The exterior of a skinny home in Washington, DC.
This 10-foot-wide house in Washington, DC, is for sale for $581,903.
  • A 10-foot-wide, one-bedroom home was built in Washington, DC, on what used to be a driveway.
  • Zoning law changes forced tight measurements for the 0.02-acre property, requiring many iterations.
  • The home is listed for $581,903 and is attracting investors who may use it as a rental property.

A developer in Washington, DC, had a small canvas — about the width of a driveway — to build a modern home that's on the market for $581,903.

Now, there's a 10-foot-wide, one-bedroom home on what used to be a driveway.

According to the listing agent, Jennifer Young of Keller Williams Chantilly Ventures, the zoning laws changed shortly after the developer purchased the 0.02-acre property, so they had to scrap the idea of building a home or tighten their floor plan.