Overview
If you’re a Grand Designs fanatic, you'll know all about the Surry Hills Small House. Back in Season One, the impossibly compact yet beautifully designed dwelling was an audience hit. And now, it could be yours. On October 18, the Small House is going under the hammer. The only catch — the starting price is a cheeky $1.875 million.
Back in 2010, architect Domenic Alvaro and partner Sue bought a non-descript carpark, squashed between an industrial building and a classic Sydney terrace on Belmore Lane. Unable to expand outwards, they decided to go up. The Small House is a rectangular prism, six metres wide, seven metres long and five storeys high.
Inspired by architects from Tokyo, the structure incorporates three bedrooms and two bathrooms, as well as living, kitchen and dining areas, a lock-up garage and a rooftop garden. An internal staircase allows plenty of natural light to stream in. In 2011, the Small House was named World House of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.
''Perhaps this is where Sydney needs to go,'' Alvaro told the SMH in 2009. ''As this city becomes less affordable to live in and more crowded, we have to start thinking about better ways of using space that allow people to have a reasonable quality of life and still have something to live in.''
If the price tag puts the Small House out of your reach, enjoy this pint-sized bunch of more affordable yet inspired teeny-tiny homes.
Via Daily Telegraph.