Toronto’s Smallest House is Up for Sale!

If you’re looking for a house here in Accordion City and…

  • You live alone or with one other person
  • You don’t have much stuff
  • You miss that cute little apartment you lived in while teaching English in Japan

…then this is the place for you!

Front view of Toronto’s smallest house.
Photo taken by Alexandra Samur, courtesy of Torontoist. Click the photo to see the Torontoist post.

This house, located near the intersection of Dufferin Street and Rogers Road is believed to be Toronto’s smallest house. Occupying what used to be a driveway, it’s a one-bedroom, one-bathroom house that sits on a parcel of land 7.25 feet (2.2 metres) wide and 113.67 feet (34.6 metres) long and has an interior area of just under 300 square feet (under 28 square metres). The asking price is $179,900.

Here’s another look at the front:

Another front view of Toronto’s smallest house.

Here’s the living room, looking towards the front of the house:

Living room of Toronto’s smallest house, looking towards the front.

Here’s the living room again, looking towards the back…

Living room of Toronto’s smallest house, looking towards the back.

Here’s the kitchen. Note that despite the small space, they’ve managed to fit a washer and dryer into the place:

Kitchen of Toronto’s smallest house.

Here’s the bedroom. It comes with a Murphy bed, which is a necessity in such a space. This is what it looks like with the Murphy bed down:

Bedroom of Toronto’s smallest house, with the Murphy bed down.

…and here’s the bedroom with the Murphy bed retracted:

Bedroom to Toronto’s smallest house, with the Murphy bed retracted.

You also get some patio space out back. Here it is, looking towards the front of the house…

Patio of Toronto’s smallest house, looking towards the front.

…and here it is looking towards the back:

Patio of Toronto’s smallest house, looking towards the back.

Here are the house’s listed features:

  • “Completely Re-Done Top-To-Bottom, Front-To-Back!”
  • Tumbled stone entrance walk
  • Renovated Bath
  • Renovated kitchen with newer stove, new cabinets and new stacked washer/dryer
  • Bedroom with Murphy bed + “Built-Ins” — doubles as den!
  • Walk-out to fenced patio
  • 100-amp service
  • 2 satellite dishes and receiver
  • “Window A/C Available”

If you’d like to know more, here’s its real estate listing, and here’s an entry about it in a local realtor’s blog.

25 Comments

  1. Posted October 22, 2007 at 12:32 am | Permalink

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  2. Posted October 22, 2007 at 1:58 am | Permalink

    Not bad, really. Spacious by NYC apartment standards. But seriously, 100 amp service?!

  3. Posted October 22, 2007 at 10:40 am | Permalink

    @Paul: I’ll give it a look. Thanks for the heads-up!

  4. Posted October 22, 2007 at 6:19 pm | Permalink

    We’re used to living in miniature condos (OK, at least I am), so the size may be manageable. But why would you need TWO satellite dishes? ridiculous.

  5. marlene wattam
    Posted October 24, 2007 at 8:12 pm | Permalink

    would like to see the bathroom and how big it is.

  6. Posted October 26, 2007 at 8:45 pm | Permalink

    seriously…in manhattan that would be 5 and change. but it is real cute!!!

  7. Sharen Hagle
    Posted November 4, 2007 at 11:31 am | Permalink

    Nothing wrong with 100 amp service for this size of home. It is so cute. I too would like to know where the bathroom is. Good luck with the sale.

  8. craig
    Posted November 8, 2007 at 4:39 pm | Permalink

    Nice dog run.

  9. Veronique
    Posted December 10, 2007 at 10:55 pm | Permalink

    Dear Mr. Devilla,
    Would it be possible to get a photo of the bathroom up on the site. I’m not the only one that would like to see!!!
    Thanks

  10. Posted December 10, 2007 at 11:19 pm | Permalink

    @Veronique: I’d love to help, but I didn’t take the photos; what you see here is all I’ve been able to find!

  11. Brenda
    Posted December 11, 2007 at 9:31 pm | Permalink

    Love it, love it, love it!!!

  12. Posted December 18, 2007 at 6:00 am | Permalink

    is there a parking space close by ?

  13. Posted December 18, 2007 at 9:22 am | Permalink

    @shawn brush: It comes with a parking space in the back.

  14. nattie
    Posted January 7, 2008 at 11:54 am | Permalink

    is there a refridgerator??

  15. jhoro
    Posted January 9, 2008 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

    It’s in Canada. No refrigerator needed. Just use the igloo in the backyard ;)

  16. Christine
    Posted January 15, 2008 at 12:57 pm | Permalink

    I am curious it looks like there could be a small room upstairs judging from the pictures. Is there an attic space or a possible area to make another room in the upper level?

  17. Leah
    Posted January 17, 2008 at 12:02 am | Permalink

    There is a website about the house and has the history as well as lots of pictures, including the “missing” bathroom.

    http://www.thelittlehouse.ca

    Price has been reduced to $173,000 and has a current offer pending according to my research. It was for sale early last year at $139,000 prior to reno and sold to the current owner who is flipping it.

  18. JP
    Posted January 25, 2008 at 10:59 am | Permalink

    This house would be ideal for my anorexic cousin.

  19. Posted January 31, 2008 at 7:29 pm | Permalink

    here in hong kong, 4 people would be living in a space like this;) it’s quite nice actually!

  20. Angie
    Posted March 8, 2008 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

    If you live with your dog only..haha
    what about the bathroom? well if your dog fits in the dishwasher..no problemO

  21. Dianna V.- C.
    Posted March 9, 2008 at 11:00 am | Permalink

    as far as R.E. goes - you can increase the value by improvements as high as the sky and as far deep as to the center of the earth ;>

  22. Tracey
    Posted April 3, 2008 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

    Where is the bathroom? Why no pictures? Thanks!

  23. Posted May 10, 2008 at 2:32 pm | Permalink

    What a good place!!!! nice and cute….

  24. Barbara Saunders
    Posted May 17, 2008 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    I just love this small house. It is time for us all

    to down size.

  25. Hannah
    Posted July 3, 2008 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

    do you have a house plan of this home?

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