Our next door neighbor did this to us building a mansion a few feet from our home. With our privacy and view of woods gone, we sold our house and moved away. A year later, Fed Ex added a transport hub at the local airport. It’s been 25 yrs and they’re still there in the path of dozens of low lying cargo planes, shaking their windows every day. Their selfish inconsideration, turned out to be a blessing for us.
In a small town near where I live, they had an ordinance blocking, putting a manufactured home anywhere inside the city limits. A guy bought a very narrow lot and applied for a variance to put a single wide manufactured home on it and was denied. So he got a building permit to build a two bedroom home, and his plans were approved. The house is almost identical to the manufactured home in appearance. The city tried to force him to remove it in court, but this they were denied. This was 30 years ago. The house is still there today.
@@nicelydone9776 There’s a ton of low-level local corruption in my area too, I never would’ve guessed how much people get away with in government positions, from code enforcement all the way to Washington DC. Shamelessness is ruining the world imo.
I watched this program in spite of myself🌻Thank you for the laughs. Sometimes pettiness is highly amusing. These quirky small buildings are actually very interesting.
Seattle native here: There's a different story behind the Seattle spite house -- a woman won the piece of land in a divorce from her husband (who lived in the house next door and who had to cede part of his property to her). She then built her house, beloved by generations of Seattleites and those beyond our borders.
@@verynearlyinteresting Your son obviously has excellent taste. Now -- and this goes to a long-standing feud based on Seattle-centric pride when I was a lass -- I hope his bride is an ACTUAL Seattleite and not from Bellevue😆. Either way, blessings to them both. Thanks for your reply!!!!
@@MarielW.I would’ve thought it’d be a lot more than that. Basic BC box houses, like ones built by my late grandfather in the late 60s on city lots, are $1+ million here, and we’re over an hour outside of Vancouver in the suburbs in the Fraser Valley. The spite house is unique and historic, and super cute.
I really enjoyed your video. In my 65 years, I certainly have heard of spite houses but never had I seen one, let alone all these! Very interesting indeed. And as the saying goes, you’re never too old to learn. 😉 Thank you!!
I grew up in the city. the house next door was 15 feet or so away, but when they built it, they put the bathroom in with a large window facing my bedroom. This was years ago, no AC, in the summer the window was wide open. I guess you can see where this is going.
I feel the same way. My neighbour is a jerk. She “took” a foot of land on one side. I simply asked for us to install a gate so we have access to OUR land and fence. Nope. All good, keep the 1 foot. I installed 10’ planters in front of each of her south facing windows, in Canada. Ya, it’s spiteful and removable, if she ever pulls her head out.
It’s amazing how people can encroach on your land even in the country with 25 acres. Setting illegal fires, their livestock wandering over into your garden, pond, pool, manicured lawns, decks, poaching AND more, I kid you not. Even surveys, good fences and signs sometimes don’t save us!!!
US is weird. In Europe there's distance requirement how you can build a house. In my case it's 5 meters from the walls to the end of the property. So it's 10 meters (around 33 ft) at the least between houses. Thus narrow plots of land are either useless or very cheap because you can't do much with it.
I grew up in a spite house. Story was that the builder had something against the sea captain across the street and built our rather awkward Greek Revival house to block his view of Penobscot Bay
This is the video that introduced me to your channel. I thoroughly enjoyed it and plan on viewing more of your content. I even sent it to a friend of mine. I’m sure this research took you a while to compile so I very much appreciate your efforts in making this in spite of all the time it took. 😉
Love these stories!! 😂 Lena Avenue is definitely very, very nearly interesting.. the Sam Key building, the Kavanagh.. the narrow structures.. well, *all these crazy builds are fascinating!* But my absolute favourite has to be the Alameda house.. it just looks so very nearly _ridiculous!!_ 🤣 Thanks for a fab episode, Tez.. had me laughing out loud.. 👌👍
Hi @pimpozza - I’m glad you enjoyed it … yes some of the stories are crazy aren’t they. I had a laugh out loud moment when I saw your comment about my teeth 🤣🤣. Thank you. Tez
Quite surprised that some of these buildings are still standing... they must be spiting the laws of nature too 😉... Thank you for once again improving my education!!! 😁
In Vancouver, next to the BC Hydro building, there is a house who’s owner refused to deal with BC Hydro. It’s sandwiched between two large building towering above it. The front of the house reads a sign: Unlimited Growth, Strengthens the Divide. Always admired the owner.
It was neat to see you included the spite house in Alameda, CA. My great grandmother lived in it for a while sometime in the late 50's or very early 60's I was just a little girl at the time so I can't remember exactly when she lived there. Thank you for showing it.😊
I was so glad to see the Alameda Spite House! I clicked on this video as soon as I saw the name, because I wanted to know if it would be in it. I've lived in Alameda since I was 3, and it's one of my favorite odd little things about my town. It's right on one of the main roads, too, so it's easy to peek at as you drive along it.
People who are spiteful are usually narcissistic, spite goes hand-in-hand with that mental-health illness. But I did have a good laugh at this video. It was well done. I love the plaque on the last house, literally named Spite House, as if that would be something to be proud about.! Lol
Thank you Jean, though I don’t normally think of myself as having wisdom - but I’ll take it though 😆. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Tez
Thank you! I enjoyed the vid, in spite of the venomous spite! 😂 My faves were the Cavanagh building (Ms Cavanagh had big balls!), the Beirut Grudge building and the Tyler B&B. Cheers, in spite of it all! 🥂 👍
About your intro background: it was really clever of you to present spite houses against a backdrop of toxic weeds. Tansy Ragwort is bad enough that it's illegal in my home state. Very clever of you!
It was nice discovering something you didn't know about places where you've lived. The name of your channel alone made it a must-see! Very nearly enjoyable! 😉
A number of years ago in British Columbia there was a Equestrian facility next to a new subdivision, the homeowners in the subdivision went to court and won a suit to get the Riding School shut down on the grounds it was running a business on land zoned agricultural. I suspect the developers wanted to buy up the land cheaply for more development, but the land owner removed the riding school and went into pig farming big time. My next favourite was the fellow who put up a six foot privacy fence and was forced to take it down when his neighbours complained that there was a by law limiting fences to four feet. There was however no bylaw regulating colour or decoration of the four foot fence. The new four foot fence was bright red, at least what you could see of it between the row of old tires, rusty garden implements and empty soup cans.
What you neglected to mention or maybe you just figured that we’d know this, is how pig farms have such a rotten stench. 🙊Those people should’ve just left that riding school alone. 💩🐷
Thank you Fernando that’s so kind of you. That’s really made my day. And the spelling of Buenos Aires 🙈🙈🙈🙈 sadly I’ve already been informed of that. I was so sure it had got two ‘i’s in it I didn’t both looking it up 🙄. Thank you again for your comment, Tez
O how strange I should see this. In Standish in Lancashire there’s a church a beautiful small hr. Right in front of the church ,now behind a wall,is a very small piece of lawn. On this very small piece was built 3 small houses ( over a hundred years ago now) that were built there by a wealthy Roman Catholic to Hide the sight of the Church of England church from the sight of people going pass on the main road. It was called by all who knew it has SPITE ROW. My mother was born in one of them. Has each house became empty the church bought it and pulled them all down. The empty ground is still there. To her dying day my mum called it SPITE ROW.
Thanks for this interesting information; i lived in Standish for a short time when i was a child and didn’t know about this. Many years later, when I lived in Cheshire there was a small country church for sale by auction. The church sold for a fair price, and as soon as the deal was done, the owner of the narrow strip (I believe 2-3 metres) of land forming the boundary of the church announced himself to the new owner to let him know his terms for accessing the property.
I just found this channel today, or maybe I should say it found me. It is hysterical and intriguing, and just so well done. I have absolutely subscribed. I’m laughing as I watch this and realize we Americans are a bit more spiteful than others lol and Massachusetts being in there more than once, well 😂😂 Great channel and can’t wait to binge.
@@melissacoelho8413 Hi Melissa! Thank you so much for all of your lovely comments and I really do hope you enjoyed your VNI binge!! It’s so good of you to take the time to comment and to let me know what you thought of the videos. Thanks for subscribing as well, it really means a lot. Speak soon! Tez
My car was a spite car for 6 months. Stayed at mom's house during knee replacement part of that tim. She used it to mark her property line by her shed. Soooo glad it was snowing and i have rust now 😅😅
I had a spite car during the 90s. My birthday was coming up and my parents forced me to buy a car they’d like. So, I bought home and dumped it on the driveway. I had to pay it off in three years. I hated the bloody thing! My parents expected me to be happy. Relatives noticed I was pretty peed off. I took it to work and I would let my workmates do burnouts in the car park. It was battered and bruised pretty badly, but I didn’t care. After about a year, it was towed to the local scrapyard due to engine failure.
Immediately liked and subscribed! Look forward to watching your other videos. It’s a fascinating subject and your production is top notch. You’re really entertaining ❤
@@stephaniec3619one of these days I’ll get email set up Stephanie … and yes ok if I have any Canada plans I’ll def make sure you’re the first to know! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I’ve been to The Grudge in Beirut, that pink facade really sets it off beautifully 😁. I hadn’t heard the Middle Finger nickname - maybe the locals were too polite to call it that to my face.
When I was a young child my family used to drive by the “Montlake Spite House” quite regularly! I always wondered about its strange shape. The house was up for sale a few years ago and television crew did a story about how it ended up that way. Thank you for sharing the house’s story with the rest of the world!
I bought a house with property surrounding my home so nobody could live next door to me. I don’t regret buying it 27 years later. Happiness in privacy. Good luck to you with neighbors. ❤
I grew up in Freeport, NY in the 1960s and 1970s a few blocks from the spite house there. Never knew it was a spite house. Just used to ride by it on my bicycle as a kid. Cool seeing my old house and neighborhood on the map in your video.
Tez this was Very , Very Nearly Interesting! I just love your sense of humor! My gosh I’d say quite a bit of spite going on in those family disputes! But even better blocking that bitches view of the church! Good for her. But building a house to block a road? Geez not these days. It would be a sure case of Imminent Domain! And at their price not yours. Great and very funny video I’m glad you touched on the good ole USA also! Thanks Tez! Now you can go to the Pub! This was great!
Crazy I never saw this video. I currently live in the White Spite house in Virginia City Nevada. Which was the original home that was there first then the red one to the left was moved next door 12 inches away! Love living in this historic home! FYI we love our neighbor in the red home and she is super nice! No bad feelings between us new residents.
Better named "revenge" houses. Majority are built because the owners were wronged or about to be wronged. I know the feeling. I have a single story cottage on top of a hill. It has a fantastic view of downtown. All my neighbors live in single story, single family homes, Then the gentrification began. Developers started buying up empty lots. They bought the empty lot behind and I was at first excited to get a new neighbor, The first story went in...then the second story...then the third story. My view of downtown was now blocked, I had zero privacy as the house looked down on my lot and into my bedroom windows (have to keep blinds downs all the time for any privacy). My property value sank, I complained to the city but they told me the area was zoned for up to 50 feet high structures. I asked how that was possible in a single family home neighborhood. The city didn't care. They suggested I build a 3 story wall to get my privacy back. Yeah, my tax dollars were paying for that answer. I'm considering laying out a middle finger design in my back garden so anyone who lives in that house will see a middle finger pointed at them every time they look out their windows toward my house.
A similar thing happened where I live, but the worst of it was the multi story view blocker was built by the local building inspector. Not so much a spite house as an I don’t give a rat’s house.
Two things about these buildings don't surprise me in the least. 1) Most are in the United States. We are definitely that kind of folks. 2) The biggest one was built by an angry Irish woman. Nuf sed on that. I would love to own a one of them.
Our next door neighbor did this to us building a mansion a few feet from our home.
With our privacy and view of woods gone, we sold our house and moved away.
A year later, Fed Ex added a transport hub at the local airport.
It’s been 25 yrs and they’re still there in the path of dozens of low lying cargo planes, shaking their windows every day.
Their selfish inconsideration, turned out to be a blessing for us.
Karma works in mysterious ways!
Excellent. What goes around comes around. Hope you live somewhere lovely now.
I love airplanes. So that would be awesome
that doesn't seem like spite, just selfishness. they didn't build it to piss you off, the built it because they wanted a house there
@@bojcio You’re exactly right… selfishness.
In a small town near where I live, they had an ordinance blocking, putting a manufactured home anywhere inside the city limits. A guy bought a very narrow lot and applied for a variance to put a single wide manufactured home on it and was denied. So he got a building permit to build a two bedroom home, and his plans were approved. The house is almost identical to the manufactured home in appearance. The city tried to force him to remove it in court, but this they were denied. This was 30 years ago. The house is still there today.
I love that story!
We have a western town, the restrictions for building is very strict. The lady mayor though approved her own double wide in town.
@@nicelydone9776 There’s a ton of low-level local corruption in my area too, I never would’ve guessed how much people get away with in government positions, from code enforcement all the way to Washington DC. Shamelessness is ruining the world imo.
Tez, I'm taking a drink every time you say "spite". The hangover tomorrow is your fault.
🤣🤣🤣
Cheers 😂
@@omgzombmc Same to you too
I'd need reSPITE care after such a session.
@@DeltaMikeTorreviejathats great, man.
I watched this program in spite of myself🌻Thank you for the laughs. Sometimes pettiness is highly amusing. These quirky small buildings are actually very interesting.
Seattle native here: There's a different story behind the Seattle spite house -- a woman won the piece of land in a divorce from her husband (who lived in the house next door and who had to cede part of his property to her). She then built her house, beloved by generations of Seattleites and those beyond our borders.
Hello Seattle native!!! Thank you for that update! My son has just married a Seattle native would you believe …
That was the story I heard about it too. 😊
@@verynearlyinteresting Your son obviously has excellent taste. Now -- and this goes to a long-standing feud based on Seattle-centric pride when I was a lass -- I hope his bride is an ACTUAL Seattleite and not from Bellevue😆. Either way, blessings to them both. Thanks for your reply!!!!
I recently saw an update about this spite house. It’s on TH-cam. The owner gave a tour of the house which is now valued at a million dollars!
@@MarielW.I would’ve thought it’d be a lot more than that. Basic BC box houses, like ones built by my late grandfather in the late 60s on city lots, are $1+ million here, and we’re over an hour outside of Vancouver in the suburbs in the Fraser Valley. The spite house is unique and historic, and super cute.
Love the one guy who stuck it to the developer. Now that's a win for the little guy! 👏
I really enjoyed your video. In my 65 years, I certainly have heard of spite houses but never had I seen one, let alone all these! Very interesting indeed. And as the saying goes, you’re never too old to learn. 😉 Thank you!!
Thank you very much, what a nice comment. Tez 😊
I grew up in the city. the house next door was 15 feet or so away, but when they built it, they put the bathroom in with a large window facing my bedroom. This was years ago, no AC, in the summer the window was wide open. I guess you can see where this is going.
This is the best thing I’ve seen on TH-cam! 😂 I sent it to everyone I know… all three of them!
@@michelinafreed5455 😆Thank you so much Michaelina, that’s so nice of you. Tez
This is why I do not want to live too near to other people and without owning a garden around my house.
That’s a good way of thinking. 🙌
I feel the same way. My neighbour is a jerk. She “took” a foot of land on one side. I simply asked for us to install a gate so we have access to OUR land and fence. Nope. All good, keep the 1 foot. I installed 10’ planters in front of each of her south facing windows, in Canada. Ya, it’s spiteful and removable, if she ever pulls her head out.
It’s amazing how people can encroach on your land even in the country with 25 acres. Setting illegal fires, their livestock wandering over into your garden, pond, pool, manicured lawns, decks, poaching AND more, I kid you not. Even surveys, good fences and signs sometimes don’t save us!!!
Love your videos and look forward to seeing many more of them.
US is weird. In Europe there's distance requirement how you can build a house. In my case it's 5 meters from the walls to the end of the property. So it's 10 meters (around 33 ft) at the least between houses. Thus narrow plots of land are either useless or very cheap because you can't do much with it.
What a great concept. "Constructive pettiness".
I grew up in a spite house. Story was that the builder had something against the sea captain across the street and built our rather awkward Greek Revival house to block his view of Penobscot Bay
Hi! Interested story! Thanks! 🤗🥰
Now this is the kind of content that makes TH-cam great👍🏻🇺🇸
What a great thing to say, thanks so much. Tez
This is the video that introduced me to your channel. I thoroughly enjoyed it and plan on viewing more of your content. I even sent it to a friend of mine. I’m sure this research took you a while to compile so I very much appreciate your efforts in making this in spite of all the time it took. 😉
That’s so kind of you to say that and I hope you find some other things on the channel enjoyable too. Thank you, Tez
I am glad you included the Tyler Spite house in Frederick, Maryland- built in 1814, a great local landmark. It’s a great building!
I've never been angry enough to spend money getting even with someone. 😆 🤣 😂 I guess I'm cheaper than vengeful.
I'm cheap, too, but if I had money to burn, I'd spite build even if I was just didn't like someone.
Fascinating! Spite used in very creative ways!
I really enjoyed this, not your typical “home remodel” program, but history…
Subscribed and looking forward to more.
Thanks so much Hugh. Tez
@@verynearlyinterestingsame! Interestingly, my maiden name was Wolfe
In spite of it all, that was very nearly interesting! Thanks Tez, you always come up with some great stories.
Hi Randy! How nice to see you again. Thanks very much, Tez
Love these stories!! 😂 Lena Avenue is definitely very, very nearly interesting.. the Sam Key building, the Kavanagh.. the narrow structures.. well, *all these crazy builds are fascinating!* But my absolute favourite has to be the Alameda house.. it just looks so very nearly _ridiculous!!_ 🤣
Thanks for a fab episode, Tez.. had me laughing out loud.. 👌👍
Hi @pimpozza - I’m glad you enjoyed it … yes some of the stories are crazy aren’t they. I had a laugh out loud moment when I saw your comment about my teeth 🤣🤣. Thank you. Tez
@@verynearlyinteresting 🤣🤣 I'm not very good at tolerating unnecessary rudeness, Tez..
We love are Spite house here in Alameda!!! ❤. The cantilever makes it the best one😂.
@@pimpozza Ah, I found you, Fi! Thanks for the recommendation hun, really enjoying a bit of binge watching :) 😘
Quite surprised that some of these buildings are still standing... they must be spiting the laws of nature too 😉... Thank you for once again improving my education!!! 😁
My pleasure!! And it’s lovely to see you again! Tez
In Vancouver, next to the BC Hydro building, there is a house who’s owner refused to deal with BC Hydro. It’s sandwiched between two large building towering above it. The front of the house reads a sign: Unlimited Growth, Strengthens the Divide.
Always admired the owner.
It was neat to see you included the spite house in Alameda, CA. My great grandmother lived in it for a while sometime in the late 50's or very early 60's I was just a little girl at the time so I can't remember exactly when she lived there.
Thank you for showing it.😊
Wow what a small world!! Thanks so much for commenting Cathleen, Tez
I see that I am not the only one who was introduced to your channel by this video, I'm now subscribed and enjoying it! 🥰
That’s great to hear, thank you. Tez 😊
We have a Spite house here in lil ole Annapolis Royal, pop. 500. It was built at an angle so his gossipy neighbour couldnt see up the street. 😂
Oh wow 😆
I was so glad to see the Alameda Spite House! I clicked on this video as soon as I saw the name, because I wanted to know if it would be in it. I've lived in Alameda since I was 3, and it's one of my favorite odd little things about my town.
It's right on one of the main roads, too, so it's easy to peek at as you drive along it.
Hi Adrienne. Thanks so much for commenting from Alameda, what an amazing place to live! Tez 😊
That Was Pretty Enjoyable So, You Get The Good Finger. 👍Thank You.
Just when you think you've seen it all, We get another great video. I enjoyed this, thanks.
Ahh thanks Spaceman that’s so kind of you … and nice to see you again as always. Tez
We DO NOT live in less spiteful times! The law has shut up one avenue only to have 10 others spring up in there place.
People who are spiteful are usually narcissistic, spite goes hand-in-hand with that mental-health illness. But I did have a good laugh at this video. It was well done. I love the plaque on the last house, literally named Spite House, as if that would be something to be proud about.! Lol
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Not saying which but never thought I'd see my town on a TH-cam list lol. Feel famous now!
Thank you for your wisdom 😊
Thank you Jean, though I don’t normally think of myself as having wisdom - but I’ll take it though 😆. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Tez
Thank you! I enjoyed the vid, in spite of the venomous spite! 😂 My faves were the Cavanagh building (Ms Cavanagh had big balls!), the Beirut Grudge building and the Tyler B&B. Cheers, in spite of it all! 🥂 👍
19th century and older spite was another level!
had to sub especially when seeing that you narrate your own videos. that's a very rare thing nowadays. don't give it up
Oh thank you, that’s very nice of you to say so. Tez
I never knew there was such a thing as a Spite House! You learn something new everyday! Glad I stop here 😊
This is such an INTERESTING channel! 👍
That’s so kind of you to say, thank you! Tez
OMG, I don't know why I enjoyed this video so much!
I’m glad you enjoyed it Esther 😊. Tez
I sure did enjoy this video. I love it! Now when I see skinny buildings/houses I'm going to wonder if it's a spite house. 😁🤣
About your intro background: it was really clever of you to present spite houses against a backdrop of toxic weeds. Tansy Ragwort is bad enough that it's illegal in my home state. Very clever of you!
You give me WAY too much credit!! I had no idea about the weeds 😬
love how well you worked the word “spite” into this vid🤣🤣🤣
It seems like these spite houses, the majority of them were build justly to negate unjust plans, such as roads.
😎👎 When there's roads
- AnCap
Loved this and love your accent and humor! I subscribed. Looking forward to more verily nearly interesting! You’re so cute! Thx!
I rarely get called cute so I’m going to print this out and frame it. Thanks Crystal, Tez.
What a pleasant man you are! Good wishes for you!😊🌷
What a lovely thing to say, thank you Angela. Tez (best wishes to you too)
Really interesting. I would have liked to see inside the very narrow and oddly shaped houses just to see how the owners managed to live there.
It was nice discovering something you didn't know about places where you've lived.
The name of your channel alone made it a must-see!
Very nearly enjoyable! 😉
Excellent presentation. Well done.
Oh thank you, that’s very kind of you. Tez
I really love hearing stories of people doing things out of spite it warms my heart.
Another great episode to provoke thought.
I know its just a few examples but almost all are US based....
Looking forward to your next one 😀
Thanks Paul! As always your support is always very much appreciated 😊. Tez
A number of years ago in British Columbia there was a Equestrian facility next to a new subdivision, the homeowners in the subdivision went to court and won a suit to get the Riding School shut down on the grounds it was running a business on land zoned agricultural. I suspect the developers wanted to buy up the land cheaply for more development, but the land owner removed the riding school and went into pig farming big time.
My next favourite was the fellow who put up a six foot privacy fence and was forced to take it down when his neighbours complained that there was a by law limiting fences to four feet. There was however no bylaw regulating colour or decoration of the four foot fence. The new four foot fence was bright red, at least what you could see of it between the row of old tires, rusty garden implements and empty soup cans.
What you neglected to mention or maybe you just figured that we’d know this, is how pig farms have such a rotten stench. 🙊Those people should’ve just left that riding school alone. 💩🐷
Spite Houses obviously fuel creativity. These houses are beautiful.
Tack!
Absolutely loved this video, you made me smile all the way through!
Well that’s the best compliment I could get! Thanks Helen, Tez
Buenos AIRES
P.S. The video is very well done and super interesting, it was difficult to believe it is a brand new channel. Great voice. Keep it up.
Thank you Fernando that’s so kind of you. That’s really made my day. And the spelling of Buenos Aires 🙈🙈🙈🙈 sadly I’ve already been informed of that. I was so sure it had got two ‘i’s in it I didn’t both looking it up 🙄. Thank you again for your comment, Tez
O how strange I should see this. In Standish in Lancashire there’s a church a beautiful small hr. Right in front of the church ,now behind a wall,is a very small piece of lawn. On this very small piece was built 3 small houses ( over a hundred years ago now) that were built there by a wealthy Roman Catholic to Hide the sight of the Church of England church from the sight of people going pass on the main road. It was called by all who knew it has SPITE ROW. My mother was born in one of them. Has each house became empty the church bought it and pulled them all down. The empty ground is still there. To her dying day my mum called it SPITE ROW.
Thanks for this interesting information; i lived in Standish for a short time when i was a child and didn’t know about this.
Many years later, when I lived in Cheshire there was a small country church for sale by auction. The church sold for a fair price, and as soon as the deal was done, the owner of the narrow strip (I believe 2-3 metres) of land forming the boundary of the church announced himself to the new owner to let him know his terms for accessing the property.
I just found this channel today, or maybe I should say it found me. It is hysterical and intriguing, and just so well done. I have absolutely subscribed.
I’m laughing as I watch this and realize we Americans are a bit more spiteful than others lol and Massachusetts being in there more than once, well 😂😂
Great channel and can’t wait to binge.
@@melissacoelho8413 Hi Melissa! Thank you so much for all of your lovely comments and I really do hope you enjoyed your VNI binge!! It’s so good of you to take the time to comment and to let me know what you thought of the videos. Thanks for subscribing as well, it really means a lot. Speak soon! Tez
this was so fun to watch!!! and the comments by many are also fun. thanks!
@@debrakiefel6914 Thanks so much for commenting Debra, Tez 😊
Fun stuff spite can be
Love your style TY for a nearly interesting video
In spite of TH-cam limitations!
Oh thank you! Tez
I'm from Vancouver and I used to go to Chinatown to buy brocades and silk. That's the building I shopped at.
@@agbobier2657 Oh wow!!!
I like your attitude! I subscribed, and Good Luck‼
@@nancyabernathy4259 Thank you very much Nancy, that’s lovely to hear. Tez
I love spite house stories!
Me too 😊. Hi Cassie, Tez
These "spite houses" have amazing back stories.
Excellent! Had this been a BBC production, however, you'd have personally visited each one!! 😂
If the BBC were paying I’d be off!!😆
@@verynearlyinteresting Not on my licence fee money you won't! Unless you happen to need a personal assistant...in which case, count me in! 😂
@@Sestra_Prior of course I’d need a personal assistant!!
My car was a spite car for 6 months. Stayed at mom's house during knee replacement part of that tim. She used it to mark her property line by her shed. Soooo glad it was snowing and i have rust now 😅😅
Hi Kathleen! And wow … never heard of a spite car 🤣
@verynearlyinteresting didn't think of it that way until I saw the video lol.
I had a spite car during the 90s. My birthday was coming up and my parents forced me to buy a car they’d like. So, I bought home and dumped it on the driveway. I had to pay it off in three years.
I hated the bloody thing! My parents expected me to be happy. Relatives noticed I was pretty peed off.
I took it to work and I would let my workmates do burnouts in the car park. It was battered and bruised pretty badly, but I didn’t care.
After about a year, it was towed to the local scrapyard due to engine failure.
Interesting! (And just a note: It's Buenos _Aires,_ not Buenos Airies.) 😻
🙈🙈🙈 Oh no 🥺
Wow great video, super entertaining, great production and sound track ! Congrats I subscribed- this is great entertainment- so rare these days
Ahh thank you very much Gracie, that’s so kind of you. Tez
Immediately liked and subscribed! Look forward to watching your other videos. It’s a fascinating subject and your production is top notch. You’re really entertaining ❤
That’s so nice of you to say, thank you very much!!! Very appreciated, Tez 😊
This was fascinating! As per usual your videos are oh so interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Stephanie! Thank you as always 😊 Tez
@@verynearlyinteresting I wish you had a way of getting messages! I’m dying to know when you’ll be in Canada!
@@stephaniec3619one of these days I’ll get email set up Stephanie … and yes ok if I have any Canada plans I’ll def make sure you’re the first to know! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
❤ Love the program
Thanks for this fascinating episode. Only discovered your channel today. Cheers from Australia.
Oh thank you!!! That’s very nice of you and cheers from England. Tez 🇦🇺🏴
“Spite”, when you have nothing better to do! 😂
Twas very interesting! 👍
This was hilarious and entertaining. I love the spite houses, they're corky but oh so full of character. I would totally live in any of them.
This was great! Love how unique they ALL are! My fav was Karina lol what a wonderful way to spite your lovers mom! LOL 😂😂
A 'brand new channel' with 75K subscribers? Damn. Well done.
Thank you very much 😊. I’ve been quite surprised myself!Tez
Well done kidda.
Well edited and good upload.
Enjoyed that.
Interesting.
Thank you very much!! (And I haven’t been called Kidda for some time - I loved that!). Tez
Another excellent video. Enjoyed it a lot. Cheers Tez!
Thanks John!! 😊
I’ve been to The Grudge in Beirut, that pink facade really sets it off beautifully 😁. I hadn’t heard the Middle Finger nickname - maybe the locals were too polite to call it that to my face.
Fascinating, thank you.
@@egyphon you’re welcome thanks so much. Tez
This was fun😅. Thanks
When I was a young child my family used to drive by the “Montlake Spite House” quite regularly! I always wondered about its strange shape. The house was up for sale a few years ago and television crew did a story about how it ended up that way. Thank you for sharing the house’s story with the rest of the world!
Thank you … and that’s my pleasure. I really appreciate your comment. Tez
First video of yours I ever saw. Subbed and liked immediately afterwards ❤
That’s so nice of you, thanks so much. Tez
Thank you. I enjoyed this vlog!
I’m pleased you enjoyed it Alida. Tez
I really enjoyed this video, so I subscribed. Thanks for putting this together.
Thank you very much Anne, Tez
Sooo, I guess those tiny houses wedged between huge buildings that I see in so many family movies (like Stewart Little) are spite houses. LOL!
You had me at "spite" in the title. Loved the video and duly subscribed and liked.
@@Angora573 thank you so much! Tez 😊
I bought a house with property surrounding my home so nobody could live next door to me. I don’t regret buying it 27 years later. Happiness in privacy. Good luck to you with neighbors. ❤
Love this. Its amazing the thing people will do.
I grew up in Freeport, NY in the 1960s and 1970s a few blocks from the spite house there. Never knew it was a spite house. Just used to ride by it on my bicycle as a kid. Cool seeing my old house and neighborhood on the map in your video.
Oh wow!!! Well I’m glad I put it in then 😊. It’s a small world. Tez
I grew up a few blocks from it in the 70s and 80s and never knew about it either.
I enjoyed the topic, great job sir!
Thank you 😊. Tez
Tez this was Very , Very Nearly Interesting! I just love your sense of humor! My gosh I’d say quite a bit of spite going on in those family disputes! But even better blocking that bitches view of the church! Good for her. But building a house to block a road? Geez not these days. It would be a sure case of Imminent Domain! And at their price not yours. Great and very funny video I’m glad you touched on the good ole USA also! Thanks Tez! Now you can go to the Pub! This was great!
I’ve loved reading this comment Karen 😆. Brilliant, thanks as always, Tez
The "Freddie Mercury microphone" drew me in; however, the content made me want to stay. This was fun to watch.😊Subscribed!
🤣Thank you Debra. That’s a great comment. Tez
OMG...that's right! Freddie lives on. 😻
Oh, I don’t know…… I think there’s more spite than ever .
Only if u can afford it
Crazy I never saw this video. I currently live in the White Spite house in Virginia City Nevada. Which was the original home that was there first then the red one to the left was moved next door 12 inches away! Love living in this historic home! FYI we love our neighbor in the red home and she is super nice! No bad feelings between us new residents.
WOW!!! Thank you so much for commenting!! How nice to hear from you. Kindest regards from across the pond in England. Tez 😊
Better named "revenge" houses. Majority are built because the owners were wronged or about to be wronged. I know the feeling. I have a single story cottage on top of a hill. It has a fantastic view of downtown. All my neighbors live in single story, single family homes, Then the gentrification began. Developers started buying up empty lots. They bought the empty lot behind and I was at first excited to get a new neighbor, The first story went in...then the second story...then the third story. My view of downtown was now blocked, I had zero privacy as the house looked down on my lot and into my bedroom windows (have to keep blinds downs all the time for any privacy). My property value sank, I complained to the city but they told me the area was zoned for up to 50 feet high structures. I asked how that was possible in a single family home neighborhood. The city didn't care. They suggested I build a 3 story wall to get my privacy back. Yeah, my tax dollars were paying for that answer. I'm considering laying out a middle finger design in my back garden so anyone who lives in that house will see a middle finger pointed at them every time they look out their windows toward my house.
A similar thing happened where I live, but the worst of it was the multi story view blocker was built by the local building inspector. Not so much a spite house as an I don’t give a rat’s house.
Nobody owns a view over other property unless they bought air rights.
@@raybod1775 Agree. No one owns a view so why did they build a house which blocks the view from other people if they don't own the view either?
@benjalucian1515 brilliant thoughts put to writing 🙄
@@eldiablo7862 Agree. He couldn't answer.
I lived right near the Freeport spite home. It's really nice and yes people drive by just to look at it. I was surprised to see it made your list.
Oh wow! Thanks so much for commenting. Tez
Two things about these buildings don't surprise me in the least.
1) Most are in the United States. We are definitely that kind of folks.
2) The biggest one was built by an angry Irish woman. Nuf sed on that.
I would love to own a one of them.
That's why you live as far away from people as you can !
😂
From Mexico loved your presentation. Gracias
My personal astonishing takeaway, …that apparently there’s a building in Beirut that isn’t full of bullet holes.
"despite your devious intentions" as in taking the spite away 😂