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A suburban Chicago home has become known locally as the “Pie House”
because of its resemblance to a wedge-shaped slice of pie.
Built in 2003, on an oblong plot of land in Deerfield, Illinois, the Pie
House has become somewhat of a local tourist attraction, with people
stopping by regularly just to take pictures of the unusually narrow
building. Famous for its unique shape, the Pie House was born out of
necessity, as developer Greg Weissman of Advantage Properties tried to
make the best of an oblong piece of land only 0.09 acres in size, which
is unusually small for the suburbs. Despite one of the walls being only
3-feet-wide, the Pie House turned out quite cozy, and ended up selling
for little over $284,000 in 2007.
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Photos of the Pie House of Deerfield, a north shore suburb of Chicago,
recently went viral after photos of it were posted on Zillow. The owners
decided to move and originally listed the property for $339,000, but
later reduced the price to $325,000 and $309,000 before taking it off
the market for a while. It was relisted in January for $299,900, and
according to the Zillow listing it sold last week for $260,000.
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Featuring 1,122 square feet of livable space, the Pie House is
considered a precursor of the modern tiny house. Photos taken inside
show that the wedge-shaped home is much more spacious than it looks from
the outside, but that hasn’t stopped people from joking that the house
looks more like a hallway than an actual house, and asking how anyone
can live there.
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“It is different than any other house that’s built in Deerfield,”
listing agent Alan Berlow told The Chicago Tribune. “It attracts
attention from many walkers and bikers. Commuters walk by and drive by
every day, as it’s across from the parking lot. It’s an alternative to a
town house without having the maintenance fees.”
The one-storey Pie House features two bedrooms – one upstairs and
another one int he fully furnished basement, two and a half bathrooms,
and an open space ground floor. For obvious reasons, it lacks a garage,
but does have a parking pad that can hold six cars.
The “skinny house” even went viral on video sharing platform TikTok,
where a short clip showcasing its narrow side got over one million
views. According to Wikipedia, the house flares out to around
25-feet-wide at the other end.
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