Thought you had a petty neighbour? This tiny house was built entirely out of spite.
Casa du Currivu, also known as ‘House of Spite’, is a very strange-looking house in the Sicilian village of Petralia Sottana.
Located in the heart of the Madonie mountains in the province of Palermo, it holds the unofficial title of ‘world’s narrowest house’.
From the front, it might look like a typical house, with red brick walls, windows and a front door. There’s even a balcony and a street number on the side.
It all appears perfectly normal until you look from the side and realise the walls are only three feet thick – not nearly enough space for anyone to live in.
Casa du Currivu (above) holds the unofficial title as the world’s narrowest house. According to a local legend, it was built to spite a neighbour
The narrow house is located in the mountainous village of Petralia Sottana (pictured) and has become an unlikely tourist attraction
Not that the owner cared. It was built to serve a different purpose: Revenge.
According to a local legend, the House of Spite was built in the 1950s following a dispute between two neighbours.
In those days, it was common for Sicilians to expand their residence upwards by adding another floor. To do so, they had to get the consent of their next-door neighbours.
In this case, the owner of the House of Spite failed to get approval from one of his neighbours. The neighbour in question did not want his window view of the sprawling mountains obstructed.
The owner decided to seek revenge and found a petty loophole.
The house was built in the 1950s, is only three feet wide – and is completely unliveable
It looks like a perfectly normal house from the front, with red brick walls, windows and a door
Casa du Currivu is reportedly ‘worthless’ – inside there’s only a staircase
The back of the house was painted black – making the neighbour’s restricted view even worse
Although he needed the permission of the neighbour to raise the house between the existing properties, he only had to respect the minimum distance between both buildings. So he went ahead and constructed his wafer-thin abode.
According to the Sicilian Post, the house is ‘worthless’ and is virtually empty inside. It features a floor and a staircase and is ‘so tight that two people could not enter it together’.
To make matters worse, the back of the house was painted black, replacing the picturesque views with an extra-dull facade.
Today, the spot has become a popular tourist destination.
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