@@someotherdude mused " Doesn't their city serve them well? (sarcasm, must be another liberal led hell hole being made more unlivable/expensive by the minute). " LOL ! Dude, the current Mayor (for over 5 years now) was the freaking leader of the Ontario PC Party. Before him was Doug Ford. Liberal led hell hole indeed... what a laugh ! Besides, aren't you supposed to support screw the system (like this guy did) in the name of pursuit of profit ? And isn't it supposed to be everyone for themselves and it's the neighbors own faults for not acting ? Isn't it supposed to be only Liberals who rely on laws and government to cater to them in serving them and looking after their interests ? Way to fail at the straw man political attack Dude.
Yes. You must be the last dozen or so people left on the planet who didn't get the memo. Destroying your narrative will be like shooting fish in a barrel. You conjure up a straw man of having to move to North Dakota as the alternative, when the choice is actually just moving out of a liberal city- into suburb, or rural, or coastal, or mountain, or small town, or conservative city in SC, TX, or FL. The 4 states with the highest net loss in population are also the highest taxed states, with the worst cities, and they are also the bluest states in the country. CA, NY, CT, and NJ. Toronto/Canada is a close fit for this pattern. The conservative states are in fact the fastest growing, low cost overhead states. Consider yourself stomped and defeated, just please don't move yourself and your votes to any nice places.
hzuiel the window thing was strange. Like I get it for privacy reasons but every place I lived in Minnesota I had a window facing another window across the yard. It hasn’t been a problem yet.
@@generationallyadjacent4283 i mean they have blinds, curtains and drapes for a reason. In the USA privacy laws usually dictate that you have no expectation of privacy unless you are actually in private, in a scenario where privacy would normally be expected. If you prance naked past your window, that is your problem, not your neighbors, if you are seen. It would be like going to the grocery store and dropping my pants, then complaining anyone who looks for invading my privacy. If you have allowed it to be in public view, it is public.
Yes. From the outside it looks tiny but it's pretty big inside. I'd like to have that kitchen and the bathroom. I live in a house and neither space is as big as he has it in his home.
Except its not really that impressive. Its basically a stacked apartment. People in Toronto have become used to being gouged for housing that they've accepted smaller and smaller spaces. So what was once considered small is now considered huge. 1300 sqft and smaller was reserved for 1 - 2 bedroom apartments. In the past you rarely saw detached houses smaller than 2000 sqft (which is why a lot of older Toronto homes are 2000+ sqft, and have been sectioned off by greedy landlords to increase rental income).
It's a shame the cladding had to be stark white instead of something a little bit more earthy or perhaps a dark green so that it doesn't stick out and look like a giant refrigerator.
Am I the only one that actually likes it? Like give this guy a break, he saw an opportunity and took it. He’s not hurting anyone and he designed an incredible home on a tiny piece of property HIS property. That’s the perks of owning land. 🤷🏼♀️
I actually like it well enough. I like the whole tiny house genre. It would just not be for me as I'm a little older with bad knees. Could have really used that elevator 😉 But if I did have it I think I would paint somehow so it didn't stand out so much as well.
Or more like „I wanted to build something and did so whilst cleverly working alongside legal regulations, which I pushed to it's absolute max. It all turned out okay as the house came with a bodyguard 24/7 for protection against the neighbors “ :)
It's more like "I wanted to prove I could make something that works with variables that don't make sense" which might be required for Toronto to grow sustainably
This reminds me of how houses in dense areas in Vietnam are built. Instead of building apartment complexes, houses like this with one room per floor are built. My aunt's place is like that and it's 5 floors high.The benefit is everyone has their own front entrance facing the street to easily park their motorcycles. Also people in Vietnam tend to use the first floor of their home to run a business.
@@Kerbis_Iffin I think a low-sloped gable roof would add a lot of character to the house and make it actually very cute -looking. But I understand that he didn't want to spend the height limit for that since it's pretty much wasted space.
@@konstantinborus5458 i was just gonna comment "it sticks out for now" but, come back in 20 years and you won't believe it. They're tearing down a lot of neighborhoods like this in Malton and building mini mansions. Initially they stuck out beside these 3 bedroom bungalows but, it's really starting to pull together nicely.
Imagine going into your backyard and every single day having to look at a 3 or 4 story flat, white wall, like you’re in some kind of box in your own backyard. He could’ve had something artistic built or something that adds humanity and life to the town. But no, he had to create this dehumanizing container to prove that humans are just things to be stored in tiny utilitarian closets.
@@kylebollard97 It is a city zone, so they still have to endure less privacy than in urban areas. I Live in an appartment block from the 1890' and my kitchen windows are 4 ft from my neighbours! In Summer when everybody have their windows open, arguments, screaming kids and f...... is clearly audible.
@@Tore_Lund You can put a curtain on your window. What do 13 year old girls do who like to tan in their backyards with their girlfriends.....then he comes out....hey girls....nice bikini.
@@jhart3983 I'm not complaining, people can look at me all they care for. I don't have any curtains. in 1998 I lived in another part of town around 40 ft away from, and at the level of the windows of a girls school classroom. As I also liked to sleep late then and walk around scrambling for a clean bowl and serial, before getting clothes on (I was better looking then). I disrupted class more than once. It was kind of an interesting part of town; the backyard faced the south side of the local prison, equally close, so at night strangers came, yelled names, and threw "packages" through the bars.
I Googled this house and it says that he's been trying to sell it for close to 3 mil since 2018. He's been featuring this house on many things to get more interest and notice so it can sell faster. According to Google street view, this house was gutted back in 2014 with a hole in the ground, the prices of homes at that time was hell of a lot cheaper compared to the prices in 2019. The original house was much smaller as in the number of bedrooms and bathrooms and the square foot was less so it was even cheaper. Probably bought it for around $500,000. Contruction costs for this home probably didn't cost him $1 mil so to sell for $2.7 or $2.99 mil is pretty ridiculous. Especially since the surrounding houses have been selling for around $1.5 mil in the area.
I can't believe the city of Toronto wouldn't let this guy add another window but let my neighbours build a 30 foot, 3 storey extension, eliminating 100% of their green space and leaving me in the shadows staring at a cinder block wall
i know thats what i was thinking, how is there no high density law to prevent this guy from building so high lol. It looks dope, but i would hate to be the neighbor
Building Code requirements limit the percentage of openings (windows) you can have given proximity to property lines. Usually if you're less than 1.2m (4') you can't have any openings.
@@Tchild2 It doesn't work that way, ignoring context is a terrible way to go about architecture. The only thing he achieved by going for such a heavy contrast is to make both his house and the surrounding ones look worse.
@Mm Mm You know what's a distopia; living in an completely car reliant, unefficent, wasteful, entirely uniform in shape and race neighbourhoods. Medium and high density housing is the future. We can't afford the enviromental destruction of low density suburban development and the wasteful car culture it brings.
@@Albus_Rex I fully disagree. If you live somewhere exempt of neighbors then go for it, but if you live in a city these rules exist for a reason. Maximum building heights are intended to a) reduce the amount of shade on neighboring buildings b) address the scale of a neighborhood. Windows not facing neighboring lots are a) privacy b) fire protection, as fire spreads far easier through glazed partitions than solid ones with propoer up to code fire ratings. While none of the buildings there now are really at risk since they are single story, if those neighboring lots were rebuilt to be larger it would cause problems. Basically, these "rules" at their simplest level are intended to stop people creating buildings which negatively impact the ability of other properties and people to use the space. Besides, these restrictions are often what make architecture interesting.
You know a city that doesn't have a lot of "they wouldn't allow us..."? Houston. I lived there and saw how that turned out. No thanks. (And yet people move out to the suburbs to these massive subdivisions, where they buy into a homeowners community that dictates what color you can paint your fence. But it's 100% non-governmental so it's okay!)
alvinpetrovitch13 LOL. “Government” in these case is neighbors who don’t want people building junk next to their property. If you truly want to be free you can always move out in the boonies away from the man, with no utilities, police or firefighters so you can truly be free.....
@@gabrielladots5990 here in london, Ontario, you rarely see them for that reason and even it seems people are in such a habit of not using them because of the seasons that they rarely use them when it's an ideal temperature.
A nice view of everyone's backyard. And into their bedroom windows. The plot would have been perfect for a tiny house or smt. Personally I wouldn't pay 3m to be the most hated resident on the block.
@@foreverhilaryy He showed that other houses are just as big. It's the no side windows that make it look obnoxious. Doesn't even look like a house from the side.
"A nice view of everyone's backyard. And into their bedroom windows. " that's super normal where I live, you just have to learn to live with it, but I also think that this is expensive
@@Mekhanic1 Well to be honest, you can't "literally" see the garden dying from lack of sun since this isn't a time-lapse video covering days, weeks and/or months of time.
It looks so out of place in its environment :/ Big white box with with black stripes planted in a tree filled neighbourhood full of neutral and earth-tones. I don't know why he went for that colour. It really magnifies its imposing height.
@@dynokill But why not? Why give up everything all at once - width (less), height (more), shape (so different from rest of neighborhood), and overall aesthetic? If they can put restrictions on the number of windows, why can't they put restrictions on at least one of the categories in order to ease the transition? For example, he points out the building across the way that is the same height as his, but we can all see that the style of the building is what makes the otherwise too tall building fit in.
"Hi, yes, do you have any listings of 4 shipping containers stacked on top of each other with views of an old alley? Preferably around 3 million dollars. Oh and I'd prefer for my neighbors to think I'm an asshole as well."
Bathroom windows are tiny and set higher than normal if regulation. The purpose of a bathroom window isn't to see in/out it's to provide airflow and keep the rest of your house from smelling.
If you can see out of your bathroom window while sitting on the toilet, your window wasn't regulation it's meant to be set 4 1/2 feet from the floor at least. Again the purpose is to provide ventilation not see in/out. Without bathroom window you can't even temp the room to clear the condensation after a shower lol.
Absolutely, & extremely amusing to watch as pets, guests & the odd pot plant or piece of outdoor furniture accidentally toppled down to the street below as height restrictions preclude even erecting such esthetic frivolities as barriers or fencing. Good call.
@GetGoodTryHard The market has to stay like this so boomers can go on lavish vacations. If the prices of homes falls the boomers will lose everything because they treat homes like investments.
@GetGoodTryHard It's also one of a kind for now. If you want go find some property, build a house on it, and try to sell it. Might be a decent money maker.
On the one hand, it's brilliant ingenuity in the face of city regulations. On the other hand, it's obnoxious and cheap-looking in build and design and inconsiderate to the neighbourhood and the neighbours. if it stays up for any substantial length of time, i will be genuinely surprised.
@@bassbunnylove I think they'd have good reason, tbh. It will be impacting the value of the other homes in the neighbourhood and possibly even property tax which is not something that everyone can afford. As an architectural feat it's an interesting experiment but he could have built it literally anywhere else and probably been able to do the things he wanted without city regulations holding him back. just so, SO _massively_ inconsiderate.
@@serenevil The property taxes in Toronto are some of the.lowest in the country, you're like the Quebec of Ontario also needing more and more other people's money for everything from transit to refugees. Poor Torontonian can't afford taxes in their 2 million dollar mansion? Please🤦♀️
@@FreedomSoldiers-rp2kl you can hate toronto all you want but you cannot hate the people for something out of their control. the real estate market and city ordinance are some of those things.
Taina Elisabeth well they are actually probably saving money cause you get no equity with apartments and with the high price of real estate in Canada they can always get there money out most likely. Just your friendly neighborhood realtor Have a great day
@ Taina Elisabeth Well that depends on if are an owner/occupier of an apartment or have it as an investment & rent it, in that case how close would not matter to the owner. Save a couple hundred thousand if you live in an apartment, if you want to buy cheap. You have management fees, building maintenance, council tax, maybe land tax, water & sewage & worst of is the body corporate who rule what you can & what you can't do. I have a new over 55s apartment village & nursing home opposite me & a one bedroom apartment goes for one million.
@@LUREDADDY52 council tax doesn't care whether you live in an apartment or a house, you pay it regardless, seeing as it often goes towards the upkeep and running of the city.
An easy fix is the color. Why white? Sticks out way too much. Make it like the rest earth colors, burnt clay, dark orange color, dark gray.. anything but white
Yes - also, white doesn't stay white for long (unless you're really on top of your maintenance, but who honestly has the time to clean the outside of their house on a semi-regular basis? Especially one that's 40 feet high?). Algae, bird poop, dirt, rust, etc. - that house will be ugly in no time
That lot really should've been split between the neighbours either side, but I suspect neither could afford it so instead this towering white box is going for $3m CAD... Doesn't exactly give me hope for the housing market.
Should be done in the old Dutch motive (similar to the row houses there) ....a little bit Canadianised t match ....🤔 These modern design works in a new subdivision
I grew up near Wrigley field in Chicago, not a "getto" area at all. All the houses have a certain look to them , yes you might say "historic" . The house I grew up in was remodeled and now looks so out of place like this one. I'm sure it's beautiful inside but outside it looks like a box. :( in my opinion it looks awful and makes the neighborhood look old.
I admit it looks weird, but so did the first houses when they were originally built there. What looks modern today will look historic in a hundred years or so, and then anything new built in that area will look unsightly. If only we had infinite space on Earth and never had to tear things down to build something new.
@Honudes Gai its all subjective, some people make that money because they, for example, own a business that will require them to live within the city due to transportation and time. or on the other hand if you're making that money you'll want to keep it right? by doing that you live well below your means so yes you can have a 12k sqft house outside the city but you'll be paying out the ass for power and water vs a 1000sqft building. I can see where the market for something like this is because its a concept i actually like.
It's a great use of space but it sticks out and I bet you the neighbours are not too jazzed about this house. I live in an old neighbourhood where people are completely gutting beautiful old houses and putting up these weird-looking structures that completely take away from the historical look of the neighbourhood. Don't get me wrong I think it's great that a space like that doesn't get wasted I just think it looks like a mini apartment building in the middle of those houses.
@@nofurtherwest3474 maybe inside but I don't agree with you. I don't think it's fair to the neighbours. but if the guy that built that wants to buy my house so that I can piss off my neighbor's please send all offers 😂
Either you can preserve a neighborhood, or you can have expensive housing. This stupid idea of preserving single-family housing in major metropolitan cities is what is driving up housing costs to insane rates.
The neighbors can't do anything...it's not their land, maybe the should have bought it ,if they are complaining that much about it. and honestly, looks great and amazing..more houses should be built like it.
They could have got a zoning variance easily enough. I do this professionally. Architects and designers actually go out of their way to build like this. Good Architects and designers typically hate having houses plopped in the center of the lot. They usually get variances to go to the front, or build to the rear like this one. This is like a free gift being allowed to build at the back of the lot like this -- getting a variance to do that would be very difficult. They could have got a variance to match the neighboring houses with 100% certainty -- 100% easily.
What's the property tax like for a project like this? Also, I dont see why they couldn't allow for a small high side window. Can't imagine ventilation or lighting being the best.
@@remiem-iw7uk They could have gotten variances for many things. Instead, they chose to use the variances to create a variance monster. It seems to be a new trend in design.
@@ReasonableRadio I didn't say I didn't like it. I am for building at the fronts and rears of lots. The house itself I don't like. It is not the shape. It just looks very cheap and generic.
From the inside, looks fabulous, love the design. From the outside and from the neighbour's point of view, looks bloody awful. Doesn't fit with the rest of the landscape at all. I'd be very unhappy if someone built this next to me.
I totally get what you are saying, but the greater toronto area is a different beast. Building up is very very common because there are so many people working and living there.
You gotta live close to where the work is, work is more commonly found in highly populated areas. Thems how she goes unless you find something you can do from home.
@@LaurenRebaM It's also really dumb for cities to have low-density housing near the city center when the cost of living is so high. That's when you start razing neighborhoods to build said high rise apartments and condos.
He should have one of those 3D murals painted on it to make it blend in better and give it some depth. I'm sure there are some artists out there would love the challenge.
A mural is probably too much -- if it would even be allowed considering all the issue they were having -- but considering there are some things that they wanted that they had to leave out of the design, they definitely could put some decorative elements on the exterior. It might help warm up the neighbors to it too.
@@Flirri toronto codes are funky, I live on the opposite side of downtown, not far and it's a very similar neighborhood. There are tons of murals on the sides of houses (mostly ally side). I think when it comes to that sort of thing if you have a positive consensus in the neighborhood you're all set.
7:16 "You get a nice view of everybody's kind of back yards" - I am surprised you got a permit to build such a tall structure in this neighborhood. Nobody has any privacy in their back yard anymore. Also the architecture doesn't match that of the other houses.
@@JohnnyRamirez86 Yeah. The argument that he can see other backyards is a losing argument. Especially after he pointed out that there are other houses as tall as his house across the street from him. Those houses can also see in backyards. My neighbors 2 story house can see into my backyard. It's called living in the city.
I don't see the problem why people shouldn't see other gardens. If you want privacy you can move out of the city. You will have more privacy in small villages... You can't stop people from building other houses around you.
Then move out to the countryside. My backyard, my rules if you don't want it just leave your property and sell it. I don't care. I love the house idea. Space saving. Right now humans are so selfish they want a hectare of land with only a cold depressing mansion in the middle. And the occupant is just a single greedy asshole because he is rich enough to own a hectare property and not think of space saving. We humans are so greedy and selfish we occupy more and more lands and the animals in the forest and wildlife are suffering.
Neighbors also built their houses right next to the border of his land and cover him with the sun. They do not even have the moral right to resent his actions. Maybe he would have managed a tent if not for the buildings above his land?
3 million? I get that that's Canadian dollarydoos, but still. For that...? I had heard that Toronto was dealing with ridiculous housing prices, but that just takes the cake.
@@Furolik I don't see why though. It doesn't seem to do anything to the neighboring properties. People seems too obsessed with trying to control what other people do with their property. Then all that resistance should go away when they want to do something with their own property.
@@systematic101 This house is an absolute eyesore. The house to the left especially, and the house to the right will have considerably more shade over their house than they would most likely want. When it comes to the value of their own house, it will probably decline due to the fact people are less likely to want to buy a house next to this monstrosity that's also looming over the building and causing them to be in darkness. So it has EVERYTHING to do with neighbouring properties- I'm honestly amazed this was given the green light. Very certain this would have been straight up rejected in many countries, and for good reason.
@@PrimeKeroHS eyesore is completely subjective. This house looks orders of magnitude better than the houses beside it and I don't even really like this design. I don't see the issue of shade either. The house is shorter than the trees. Besides if shade is the issue then they should have a problem with any building being beside their property since they would all cast a shadow. He even said it wasn't the tallest in that neighborhood. As for the price of their house that's a problem with dumbasses buying. You're not buying this house so why does it matter? When I bought my house the only things I checked with adjacent houses were dangers. I couldn't care less how they looked because I'm not buying those houses.
@@1barak1 because this channel is a for profit real estate advertiser. You thought some one had an interesting in houses, went around with expensive equipment on their own time and edited+ uploaded it, without even showing their face and introducing their private blog? LMFAO ;)
I have mixed emotions about this one. It is amazing how it was built to accommodate all the random zoning. It seems that it is not considerate of the neighbors. But they each had the opportunity to purchase the vacant lot before he did. You can’t build over tree roots, but blocking the sun it needs to survive is no problem. I think this one has found the limit in the universe for being logical and ludicrous at the same time.
The best/worst part is, the legislation that led to him having to build in such a ridiculously tight space is just obnoxious enough that his choice looks more like a clap-back than a selfish decision. I get some of the impetus behind zoning laws, but that's just plain petty.
If the neighbors don't like it, they can thank zoning. If he didn't have to stay within the footprint of the old cottage, he could have made it only 2 stories. On the other hand, it's petty to say you can't have windows on the sides of the house, especially when other rules make it necessary to be a tower. The cantilever in the back makes me think the zoning board tried to mess him up, "Oh, you can't build over the tree roots", but he was too clever for them.
@@condew6103 I think the old location caused it to be at the back of the lot. The footprint size is due to requiring green space, so that's why he went so high. The green space requirement is to allow rain to drain directly into the soil and not cause flooding. There are a lot of problems with this house, but the green space is one issue the city shouldn't compromise on, imo.
@@pepperpepperpepper Right?! That would be a way to make lemonade. Of course it would multiply the impact of the first one, and unless they were prepared for that, they'd have to move, leaving their schools, neighborhood friends, and in some cases, lifelong homes.
He should live outside the city with less restrictions and commute to work three hours per day. Spending three hours per day in his car would be more considerate to the homeowners there.
Yes. Why would you even want to view someone's backyard? It's a sick way of looking (literally) down your nose at your neighbors and imposing yourself on their privacy. The neighbors can't help but see this house and that's just wrong.
@x x Toronto is a very liberal 'hip' place. They are likely to have european attitudes towards nudity. The problem here is the monstrosity the city allowed in their (formerly) nice back yard.
@Blow You Awei oh really? i wish i knew more about that since i had a project in my geography class and i chose to do toronto, lol idk it could’ve been useful 🤷♀️
Uhg! I lived & worked in downtown Toronto until 2009. When I left, my hypertension was so bad I had to wear a heart monitor for a few months. My wife and I bought 9 acres with a homestead from 1907 in New Brunswick for less than 100k. We have friends who are selling their 1M homes and buying here and retiring, living off their gains. Here, I have deer in my backyard everyday. There, I had to sit in bumper to bumper traffic on the Queen-E just to get home in the Beaches to argue with my neighbors about parking or have the whole house shake every time a street car rumbled by. Watching this video reminded me that I've made the right choice. It cost him a fortune to build in a parking space and he's happy to rise up high enough to see squirrels and birds. I take 50 steps out of my kitchen door and I can be fishing in my own 1/4 mile trout creek full of brook trout. My hypertension is gone and I've likely added years to my life. Toronto if way overrated.
oh my goodness, you had me laughing at the 'get home in the Beaches to argue with my neighbours about parking .. '. I lived on Lawlor Ave. - west of Vic Park between Kingston Road and Gerrard - I had so many freaking parking tickets that when it came time to get my sticker .. ouch! I even had parking tickets while parked out in the BACK LANE, out of the way, against the fence! lol .. so much happier back up in northern Ont. Toronto is fine while you are young .. but once you get older .. meh, not so nice.
Fucking oh bro!! Just bought 10 acres on PEI, moved from Vancouver. No more rush hour and there's never a beach far away lol Land cost 20000, and were looking at just over 200000 with new mini home, septic, water well yadayada. That wouldn't have bought me a tent in tent city downtown east hastings lol
problem is- Toronto is where all the high paying jobs are. Transit drivers make $80k/yr without overtime. Cops make over $100K/yr. Lots of jobs and entertainment. Sure its great you can fish in your backyard but that's not exactly a good time for most people. How far do you have to go to watch an opera? How about an NHL game or the NBA Finals? Not many International Film Fests in rural NB. Craving a dinner at a Portuguese Churrasco restaurant? Good luck. Art galleries, museums, restaurants, cafes, pro sports, theatres, opera, symphony...I can go on and on why someone would choose Toronto over New Brunswick. Just because it suits your lifestyle doesn't mean its for everyone.
@@sashachip I think you're missing my point when I juxtaposed grinding away in Toronto to the detriment of my health versus retiring at 45, living of my gains and enjoying not sharing a wall with a neighbor, bumper to bumper traffic, people who recoil if you say "hello' to them, being hassled for change every time I go to buy a bottle wine, not being able to see the stars at night, I mean my list can ramble on too. And if I want any of those things that you listed, Porter flies me round trip to the harbor for 250 bucks, so yes. If I really wanted to make a weekend out if it, there's no issue. So for some, grinding away day to day in Toronto is for them which is why so many people live there. Lost of people don't realize what they could do if they sold their properties before the bubble pops, and lived out their lives debt free in a quiet rural lifestyle. Just sayin'.
@@jellybelly2037 I don't disagree, it's an amazing home and a feat to build in that style and constraints. I just think he was completely selfish to build that kind of structure within that neighborhood. He was trying to maximize square footage and profit off of a sale, he didn't take into account his neighbors or his surrounding. It's a giant sore thumb shouting at everyone in it's radius.
I absolutely love your videos! It's so great hearing from the owners themselves about the houses they've built, filmed in a great way. I don't know how you manage to find the most incredible houses around the world either!
The planning rules have failed. Because they obliged the developer to use the same footprint of a tiny cottage but allowed the maximum height of the tallest building in the area the result is an impractical house that is hard to live in, difficult to maintain and diminishes neighborhood amenity.
The footprint size is due to green space requirement which is important for rain/flooding control. Location was due to previous structure and does not impact height. That said, I agree that it's too tall.
Zoning also forced him to build the home where it is with the specs in which it was built. Having a home behind a home? Zoning can create problems, too.
I agree, a home of this mass should have been built near the street with the other large homes. I'm certainly not against laneway housing either, but 2-storey Heights in the rear yard is much more appropriate to maintain neighbourhood privacy.
@@SmitHVAC. London, England is the same, the average house price is something insane like £750k ( 1.2 million CAD), plus super high taxes and transport, people can't even afford to live in the county's around London, I share your pain
Nice house but it should have been forced to adopt a pitched roof in character with all the other homes in the area, minimizing the towering effect of the building and letting a little more light through
That house is monolithic. I'm totally down with squeezing into spaces and building upwards, but I'd be so annoyed if that were built next to my house. Waaay too tall.
It's a cool house, but quite a dominant high compared to the neighbours. Amazing one are allowed build that high here, 12m. But I think it's the way it will go with the old outdated neighbour houses too in the future, being replaced by tall modern buildings. He is just a bit ahead of his time
@Patriot Is every issue a political issue with you? If I was your wife I would have told you to shut the fuck up or poisoned your food with arsenic. Hopefully you dont have a wife.
I tried this for a while. Couldn't take the overcrowding in the neighborhood. My driveway was always getting blocked due to the extreme lack of parking spaces. And you always know what your neighbor is doing. It also overwhelmed the sewer system (neighborhood got quite smelly at certain times)
@@Eons000 Except the sense of claustrophobia. Some people like being in huge crowds but some don't. Studies also show that the more crowded it gets the more extreme the emotions.
@@RS-ls7mm Phobias are extreme and irrational fears; so not the majority of dwellers. But I get your point; how we relate to any close/open space is a personal sensory 👀🧠👂🏽👃🏽experience.
@Mm Mm Honestly, I think the failing of our potential future and current status is solely on the shoulders of American citizens. About 1/2ish of the nation votes. 1/3 of those believe what they are told blindly on both sides, 1/3 are internet warriors, & the last have at least read 1 article of the constitution. The future is what we will allow it to be until that power is taken away and most likely that will be voluntarily given. Mainly because no one can agree on a set of principles this nation should follow even though those principles are enshrined in the constitution.
Might be a cool idea but you clearly see he had almost no idea what he was doing, it horribly ties into the citys character at that point and architecturally this is an eyesore not only on an appearance level but also the construction lol.
In a vacuum, it's a really nicely designed house... in its context, it's a nightmare. It's imposing itself on the neighborhood... it's probably blinding the neighbors on the sunny side with bright reflected light off the white monolithic walls while also blocking sunlight on its shady side... it looks intrusively down into the neighbors' yards/windows by virtue of its height. This reminds me of solutions I'd see from students with similar projects when I was doing an M.Arch. Cool, slick, innovative, completely blind to its context. IMHO, it's a laundry list of architectural insensitivity.
Well said yea. Also it's a waste of building materials... they paid for tall walls and got a cramped living space. A square floor plan is a better use of materials. These types of narrow buildings are usually under-insulated because there is no room for insulation.
14' exterior, 11' interior width, so it's probably insulated. But yes, it really doesn't match the neighbourhood. This may be a case of the footprint regulation not working the way it was intended -- if they could have extended the ground area of the build forwards by 50%, they could have matched the internal space with less of an imposition on the neighbourhood, and probably for a lower cost.
I was kind of OK with it until 7:29 when he’s showing off the views and… It’s a view of everyone’s backyard. Everyone’s. back. yard. Which he tries to spin as a positive.
“Monolithic” indeed. Any buyer should be required to paint the whole thing black and fill the long narrow yard with chimpanzees using tools to the deafening sounds of “Thus spake Zarathustra”
After reading comments and posting earlier, I read an article from the Star that outlined the battle to create this house. The original person who bought the property to reinvent the space bailed out, selling and almost doubling his output. When the new guy bought it, neighbors counteracted when designs came in and tree limbs from the neighboring tree were cut without permission. There was a battle at every turn. Then he was asking $3 million for the house. A similar situation happened in Milwaukee where an alderman built an absolute monstrosity in an older part of town. Unless your design reflects the ambiance of the neighborhood it should never be approved. Just saying.
I agree, it looks like they tried to maximise the space as much as possible to be indoors, without considering how to actually make it look good. It's hard to believe the exterior of this thing is actually "finished", you can even see screws around the sides of it in the close up shots. I can't imagine living next to something that looks like a stack of temporary classrooms.
"Unless your design reflects the ambiance of the neighborhood it should never be approved." how do you progress then, as a country? should we all live in huts from the 1800s era houses? the houses that are currently there dont make any sense for the housing climate in toronto. theyre basically shacks but they sell for more than 1.5 million, because land is so expensive. 3 million is probably too much, but he has at least added some value to the lot. normally my biggest worry would be gentrification of this neighbourhood, but the house prices are already astronomical so its basically guaranteed to happen anyways.
@@tedros6917 One would need to know something about design to know that what the design does is bring down the housing value in that area; there is too much of a dichotomy. I am guessing there is no comparable to determine the true value. It looks like a warehouse in the middle of a mature neighborhood. No one wants that influence. As Oscar Wilde said, there's no such thing as a good influence.
In EU - fire regulation laws wont allow buildings to be built so close/next to each other to prevent fire spreading - especially with wooden houses districts.
You are allowed to, just look at many city centers in Europe, but you have to meet very strict fire codes. Sometimes you are required to show that your building won't burn, even if the neighboring building burns down without any intervention from the fire brigade, which makes it very expensive. Fire retardant wood is great because it allows plenty of time to evacuate, but the building can still catch fire.
Or living in it. It's not the design that bothers me really, it's the location. My view is all of my neighbours backyards, and their view is a douchebag (me) sitting in his balcony. I deny them sunlight and privacy, while my thin tall building sticks out way too much in that neighbourhood. It fits there, but it doesn't really fit there.
I love this place and I think they’ve done an amazing job, considering the minimal space they had. However, I wish they had used a different colour pallet. I’d Imagine they could have done something to make it blend better into the neighbourhood and greenery. Plus I’m sure there’s something they could have done, so that it didn’t look so tall. With the money they spent, perhaps they could have added some fully grown trees etc, to soften the affect, so it wouldn’t look so harsh in comparison to the rest of the neighbourhood?
Julie J this is a raging dumpster fire... he took an old historic neighborhood, butchered property value, managed to piss off all neighbors, attempt to sue them for 3 million dollars and he ended up with this piece of trash
@@cantthinkofaname7525 seriously? Is this what happened? How come the attempted legal action? With housing shortages a real thing creative style housing is a necessity. People's need for housing trumps NIMBYism.
The house he compares with may be 12 meters tall too but, it has only 3 floors not 4 floors like his, and it's 12 meters to the crest of a sloped roof which is less agressive than his 12 meter tall flat roof.
Yes, it occurred to me he could have made the master bathroom a bit smaller, sloped the front wall of the top floor, and shingled the outside of that sloped wall. Visually, the house would then read as a three story with a tall roof. It would blend into the neighborhood much better.
its only because i grew up in urban toronto but i could never imagime being secluded from resources, stores, and people. so i personally prefer living in congested areas and will continue to live in Toronto
@@monnawei5036 Resources? LOL. You think everywhere outside a city is a desolate desert? You don't know what living is, that's why you're content to live in an overcrowded place.
Yeah, no kidding, listening to people speaking with high rising terminal all day (like every person ever on this channel showing their project), traffic, noise, and then coming home to never ending stairs. I like stairs too.
just go to jimmy's house and use his giant bin of Legos to build your own neighborhood! just dont let any HOAs get their hands on it... scatter the extra Legos to keep the HOAs out!
@@pkg24 Wow a huge Lego City that sounds so cool! Could you please upload a video of a tour of your Lego city? Im gonna subscribe to you and turn on reminders and i really hope you do!
Back in my home country there are many houses like these. I think we should start building more of these houses here in Toronto. It makes housing more affordable as well as provides more available shelter for other residents. It might seem small but the height makes up for it. It is good for a small family to live in, and you can probably build a few extra floors for a bigger family.
Ashley Janit You may have had a point before we entered a housing crisis. Until its solved “character of the neighborhood” and views are luxuries of convenience, when it’s convenient. He followed zoning laws, not much you can do. If they wanted views, one of the neighbors should have bought that strip of land.
Shane Willbur but was the person who paid to buy the lot and build a tower homeless? did they give it to a homeless family? then your point about a housing crisis is moot. if this happened in my neighborhood in chicago it wouldn’t get past blueprints
What view? By what I saw of the neighboring houses, they all like half dilapidated, just look at the one next to this new one, while you enter into the lot, trash.
I think this is a bad idea. Something in me just says that this does not feel right. There is a reason why there is space between houses, now don't use them to build more houses, it doesn't look good. This is big no for me.
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I bet the neighbors didn't see THAT coming when they didn't buy the extra lot.
Lol seriously. Must of hit them outta left field
I doubt the neighbors could have afforded the lot.
Doesn't their city serve them well? (sarcasm, must be another liberal led hell hole being made more unlivable/expensive by the minute)
@@someotherdude mused " Doesn't their city serve them well? (sarcasm, must be another liberal led hell hole being made more unlivable/expensive by the minute). "
LOL ! Dude, the current Mayor (for over 5 years now) was the freaking leader of the Ontario PC Party. Before him was Doug Ford. Liberal led hell hole indeed... what a laugh !
Besides, aren't you supposed to support screw the system (like this guy did) in the name of pursuit of profit ? And isn't it supposed to be everyone for themselves and it's the neighbors own faults for not acting ? Isn't it supposed to be only Liberals who rely on laws and government to cater to them in serving them and looking after their interests ?
Way to fail at the straw man political attack Dude.
Yes. You must be the last dozen or so people left on the planet who didn't get the memo. Destroying your narrative will be like shooting fish in a barrel. You conjure up a straw man of having to move to North Dakota as the alternative, when the choice is actually just moving out of a liberal city- into suburb, or rural, or coastal, or mountain, or small town, or conservative city in SC, TX, or FL.
The 4 states with the highest net loss in population are also the highest taxed states, with the worst cities, and they are also the bluest states in the country. CA, NY, CT, and NJ. Toronto/Canada is a close fit for this pattern. The conservative states are in fact the fastest growing, low cost overhead states. Consider yourself stomped and defeated, just please don't move yourself and your votes to any nice places.
*man tries hardest not to complain about Toronto’s zoning laws.
it exist for reasons
Jiffi so do mosquitoes and flies. They can still be a nuisance.
@@jiffil Mostly bs reasons. Probably 1 in 10 zoning restrictions actually does anything to preserve anyone's quality of life.
hzuiel the window thing was strange. Like I get it for privacy reasons but every place I lived in Minnesota I had a window facing another window across the yard. It hasn’t been a problem yet.
@@generationallyadjacent4283 i mean they have blinds, curtains and drapes for a reason. In the USA privacy laws usually dictate that you have no expectation of privacy unless you are actually in private, in a scenario where privacy would normally be expected. If you prance naked past your window, that is your problem, not your neighbors, if you are seen. It would be like going to the grocery store and dropping my pants, then complaining anyone who looks for invading my privacy. If you have allowed it to be in public view, it is public.
the home looks so small yet in the inside it has enough space its crazy and also gorgeous
Yes. From the outside it looks tiny but it's pretty big inside. I'd like to have that kitchen and the bathroom. I live in a house and neither space is as big as he has it in his home.
10 ft is a lot of room to work with apparently.
Just wait until it’s furnished.
Except its not really that impressive. Its basically a stacked apartment. People in Toronto have become used to being gouged for housing that they've accepted smaller and smaller spaces. So what was once considered small is now considered huge. 1300 sqft and smaller was reserved for 1 - 2 bedroom apartments. In the past you rarely saw detached houses smaller than 2000 sqft (which is why a lot of older Toronto homes are 2000+ sqft, and have been sectioned off by greedy landlords to increase rental income).
@@zombieshoot4318 vv
I feel like this was just built as a middle finger for all those housing regulations
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What are the regulations?
It actually looks like a middle finger.
And the neighbours.
It's a shame the cladding had to be stark white instead of something a little bit more earthy or perhaps a dark green so that it doesn't stick out and look like a giant refrigerator.
right because a dark green house won't stick out like a sore thumb
@@1barak1 Y'know there are dark greens that match the colour of trees and hedges, right?
this thing would stand out regardless of the color
@@R0bknowsbest Fair, I suppose all we can do is make it stick out less. :P
It's more efficient to cool.
I can imagine how much the neighbor complain about how this building blocked all the sunlight in their back yard.
Exactly, putting this house there was a total dick move.
& the windows on the whole side of their house are completely blocked. That's shitty
Maybe one of them should have just bought the land and added to their property so in the future they could build something big
It's the neighbor at the back's fault for not filing an easement of light and view before this house was built.
Mandee there house isn’t blocking any windows.
Am I the only one that actually likes it? Like give this guy a break, he saw an opportunity and took it. He’s not hurting anyone and he designed an incredible home on a tiny piece of property HIS property. That’s the perks of owning land. 🤷🏼♀️
You're not the only one 😃.
I love that top bedroom and bathroom, and it's in a very pretty area.
I'd happily live there.
I think it is cool
I love it!
It’s hot poo poo fam. So not lit
I actually like it well enough. I like the whole tiny house genre. It would just not be for me as I'm a little older with bad knees. Could have really used that elevator 😉
But if I did have it I think I would paint somehow so it didn't stand out so much as well.
An extreme amount of regulations and they still let him build that cereal box
Lmao
Tom Caycedo lool i think they gona have a meeting after this one to update some regulations.. lol
"Well i wanted to build something that made sense, but building codes" kinda vibe of this video.
Lmaooo
Yes New Zealand too
Nah, more of „I wanted to build something and did so whilst cleverly working alongside legal regulations“
Or more like „I wanted to build something and did so whilst cleverly working alongside legal regulations, which I pushed to it's absolute max. It all turned out okay as the house came with a bodyguard 24/7 for protection against the neighbors “ :)
It's more like "I wanted to prove I could make something that works with variables that don't make sense" which might be required for Toronto to grow sustainably
Excuse me where's your bathroom?
3rd floor to your left.
Imagine if you have the runs and have to climb all those stairs.
It’s a 3/2
shit rolls down hill
@@Morewilliam And you're from......?
In many of the old Portland, Oregon houses the only bathroom is on the second floor. So, if you're in the basement doing laundry...
All its missing is an Intel Core i7 processor and 1TB hard drive.....!
Vinyl Blair hahaha
Vinyl Blair .. rolf
One helluva tower ahaha
Vinyl Blair Funny.
this is a brilliant comment
This reminds me of how houses in dense areas in Vietnam are built. Instead of building apartment complexes, houses like this with one room per floor are built. My aunt's place is like that and it's 5 floors high.The benefit is everyone has their own front entrance facing the street to easily park their motorcycles. Also people in Vietnam tend to use the first floor of their home to run a business.
That's awesome. It leaves room for you to have a family, a business, and parking all without a huge land footprint.
Those tiny frontage building in Vietnam were so charming and beautiful but more than anything - creative!
Damn, those poor neighbours. Must absolutely hate him. Great house, though.
His house is ugly. Seriously. It's just a box.
Кербис Иффин zero character whatsoever it’s like he’s living in a renovated elevator shaft
@@Kerbis_Iffin I think a low-sloped gable roof would add a lot of character to the house and make it actually very cute -looking. But I understand that he didn't want to spend the height limit for that since it's pretty much wasted space.
Toronto's zoning laws are stupid
@@Kerbis_Iffin not good house 👎should only go to level 2/3 the 4 makes ugly
This house is like someone squeezing between two people on a two person bench.
Perfect analogy.
Feels like an airplane seat.
I cringed at the house. It doesn't fit with the style of neighborhood..
this reminds me of my cousin joining my minecraft server and builds something right in the middle of all my builds
This house looks like a killer ass pc tho
So much RAM bruv!
It even has RGB... like what???
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I would live in a house like this if the neighborhood also had similar houses, but the contrast is so odd
Have to be careful with the washer on the top floor:
if leak, it affects the items below... 🐳
agreed. if it was a whole neighborhood then it would be cool but one house in a regular neighborhood. it sticks out like a sore thumb...
More people will follow this in future time.
@@konstantinborus5458 i was just gonna comment "it sticks out for now" but, come back in 20 years and you won't believe it. They're tearing down a lot of neighborhoods like this in Malton and building mini mansions. Initially they stuck out beside these 3 bedroom bungalows but, it's really starting to pull together nicely.
all these old looking homes and then a frikin white box
Please do an interview with the neighbors.
I’m very interested what they have to say.
U know they hate the shit out of it
@@robertmendez4990 House value: -40%
The house in the video is for sale. I am guessing the reason it is for sale is because it's awesome and everyone loves it.
I can guarantee you everyone in that neighborhood is going to fucking hate the guy who owns that place.
Imagine going into your backyard and every single day having to look at a 3 or 4 story flat, white wall, like you’re in some kind of box in your own backyard. He could’ve had something artistic built or something that adds humanity and life to the town. But no, he had to create this dehumanizing container to prove that humans are just things to be stored in tiny utilitarian closets.
“Has a nice view of everybody’s backyard”
I'm sure all the neighbours love the complete loss of privacy in their backyards now.
@@kylebollard97 It is a city zone, so they still have to endure less privacy than in urban areas. I Live in an appartment block from the 1890' and my kitchen windows are 4 ft from my neighbours! In Summer when everybody have their windows open, arguments, screaming kids and f...... is clearly audible.
creepy af. to be honest i think that would put me off buying one of the houses around this thing
@@Tore_Lund You can put a curtain on your window. What do 13 year old girls do who like to tan in their backyards with their girlfriends.....then he comes out....hey girls....nice bikini.
@@jhart3983 I'm not complaining, people can look at me all they care for. I don't have any curtains.
in 1998 I lived in another part of town around 40 ft away from, and at the level of the windows of a girls school classroom. As I also liked to sleep late then and walk around scrambling for a clean bowl and serial, before getting clothes on (I was better looking then). I disrupted class more than once. It was kind of an interesting part of town; the backyard faced the south side of the local prison, equally close, so at night strangers came, yelled names, and threw "packages" through the bars.
It's listed at $2.7m. Too much for that neighbourhood.
I was thinking it'd be like cheaper than a normal house. I thought that was the point in tiny homes. $150k or cheaper
I Googled this house and it says that he's been trying to sell it for close to 3 mil since 2018. He's been featuring this house on many things to get more interest and notice so it can sell faster. According to Google street view, this house was gutted back in 2014 with a hole in the ground, the prices of homes at that time was hell of a lot cheaper compared to the prices in 2019. The original house was much smaller as in the number of bedrooms and bathrooms and the square foot was less so it was even cheaper. Probably bought it for around $500,000. Contruction costs for this home probably didn't cost him $1 mil so to sell for $2.7 or $2.99 mil is pretty ridiculous. Especially since the surrounding houses have been selling for around $1.5 mil in the area.
who the fuck wants to pay that much lol i clicked on this thinking it was gonna be cheaper
I was thinking this was going to be some cheap, minimalistic house for simple living. There's no reason for anyone to spend so much.
Houses in my country would cost about 5m$ and that's if you're lucky.
I can't believe the city of Toronto wouldn't let this guy add another window but let my neighbours build a 30 foot, 3 storey extension, eliminating 100% of their green space and leaving me in the shadows staring at a cinder block wall
2:46 other houses have side windows. Laws are clearly bullshit.
i know thats what i was thinking, how is there no high density law to prevent this guy from building so high lol. It looks dope, but i would hate to be the neighbor
@@edwardelric4975 those homes would've pre-dated contemporary Building Code requirements...
Building Code requirements limit the percentage of openings (windows) you can have given proximity to property lines. Usually if you're less than 1.2m (4') you can't have any openings.
@@38snipshow that makes sense.. though it's unfortunate. I think windows would help this building look a little less imposing
I love the house, but not for that setting. It’s makes the neighborhood look very odd.
It makes the shit neighborhood look modern and contemporary.
@@Tchild2 Its a rectangle with no personality. Contemporary my ass.
it ruins the neighborhood
@@Tchild2 It doesn't work that way, ignoring context is a terrible way to go about architecture. The only thing he achieved by going for such a heavy contrast is to make both his house and the surrounding ones look worse.
It does stick out like a sore thumb
And it blends in with the neighboring houses so well...
Very surprised the building code allowed this. (Or maybe it didn't?)
@@clray123 The building codes caused this. Listen to the constraints he was put under. He did what he could with the codes given.
@littlemas2 Yeah more like he trolled and worked around them.
He says without a hint of sarcasm.
@@littlemas2 yes he was limited but the bright white exterior really sticks out
Imagine a whole neighborhood of these, it would fit so many houses
@Mm Mm You know what's a distopia; living in an completely car reliant, unefficent, wasteful, entirely uniform in shape and race neighbourhoods. Medium and high density housing is the future. We can't afford the enviromental destruction of low density suburban development and the wasteful car culture it brings.
nice you iunvented the apartment
Tim Badmington i died from this comment
Or just build row houses?
Yeah bro it's called a housing block
I heard a whole lot of "they wouldn't allow us..."
@KoalKottentail If you have the money, you should be able to build what you want. No big Government.
@@Albus_Rex I fully disagree. If you live somewhere exempt of neighbors then go for it, but if you live in a city these rules exist for a reason.
Maximum building heights are intended to a) reduce the amount of shade on neighboring buildings b) address the scale of a neighborhood.
Windows not facing neighboring lots are a) privacy b) fire protection, as fire spreads far easier through glazed partitions than solid ones with propoer up to code fire ratings. While none of the buildings there now are really at risk since they are single story, if those neighboring lots were rebuilt to be larger it would cause problems.
Basically, these "rules" at their simplest level are intended to stop people creating buildings which negatively impact the ability of other properties and people to use the space.
Besides, these restrictions are often what make architecture interesting.
You know a city that doesn't have a lot of "they wouldn't allow us..."? Houston. I lived there and saw how that turned out. No thanks. (And yet people move out to the suburbs to these massive subdivisions, where they buy into a homeowners community that dictates what color you can paint your fence. But it's 100% non-governmental so it's okay!)
NPC No.1350 LoL this is no “big government” it’s local city council rules, voted by property owners.
alvinpetrovitch13 LOL. “Government” in these case is neighbors who don’t want people building junk next to their property. If you truly want to be free you can always move out in the boonies away from the man, with no utilities, police or firefighters so you can truly be free.....
Personally, I would have built it just 2 stories with a roof top deck
im always amazed when they ignore the roof deck
Yeah, and would paint the sides black, it would make huge side walls less visually imposing.
No not in Toronto....it cold, useless most of the yr.
@@gabrielladots5990 here in london, Ontario, you rarely see them for that reason and even it seems people are in such a habit of not using them because of the seasons that they rarely use them when it's an ideal temperature.
This guy knows how to be conservatively excessive. Just look at the price tag.
A nice view of everyone's backyard. And into their bedroom windows. The plot would have been perfect for a tiny house or smt. Personally I wouldn't pay 3m to be the most hated resident on the block.
Briket S agreed. The 4 floors is just obnoxious in that neighborhood
@@foreverhilaryy He showed that other houses are just as big. It's the no side windows that make it look obnoxious. Doesn't even look like a house from the side.
3million !? That’s absurd
@e james these type of many storey houses is very common in my Southeast asian 3rd world country.
"A nice view of everyone's backyard. And into their bedroom windows. " that's super normal where I live, you just have to learn to live with it, but I also think that this is expensive
I literally can see the neighbor's garden dying from lack of sun.
The sun is moving
There were already trees there and the sun moves
dont worry . soon most people will end and the rest will have lots of new house choices . lol
@Jammy joe Unintelligent grammer.
@@Mekhanic1 Well to be honest, you can't "literally" see the garden dying from lack of sun since this isn't a time-lapse video covering days, weeks and/or months of time.
The would be really cool as a complex of homes like this in uptown’s or in college towns
It looks so out of place in its environment :/ Big white box with with black stripes planted in a tree filled neighbourhood full of neutral and earth-tones. I don't know why he went for that colour. It really magnifies its imposing height.
Patriot With the housing shortage in Toronto, I don't think we have the luxury of being picky.
Shanice Cogswell, you do understand that since there is no association, then there is no restrictions.
@@dynokill But why not? Why give up everything all at once - width (less), height (more), shape (so different from rest of neighborhood), and overall aesthetic? If they can put restrictions on the number of windows, why can't they put restrictions on at least one of the categories in order to ease the transition? For example, he points out the building across the way that is the same height as his, but we can all see that the style of the building is what makes the otherwise too tall building fit in.
@JRRnotTolkien If the sub-terrain allows for it, I think that's an excellent point!
lol you and so many people know nothing about design.
"Hi, yes, do you have any listings of 4 shipping containers stacked on top of each other with views of an old alley? Preferably around 3 million dollars. Oh and I'd prefer for my neighbors to think I'm an asshole as well."
The bathroom doesn't even have a window lol
Bathroom windows are tiny and set higher than normal if regulation. The purpose of a bathroom window isn't to see in/out it's to provide airflow and keep the rest of your house from smelling.
If you can see out of your bathroom window while sitting on the toilet, your window wasn't regulation it's meant to be set 4 1/2 feet from the floor at least. Again the purpose is to provide ventilation not see in/out. Without bathroom window you can't even temp the room to clear the condensation after a shower lol.
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A container is 8 ft wide. This guy has room to spare! ;-)
Praising the fact that the bathroom has "complete privacy" as a euphemism to "we weren't allowed to put in any windows" cracked me up 🤣
If you can't put a greenroof on seems a wasted opportunity to not have a rooftop terrace or something
Terrace means railings, means probably surpassing the upper limit
Solar
Better to cut out the greenroof, incl. railing, than to take away the top floor with it's bathroom
Absolutely, & extremely amusing to watch as pets, guests & the odd pot plant or piece of outdoor furniture accidentally toppled down to the street below as height restrictions preclude even erecting such esthetic frivolities as barriers or fencing. Good call.
I gets extremely cold most of the year in Canada. It'd get covered in snow.
"The house itself is 14 feet wide"
And in Toronto, it'd sell for, what, 1.8m USD?
It was for sale for 3M cad, so about 2.3 usd
@GetGoodTryHard The market has to stay like this so boomers can go on lavish vacations. If the prices of homes falls the boomers will lose everything because they treat homes like investments.
@@chadrobert116 did it even sell? i really cant see many people interested
@GetGoodTryHard It's also one of a kind for now. If you want go find some property, build a house on it, and try to sell it. Might be a decent money maker.
@@berky1012 For almost 3 Million Dollars it did.
On the one hand, it's brilliant ingenuity in the face of city regulations. On the other hand, it's obnoxious and cheap-looking in build and design and inconsiderate to the neighbourhood and the neighbours.
if it stays up for any substantial length of time, i will be genuinely surprised.
All I could think watching it is how pissed if be if lived next door to him
@@bassbunnylove I think they'd have good reason, tbh. It will be impacting the value of the other homes in the neighbourhood and possibly even property tax which is not something that everyone can afford. As an architectural feat it's an interesting experiment but he could have built it literally anywhere else and probably been able to do the things he wanted without city regulations holding him back. just so, SO _massively_ inconsiderate.
@LifeInaMinorKey The sun doesn't always point in one direction lol
@@serenevil The property taxes in Toronto are some of the.lowest in the country, you're like the Quebec of Ontario also needing more and more other people's money for everything from transit to refugees. Poor Torontonian can't afford taxes in their 2 million dollar mansion? Please🤦♀️
@@FreedomSoldiers-rp2kl you can hate toronto all you want but you cannot hate the people for something out of their control. the real estate market and city ordinance are some of those things.
At that point when your house is THAT close to other people’s you might as well live in an apartment and save a couple 100,000
Taina Elisabeth well they are actually probably saving money cause you get no equity with apartments and with the high price of real estate in Canada they can always get there money out most likely.
Just your friendly neighborhood realtor
Have a great day
Guess you havent been to asian countries, have you? We literally live next to each other in a housing area hahaha
Not the same at all
@ Taina Elisabeth Well that depends on if are an owner/occupier of an apartment or have it as an investment & rent it, in that case how close would not matter to the owner. Save a couple hundred thousand if you live in an apartment, if you want to buy cheap. You have management fees, building maintenance, council tax, maybe land tax, water & sewage & worst of is the body corporate who rule what you can & what you can't do. I have a new over 55s apartment village & nursing home opposite me & a one bedroom apartment goes for one million.
@@LUREDADDY52 council tax doesn't care whether you live in an apartment or a house, you pay it regardless, seeing as it often goes towards the upkeep and running of the city.
An easy fix is the color. Why white? Sticks out way too much. Make it like the rest earth colors, burnt clay, dark orange color, dark gray.. anything but white
Yes - also, white doesn't stay white for long (unless you're really on top of your maintenance, but who honestly has the time to clean the outside of their house on a semi-regular basis? Especially one that's 40 feet high?). Algae, bird poop, dirt, rust, etc. - that house will be ugly in no time
Agree. More could have been done to blend it in with the surrounding environment.
would be beautiful as a dark dark greyish blue. yes the white is so visible
Or leaf green so it blends in with the trees behind it 💚🌿💚
Camo would have been cool eh!
Looks like a supervillain's house that was lifted by a space ship and brought there
Houda Salhi damn yeah like mojo jojo in the powerpuff girls XD
Houda Salhi invader zims house
Like gru’s house
Invader Zims house
That lot really should've been split between the neighbours either side, but I suspect neither could afford it so instead this towering white box is going for $3m CAD... Doesn't exactly give me hope for the housing market.
OMG $3m! I agree---- more like hopeless
$3M? lol Absurd. $3M gets you pretty nice large, modern, ocean front home where I live on the west coast.
keyholes Yes not a lot of hope that thing will EVER SELL!!
Best survival strategy: move in the opposite direction from liberals and millenials.
The inside is amazing, the outside just doesn’t fit in with the neighbourhood... poor neighbours
yeh they need to update theirs also.. modern houses all day
That bathroom without natural light is a mausoleum
@@416pp ew, I hate these visually displeasing modern homes. Give me a beautiful historic craftsman any day.
Should be done in the old Dutch motive (similar to the row houses there) ....a little bit Canadianised t match ....🤔 These modern design works in a new subdivision
@@bellona6356
All it takes is fire to burn it down.
This is why you build houses with MODERN materials. Smh
I think what he did was cool and I admire his dedication to the project but man what an unsightly building in the middle of a historic neighborhood.
Lord Zizumias historic? Looks like a ghetto
@@RegionalRadioShackManager I think that's how liberals put it to be nice
I grew up near Wrigley field in Chicago, not a "getto" area at all. All the houses have a certain look to them , yes you might say "historic" . The house I grew up in was remodeled and now looks so out of place like this one. I'm sure it's beautiful inside but outside it looks like a box. :( in my opinion it looks awful and makes the neighborhood look old.
@@RegionalRadioShackManager lol you don't know ghetto
I admit it looks weird, but so did the first houses when they were originally built there. What looks modern today will look historic in a hundred years or so, and then anything new built in that area will look unsightly. If only we had infinite space on Earth and never had to tear things down to build something new.
3 millions for a tiny home in a low income area? Did I get that wrong?
No
it's called gentrification....it will be profitable once they run the poor ppl out of town, get in early it's a pyramid scheme :)
the first red flag is the realtor is literally wearing a fruit of the loom undershirt while trying to sell a3 million dollar parking space
the first red flag is the realtor is literally wearing a fruit of the loom undershirt while trying to sell a3 million dollar parking space
@Honudes Gai its all subjective, some people make that money because they, for example, own a business that will require them to live within the city due to transportation and time. or on the other hand if you're making that money you'll want to keep it right? by doing that you live well below your means so yes you can have a 12k sqft house outside the city but you'll be paying out the ass for power and water vs a 1000sqft building. I can see where the market for something like this is because its a concept i actually like.
It's a great use of space but it sticks out and I bet you the neighbours are not too jazzed about this house. I live in an old neighbourhood where people are completely gutting beautiful old houses and putting up these weird-looking structures that completely take away from the historical look of the neighbourhood. Don't get me wrong I think it's great that a space like that doesn't get wasted I just think it looks like a mini apartment building in the middle of those houses.
It's better looking than anything around it. So hopefully the trend will continue until the entire street is transformed.
@@nofurtherwest3474 maybe inside but I don't agree with you. I don't think it's fair to the neighbours. but if the guy that built that wants to buy my house so that I can piss off my neighbor's please send all offers 😂
@@curiosidadesextrano I don't think we need to preserve everything that's been built before. We need to innovate and make new stuff too.
Either you can preserve a neighborhood, or you can have expensive housing.
This stupid idea of preserving single-family housing in major metropolitan cities is what is driving up housing costs to insane rates.
The neighbors can't do anything...it's not their land, maybe the should have bought it ,if they are complaining that much about it. and honestly, looks great and amazing..more houses should be built like it.
Yes what a beautiful view of others backyards and cars
How about we rethink city planning instead of cramming people together?
They could have got a zoning variance easily enough. I do this professionally. Architects and designers actually go out of their way to build like this. Good Architects and designers typically hate having houses plopped in the center of the lot. They usually get variances to go to the front, or build to the rear like this one. This is like a free gift being allowed to build at the back of the lot like this -- getting a variance to do that would be very difficult. They could have got a variance to match the neighboring houses with 100% certainty -- 100% easily.
What's the property tax like for a project like this? Also, I dont see why they couldn't allow for a small high side window. Can't imagine ventilation or lighting being the best.
@@remiem-iw7uk They could have gotten variances for many things. Instead, they chose to use the variances to create a variance monster. It seems to be a new trend in design.
@@VidarrKerr I kind of like it. There's something organic about houses kind of growing around restraints while turning out attractive and practical
@@ReasonableRadio I didn't say I didn't like it. I am for building at the fronts and rears of lots. The house itself I don't like. It is not the shape. It just looks very cheap and generic.
man imagine having construction THAT close to your house, poor neighbors lmao
I live in LA & they're right now constructing a mega-mansion right beside my little bungalow. Earplugs are worthless when it's that close!
You'd love to live in Manhattan then.
Nothing a little midnight backhoe "accident" couldn't fix...
That's what sucks about living in the city
They are building 4 little 200 sq foot apartments on the ground floor or my building, I’m on the 1st floor. It’s like fucking torture.
8:24 😄😄😄
“you get to see the East side of Toronto” (camera zooms in on several houses across the road)
From the inside, looks fabulous, love the design. From the outside and from the neighbour's point of view, looks bloody awful. Doesn't fit with the rest of the landscape at all. I'd be very unhappy if someone built this next to me.
If i was his neighbor, I'd buy a projector and watch movies on this guy's outer sidewall. Then invite others then sell popcorn. Rofl!
The house exterior looks like a computer system cpu lol! With white casing!
booger king S T O N K S
Sophie
R u underestimating the huge profits you can make by selling popcorn!?
XD
It's like those bizarre japanese houses in the middle of boring neighborhoods!!
Canada, that country with a seemingly endless amount of space builds homes the size of a bed
I totally get what you are saying, but the greater toronto area is a different beast. Building up is very very common because there are so many people working and living there.
You gotta live close to where the work is, work is more commonly found in highly populated areas. Thems how she goes unless you find something you can do from home.
@@0xsergy No suburban areas where you don't have to be in such confinement?
@@BartholomewSmutz that is the suburban area. even the outskirts of toronto are over 900k. its nuts.
@@LaurenRebaM It's also really dumb for cities to have low-density housing near the city center when the cost of living is so high. That's when you start razing neighborhoods to build said high rise apartments and condos.
He should have one of those 3D murals painted on it to make it blend in better and give it some depth. I'm sure there are some artists out there would love the challenge.
A mural is probably too much -- if it would even be allowed considering all the issue they were having -- but considering there are some things that they wanted that they had to leave out of the design, they definitely could put some decorative elements on the exterior. It might help warm up the neighbors to it too.
@@Flirri toronto codes are funky, I live on the opposite side of downtown, not far and it's a very similar neighborhood. There are tons of murals on the sides of houses (mostly ally side). I think when it comes to that sort of thing if you have a positive consensus in the neighborhood you're all set.
7:16 "You get a nice view of everybody's kind of back yards" - I am surprised you got a permit to build such a tall structure in this neighborhood. Nobody has any privacy in their back yard anymore. Also the architecture doesn't match that of the other houses.
You do realize that a three story building, which there are plenty of in that area, is exactly as tall as his building?
But nobody usually does??? Anyone in those buildings next to eachother will be able to see a few yards out of their windows
I feel bad for the neighbors.. considering the property price of Toronto, those houses are probably made out of their life savings
@@asgeiralbretsen agree.. there was literally another house in front of his built to the same height.
"A nice view of everyone's back yards".....that are all fenced in for privacy.
There are normal houses that can view others backyard too though lol
As he uses a drone to make the video. lol
@@JohnnyRamirez86 Yeah. The argument that he can see other backyards is a losing argument. Especially after he pointed out that there are other houses as tall as his house across the street from him. Those houses can also see in backyards. My neighbors 2 story house can see into my backyard. It's called living in the city.
I don't see the problem why people shouldn't see other gardens. If you want privacy you can move out of the city. You will have more privacy in small villages...
You can't stop people from building other houses around you.
@@vkdrk I paid for the wall. And I have a right to privacy in my own damn backyard. This is gross invasion of privacy
It would suck to be his neighbor, imagine having nice backyard with lots of sunlight and this guy just build this tower right next to it
If you live in a city you have to expect change. Shit happens on a daily
Then move out to the countryside. My backyard, my rules if you don't want it just leave your property and sell it. I don't care. I love the house idea. Space saving. Right now humans are so selfish they want a hectare of land with only a cold depressing mansion in the middle. And the occupant is just a single greedy asshole because he is rich enough to own a hectare property and not think of space saving. We humans are so greedy and selfish we occupy more and more lands and the animals in the forest and wildlife are suffering.
@@romella_karmey You sound selfish and inconsiderate
Viktor lmao
Neighbors also built their houses right next to the border of his land and cover him with the sun. They do not even have the moral right to resent his actions. Maybe he would have managed a tent if not for the buildings above his land?
And it's only $2,999,000 asking. LMAO You can keep your Toronto.
3 million? I get that that's Canadian dollarydoos, but still.
For that...? I had heard that Toronto was dealing with ridiculous housing prices, but that just takes the cake.
@@perhapsyes2493 Can I get an AMEN!
@@robthewaywardwoodworker9956 you can get a god doesnt exist will that work
@@Xarai 🤣🤣 Whatever floats your boat man. Stay happy.
Seriously? 😮
Very creative. I like how the squirrels can jump from the tree into the bedroom.
Why does every sentence this man say, sound like a question?
Because he’s Canadian. That’s part of their accent. Took me a long time to get used to when I immigrated here.
Thats how pretentious people talk. Hes constantly seeking validation.
I know? Its It's annoying? It's also NOT part of the way Canadians speak?
Definitely. All 38 million of us.
Garg710 Because he's a boring, effeminate man who wants to be seen as smart.
I bet his neighbors hate him for building his house like that lmao. It sticks out like a sore thumb
Oh yeah, they do. They really do. They fought the process the whole way
@@Furolik I don't see why though. It doesn't seem to do anything to the neighboring properties. People seems too obsessed with trying to control what other people do with their property. Then all that resistance should go away when they want to do something with their own property.
@@systematic101 This house is an absolute eyesore. The house to the left especially, and the house to the right will have considerably more shade over their house than they would most likely want. When it comes to the value of their own house, it will probably decline due to the fact people are less likely to want to buy a house next to this monstrosity that's also looming over the building and causing them to be in darkness.
So it has EVERYTHING to do with neighbouring properties- I'm honestly amazed this was given the green light. Very certain this would have been straight up rejected in many countries, and for good reason.
@@PrimeKeroHS eyesore is completely subjective. This house looks orders of magnitude better than the houses beside it and I don't even really like this design. I don't see the issue of shade either. The house is shorter than the trees. Besides if shade is the issue then they should have a problem with any building being beside their property since they would all cast a shadow. He even said it wasn't the tallest in that neighborhood. As for the price of their house that's a problem with dumbasses buying. You're not buying this house so why does it matter? When I bought my house the only things I checked with adjacent houses were dangers. I couldn't care less how they looked because I'm not buying those houses.
@@PrimeKeroHS that's their problem, not his.
Other than the grass, this house reminds me of the efficient use of space that homes in Tokyo use.
Im not sure why this home is getting such headlines considering tokyo has been doing it for ages
They have modern rowhomes like this in Philadelphia and Baltimore
CAIRN I THOUGHT THE SAME THING
@@1barak1 because this channel is a for profit real estate advertiser. You thought some one had an interesting in houses, went around with expensive equipment on their own time and edited+ uploaded it, without even showing their face and introducing their private blog? LMFAO ;)
CAIRN x. We don't like efficient what a blight good luck for the guy next door trying to sell. !!
I have mixed emotions about this one.
It is amazing how it was built to accommodate all the random zoning.
It seems that it is not considerate of the neighbors. But they each had the opportunity to purchase the vacant lot before he did.
You can’t build over tree roots, but blocking the sun it needs to survive is no problem.
I think this one has found the limit in the universe for being logical and ludicrous at the same time.
The best/worst part is, the legislation that led to him having to build in such a ridiculously tight space is just obnoxious enough that his choice looks more like a clap-back than a selfish decision. I get some of the impetus behind zoning laws, but that's just plain petty.
If the neighbors don't like it, they can thank zoning. If he didn't have to stay within the footprint of the old cottage, he could have made it only 2 stories. On the other hand, it's petty to say you can't have windows on the sides of the house, especially when other rules make it necessary to be a tower. The cantilever in the back makes me think the zoning board tried to mess him up, "Oh, you can't build over the tree roots", but he was too clever for them.
@@condew6103 I think the old location caused it to be at the back of the lot. The footprint size is due to requiring green space, so that's why he went so high. The green space requirement is to allow rain to drain directly into the soil and not cause flooding. There are a lot of problems with this house, but the green space is one issue the city shouldn't compromise on, imo.
@@pepperpepperpepper Right?! That would be a way to make lemonade. Of course it would multiply the impact of the first one, and unless they were prepared for that, they'd have to move, leaving their schools, neighborhood friends, and in some cases, lifelong homes.
He should live outside the city with less restrictions and commute to work three hours per day. Spending three hours per day in his car would be more considerate to the homeowners there.
“We have a nice view of everyone’s backyard”
That was such a pervy comment and idea smh. Its a no from me.
Yes. Why would you even want to view someone's backyard? It's a sick way of looking (literally) down your nose at your neighbors and imposing yourself on their privacy. The neighbors can't help but see this house and that's just wrong.
@x x Toronto is a very liberal 'hip' place. They are likely to have european attitudes towards nudity. The problem here is the monstrosity the city allowed in their (formerly) nice back yard.
Good thing they didn't let him build windows on the sides
Another reason why Toronto needs better urban planning.
yeahh urban planning is literally all we discuss about in geography class
Toronto needs to be nuked
@Blow You Awei oh really? i wish i knew more about that since i had a project in my geography class and i chose to do toronto, lol idk it could’ve been useful 🤷♀️
fuck that just move to the US if you guys are dealing with bs like that
They did an incredible job given the many construction and legal constraints.
“A nice view of everyone’s back yards.” Yikes... 😬
You wanted privacy :D think again
Uhg! I lived & worked in downtown Toronto until 2009. When I left, my hypertension was so bad I had to wear a heart monitor for a few months. My wife and I bought 9 acres with a homestead from 1907 in New Brunswick for less than 100k. We have friends who are selling their 1M homes and buying here and retiring, living off their gains. Here, I have deer in my backyard everyday. There, I had to sit in bumper to bumper traffic on the Queen-E just to get home in the Beaches to argue with my neighbors about parking or have the whole house shake every time a street car rumbled by.
Watching this video reminded me that I've made the right choice. It cost him a fortune to build in a parking space and he's happy to rise up high enough to see squirrels and birds. I take 50 steps out of my kitchen door and I can be fishing in my own 1/4 mile trout creek full of brook trout. My hypertension is gone and I've likely added years to my life. Toronto if way overrated.
If only NB had some decent jobs.
oh my goodness, you had me laughing at the 'get home in the Beaches to argue with my neighbours about parking .. '. I lived on Lawlor Ave. - west of Vic Park between Kingston Road and Gerrard - I had so many freaking parking tickets that when it came time to get my sticker .. ouch! I even had parking tickets while parked out in the BACK LANE, out of the way, against the fence! lol .. so much happier back up in northern Ont. Toronto is fine while you are young .. but once you get older .. meh, not so nice.
Fucking oh bro!! Just bought 10 acres on PEI, moved from Vancouver. No more rush hour and there's never a beach far away lol Land cost 20000, and were looking at just over 200000 with new mini home, septic, water well yadayada. That wouldn't have bought me a tent in tent city downtown east hastings lol
problem is- Toronto is where all the high paying jobs are. Transit drivers make $80k/yr without overtime. Cops make over $100K/yr. Lots of jobs and entertainment. Sure its great you can fish in your backyard but that's not exactly a good time for most people. How far do you have to go to watch an opera? How about an NHL game or the NBA Finals? Not many International Film Fests in rural NB. Craving a dinner at a Portuguese Churrasco restaurant? Good luck. Art galleries, museums, restaurants, cafes, pro sports, theatres, opera, symphony...I can go on and on why someone would choose Toronto over New Brunswick. Just because it suits your lifestyle doesn't mean its for everyone.
@@sashachip I think you're missing my point when I juxtaposed grinding away in Toronto to the detriment of my health versus retiring at 45, living of my gains and enjoying not sharing a wall with a neighbor, bumper to bumper traffic, people who recoil if you say "hello' to them, being hassled for change every time I go to buy a bottle wine, not being able to see the stars at night, I mean my list can ramble on too. And if I want any of those things that you listed, Porter flies me round trip to the harbor for 250 bucks, so yes. If I really wanted to make a weekend out if it, there's no issue. So for some, grinding away day to day in Toronto is for them which is why so many people live there. Lost of people don't realize what they could do if they sold their properties before the bubble pops, and lived out their lives debt free in a quiet rural lifestyle. Just sayin'.
This thing is atrocious in it's setting, and especially with that price tag
I think it's pretty cool. To each their own.
@@jellybelly2037 I don't disagree, it's an amazing home and a feat to build in that style and constraints. I just think he was completely selfish to build that kind of structure within that neighborhood. He was trying to maximize square footage and profit off of a sale, he didn't take into account his neighbors or his surrounding. It's a giant sore thumb shouting at everyone in it's radius.
I absolutely love your videos! It's so great hearing from the owners themselves about the houses they've built, filmed in a great way. I don't know how you manage to find the most incredible houses around the world either!
The planning rules have failed. Because they obliged the developer to use the same footprint of a tiny cottage but allowed the maximum height of the tallest building in the area the result is an impractical house that is hard to live in, difficult to maintain and diminishes neighborhood amenity.
The footprint size is due to green space requirement which is important for rain/flooding control. Location was due to previous structure and does not impact height. That said, I agree that it's too tall.
If tree falls and damages the side... you have to get a crane or forklift to fix it...
I never thought I’d say this but this is what zoning is for. To avoid this guy.
I would hate this guy if I was his neighbor. It’s a good build but not a good location. Waking up in shade sucks
Zoning also forced him to build the home where it is with the specs in which it was built. Having a home behind a home? Zoning can create problems, too.
I agree, a home of this mass should have been built near the street with the other large homes. I'm certainly not against laneway housing either, but 2-storey Heights in the rear yard is much more appropriate to maintain neighbourhood privacy.
@@38snipshow did u even bother watching the video? watch 3:00 and listen to what the city forced him to do!
zoning is what caused this guy to do this! its not his fault, city told him to do it watch 3:00
It’s so out of place with those low income houses that are kinda falling apart and you have This tall ass futuristic house
Lol low income houses. It's Toronto, those are all 700k +. People pay 1M for a house to knock it down and rebuild on the lot
Jared Smith dang if 700k gets you that I’d be crying cause those are basic houses
Yup, it's disgusting. Toronto real estate pricing is absurd
@@SmitHVAC. London, England is the same, the average house price is something insane like £750k ( 1.2 million CAD), plus super high taxes and transport, people can't even afford to live in the county's around London, I share your pain
@@Skinnyjeanabloh That's toronto dude. It's like buying a house in NYC, ridiculously expensive/
I love the fact that in order to build you must have at least a 50% of green going on :)
Nice house but it should have been forced to adopt a pitched roof in character with all the other homes in the area, minimizing the towering effect of the building and letting a little more light through
Yes, top floor would be a "1/2 floor," which actually has a lot of charm inside and out.
oh yay another bitcher
and for snow load
@@maddscientist3170 Yes, that flat roof could have problems in 5 years in that climate . . .
That house is monolithic. I'm totally down with squeezing into spaces and building upwards, but I'd be so annoyed if that were built next to my house. Waaay too tall.
Phil I was thinking the very same ....
...and it blocks the sun to the house under the tree.
@Patriot You really need to spam that in every thread?
It's a cool house, but quite a dominant high compared to the neighbours. Amazing one are allowed build that high here, 12m. But I think it's the way it will go with the old outdated neighbour houses too in the future, being replaced by tall modern buildings. He is just a bit ahead of his time
Too tall, too white. A light box?
The house is very well designed, but I feel like the materials look rather cheap. I feel that that detracts from the building.
Nothing looked that cheap to me (other than the IKEA vanities), including the marble wall in the ensuite.
@Patriot Is every issue a political issue with you? If I was your wife I would have told you to shut the fuck up or poisoned your food with arsenic. Hopefully you dont have a wife.
Erato IsYourMuse you can’t really be surprised since his TH-cam name is “Patriot”.
@@eratoisyourmuse659 Vile behavior doesn't give you a pass to give more. There's another human being on the other side of that screen.
@Patriot we need more urban housing. There's nothing that says the buildings have to be ugly or inorganic in their place.
I tried this for a while. Couldn't take the overcrowding in the neighborhood. My driveway was always getting blocked due to the extreme lack of parking spaces. And you always know what your neighbor is doing. It also overwhelmed the sewer system (neighborhood got quite smelly at certain times)
TRUE!!!
Well it’s for the poor y’all don’t get too have space
All manageable issues.
@@Eons000 Except the sense of claustrophobia. Some people like being in huge crowds but some don't. Studies also show that the more crowded it gets the more extreme the emotions.
@@RS-ls7mm Phobias are extreme and irrational fears; so not the majority of dwellers. But I get your point; how we relate to any close/open space is a personal sensory 👀🧠👂🏽👃🏽experience.
I’d put in a slide or fireman’s pole.
With a ball pit at the bottom.
This guy was too concerned about whether he could fit a house in here rather than if he should.
He bought the land and fit as much living space as he could on it.
@@anthonykent00 But just maybe doing the maximum you can legally get away with is a massive dick move.
Psychological studies tend to suggest that less open space is actually detrimental to a persons mental health.
Aparthesis Apar
Sounds something similar to that Mouse city experiment.
Luckily there is a lot of open space in this house
and yet they lock people and animals into small places for years on end .
@@carmichaelmoritz8662 This is actually why I refused to have a dog until I bought a house and was able to give him free movement and a place to run.
@Mm Mm Honestly, I think the failing of our potential future and current status is solely on the shoulders of American citizens. About 1/2ish of the nation votes. 1/3 of those believe what they are told blindly on both sides, 1/3 are internet warriors, & the last have at least read 1 article of the constitution.
The future is what we will allow it to be until that power is taken away and most likely that will be voluntarily given. Mainly because no one can agree on a set of principles this nation should follow even though those principles are enshrined in the constitution.
Might be a cool idea but you clearly see he had almost no idea what he was doing, it horribly ties into the citys character at that point and architecturally this is an eyesore not only on an appearance level but also the construction lol.
In a vacuum, it's a really nicely designed house... in its context, it's a nightmare. It's imposing itself on the neighborhood... it's probably blinding the neighbors on the sunny side with bright reflected light off the white monolithic walls while also blocking sunlight on its shady side... it looks intrusively down into the neighbors' yards/windows by virtue of its height. This reminds me of solutions I'd see from students with similar projects when I was doing an M.Arch. Cool, slick, innovative, completely blind to its context. IMHO, it's a laundry list of architectural insensitivity.
Well said yea. Also it's a waste of building materials... they paid for tall walls and got a cramped living space. A square floor plan is a better use of materials. These types of narrow buildings are usually under-insulated because there is no room for insulation.
14' exterior, 11' interior width, so it's probably insulated. But yes, it really doesn't match the neighbourhood. This may be a case of the footprint regulation not working the way it was intended -- if they could have extended the ground area of the build forwards by 50%, they could have matched the internal space with less of an imposition on the neighbourhood, and probably for a lower cost.
At least there's a big wall area to put some rude graffiti on.
I was kind of OK with it until 7:29 when he’s showing off the views and… It’s a view of everyone’s backyard. Everyone’s. back. yard. Which he tries to spin as a positive.
“Monolithic” indeed. Any buyer should be required to paint the whole thing black and fill the long narrow yard with chimpanzees using tools to the deafening sounds of “Thus spake Zarathustra”
This is sooooo cool...........you can give your home a hug when you feel lonely
It looks like 3 containers stacked on top of each other 🤷🏻♀️
Exactly what I thought it was - we have a couple places stacked like that here on Guam. But he did mention he couldn't get a crane in there so....
After reading comments and posting earlier, I read an article from the Star that outlined the battle to create this house. The original person who bought the property to reinvent the space bailed out, selling and almost doubling his output. When the new guy bought it, neighbors counteracted when designs came in and tree limbs from the neighboring tree were cut without permission. There was a battle at every turn. Then he was asking $3 million for the house. A similar situation happened in Milwaukee where an alderman built an absolute monstrosity in an older part of town. Unless your design reflects the ambiance of the neighborhood it should never be approved. Just saying.
I agree, it looks like they tried to maximise the space as much as possible to be indoors, without considering how to actually make it look good. It's hard to believe the exterior of this thing is actually "finished", you can even see screws around the sides of it in the close up shots. I can't imagine living next to something that looks like a stack of temporary classrooms.
@@sidbrun_ yes, he said it wasn't finished yet, maybe another color could help but I'm not sure about it
This was a selfish design..I feel bad for the neighbors
"Unless your design reflects the ambiance of the neighborhood it should never be approved." how do you progress then, as a country? should we all live in huts from the 1800s era houses? the houses that are currently there dont make any sense for the housing climate in toronto. theyre basically shacks but they sell for more than 1.5 million, because land is so expensive. 3 million is probably too much, but he has at least added some value to the lot. normally my biggest worry would be gentrification of this neighbourhood, but the house prices are already astronomical so its basically guaranteed to happen anyways.
@@tedros6917 One would need to know something about design to know that what the design does is bring down the housing value in that area; there is too much of a dichotomy. I am guessing there is no comparable to determine the true value. It looks like a warehouse in the middle of a mature neighborhood. No one wants that influence. As Oscar Wilde said, there's no such thing as a good influence.
Ummm, u didn’t show the home properly at all.
"You get a nice view of kind of everybody backyard" - this cracked me=)
Try Harder snoopers.....
In EU - fire regulation laws wont allow buildings to be built so close/next to each other to prevent fire spreading - especially with wooden houses districts.
They probably had to build with certain length-of-time fire-rated walls. Still, this structure has so many neighborly problems!
You are allowed to, just look at many city centers in Europe, but you have to meet very strict fire codes. Sometimes you are required to show that your building won't burn, even if the neighboring building burns down without any intervention from the fire brigade, which makes it very expensive. Fire retardant wood is great because it allows plenty of time to evacuate, but the building can still catch fire.
I bet this house acts as a fire break.
Inside is amazing but the outside needs a serious makeover.
Living next to that would depress me
really, why?
Same. It doesn't fit in with the street. It's beautiful, but doesn't go right there.
LHey it’s the future real estate being so expensive it’s the only other solution
Or living in it.
It's not the design that bothers me really, it's the location.
My view is all of my neighbours backyards, and their view is a douchebag (me) sitting in his balcony. I deny them sunlight and privacy, while my thin tall building sticks out way too much in that neighbourhood.
It fits there, but it doesn't really fit there.
20 yrs from now, most house are gonna end up like that. It saves a lot of space but still spacious enough for a family.
I love this place and I think they’ve done an amazing job, considering the minimal space they had. However, I wish they had used a different colour pallet. I’d Imagine they could have done something to make it blend better into the neighbourhood and greenery. Plus I’m sure there’s something they could have done, so that it didn’t look so tall. With the money they spent, perhaps they could have added some fully grown trees etc, to soften the affect, so it wouldn’t look so harsh in comparison to the rest of the neighbourhood?
There is literally no space to add trees friend lol. They painted it white to make it look bigger BCUZ its so small.
Julie J this is a raging dumpster fire... he took an old historic neighborhood, butchered property value, managed to piss off all neighbors, attempt to sue them for 3 million dollars and he ended up with this piece of trash
Agreed, Julie!
Julie there is a great big GREEN tree right outside of his balcony🤦🏽♀️
@@cantthinkofaname7525 seriously? Is this what happened? How come the attempted legal action? With housing shortages a real thing creative style housing is a necessity. People's need for housing trumps NIMBYism.
The house he compares with may be 12 meters tall too but, it has only 3 floors not 4 floors like his, and it's 12 meters to the crest of a sloped roof which is less agressive than his 12 meter tall flat roof.
Exactly! Design impacts as much as measurement.
Horrible design !
wow so many naysayers in the comments. you people are old fashioned types who don't know how to innovate. stuck in the past
@@nofurtherwest3474
Innovation ?
Where ?
Yes, it occurred to me he could have made the master bathroom a bit smaller, sloped the front wall of the top floor, and shingled the outside of that sloped wall. Visually, the house would then read as a three story with a tall roof. It would blend into the neighborhood much better.
"It can be replicated" ... heaven help us all
Thank you Kirsten for sharing with us, all these cool places. Really impressed with your findings. 😊👍
Thank God for the country life. I could not imagine the amount of stress you would be dealing with while living in such a congested area.
The house would feel so claustrophobic too. At least you can see a tree out of the windows.
Yup, all you need is some asshole that puts his barking dog out for the day, while he is at work.
its only because i grew up in urban toronto but i could never imagime being secluded from resources, stores, and people. so i personally prefer living in congested areas and will continue to live in Toronto
@@monnawei5036 Resources? LOL. You think everywhere outside a city is a desolate desert? You don't know what living is, that's why you're content to live in an overcrowded place.
Yeah, no kidding, listening to people speaking with high rising terminal all day (like every person ever on this channel showing their project), traffic, noise, and then coming home to never ending stairs. I like stairs too.
Im going to build this out of Lego & wedge it into one of my city blocks.
just go to jimmy's house and use his giant bin of Legos to build your own neighborhood! just dont let any HOAs get their hands on it... scatter the extra Legos to keep the HOAs out!
@@Exis247 IDK who Jimmy is, but I have a lego city in my basement that makes the lego movie look weak. This house will join the fray.
@@pkg24 no, you dont understand i meant to build it to scale.
@@pkg24 Wow a huge Lego City that sounds so cool! Could you please upload a video of a tour of your Lego city? Im gonna subscribe to you and turn on reminders and i really hope you do!
Back in my home country there are many houses like these. I think we should start building more of these houses here in Toronto. It makes housing more affordable as well as provides more available shelter for other residents. It might seem small but the height makes up for it. It is good for a small family to live in, and you can probably build a few extra floors for a bigger family.
Trees are nice but I got to worry about them banging into the house in windy storms.
So than u have to search for a other space. He did it well
Come to india.
Booo
Don't get me wrong, I love trees, but those trees are really close to the house
absolutely, and storms
Recurring phrase: "They wouldn't let us..."
Exactly why I wouldn’t live anywhere that wouldn’t allow me to do what I want on my own propert lol
imagine being those neighbors and all of a sudden every view you’ve ever had is gone
you have a right to your property, not to "Views"
Ashley Janit You may have had a point before we entered a housing crisis. Until its solved “character of the neighborhood” and views are luxuries of convenience, when it’s convenient. He followed zoning laws, not much you can do. If they wanted views, one of the neighbors should have bought that strip of land.
Shane Willbur but was the person who paid to buy the lot and build a tower homeless? did they give it to a homeless family? then your point about a housing crisis is moot. if this happened in my neighborhood in chicago it wouldn’t get past blueprints
What view? By what I saw of the neighboring houses, they all like half dilapidated, just look at the one next to this new one, while you enter into the lot, trash.
undomiel152003 lol that is east toronto it’s anything but dilapidated that’s why he could only buy a 16 foot lot
This house is like a loud, fat third wheel on a romantic date trying to ride a tandem bicycle
I think this is a bad idea. Something in me just says that this does not feel right. There is a reason why there is space between houses, now don't use them to build more houses, it doesn't look good. This is big no for me.