condo or mobile home for that price, let alone a real house. Think more along the lines of $900k before the market tanked and about $650k now...

Oh, just saw that it's only one bedroom so I'll amend my price. It might be only half a million in Santa Barbara. It is very cute though. I'd paint everything white to brighten it up.

I second what @brabs said on price.

Overall, the house has a fabulous layout, but I hate the interior. It's very 1970s basement to me... Reminds me of the camper my grandparents had before renovating it into a full-scale cabin.

2006 - sold a 750 sf 1 bedroom, 1 bath house in a nice neighborhood in Seattle for $365,000. Lot was under 3,000 sf. House was light and airy, with a mature garden. Separate dining room, and a walk in pantry (with a window) the new owners converted to an office. All I needed as one person, and they (two) appear to be quite happy as well.

I was shocked by how LOW the price was. But, again we live in Seattle. We bought our first house here in 2000 and it was $189,000 for a dingy fixer-upper with about 1100 square feet in a so-so neighborhood. Our current 1400 square foot 100+ year old home is super cute, with tons of charm, a walkable neighborhood and a peek-a-boo view of the water. It cost us $420,000 in 2003 (and it was a steal!).

See, to a New Yorker, this seems incredibly cheap. But to all the foreigners saying this is a standard house size, are people likely to live in apartments where you are? Because 800 sq ft is normal for many apartments; just not houses.

I love this discussion on size.

Americans, we need to wake up to the fact that way too many of us live in places that are needlessly (and wastefully) large.

Now, I know the demographic for AT readers doesn't usually fall into that pattern. But America is not AT readers. America is McMansion-wanna be's.