We’re living in a world of records, many of them unknown to most of us, some of which absurd but others fascinating and worth having a look at. For some general trivia on houses and their extreme sizes, here are the smallest house and the biggest one in the world.
On the outskirts of Sebastol, this small house has been a childhood dream for artist builder Jay Shafer that created it. The entire house has only 96 square feet, basically smaller than most of people’s bathrooms. It is equipped with a stainless-steel kitchen, customized storage and has a classy wood interior. The artist’ next dream is to create a community of such small houses, connected by walking paths, having the same shrunk size as the homes.
On the other hand, the biggest house in the world belongs to royalty, as you might have guessed. The world’s biggest house is Windsor Castle, located in England, Berkshire, with a surface of around 484,000 square feet (about 45,000 square meters). Having its structure changed over the centuries, the castle now occupies 13 acres of land, having 1,000 rooms. Along with Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Windsor Castle is one of the principal official residences of the British monarch. The resident is Queen Elizabeth II that made the castle her home beginning with 1952.
(1) Images courtesy Carol Lloyd, (2) photo sources: 1, 2, 3
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Great post, I love the little house.
The simple life.
You can probably fit 5040 little house inside the Windsor Castle.
Hehehe thats sum small house
Wow… great houses…home sweet home…!
i love the small house. its so cute. that big house is just wayyyy to big!
the little house is so cute and small. the big house looks like it would b really cool to live in during the day. But, really scary at night.
i feel bad for the construction workers that had to build that big house in england. But, whoever built the little house it must of only toke them a couple minutes. lolz
the small house is cute but i think it’s way too small to live in everyday.
i love the little house its so cute!! the big house would be fun to play hide in seek in or have a party oolala lol
I love big houses
what ever my house is bigger than both my daddy built it it cost 100,000,000 billon dollars to make my house it has 1,300 rooms
and 900 bathrooms
i’d like to live in both houses but especcially the huenormous ones
I love it (big house)
the big house doesnt even look like a house. its like a museum
I bet u can race a car in the big house! the little house would be good for teaparties i guess…
i loved th small house i have been to the big house and i got lost in it for 3 h
I prefer the small house… But it’s a pleasure to have big one
imagine living in the small house with your partner and kids
cosy isn’t it?
i’m sure it would be “Pleasureable” to have a house this big
only in the philippines you can find the smallest house of the world
I do not like either of the houses; I think they are either too big or too small. Who would want to live in them?
the lil house is so cute but it is way to smal to live in lol i hope only one person lives in that house lol the big house is nice but it is to big it looks like a castle lol but hey i would live in it if i could
the small house is cool,cute and fun to use for entertainment like play boardgames in it. the big one is cool for inviting friends,running around, having parties and if you dont have anything else to do, you could tour yourself in your own house!!!!!!(which will take you like 2 months!!!)LOL!!!!
i really want to have a house and that picture of that small house above is so cool! i want to have one but living in philippines is the best than any house in the world that exist.
Hey all you buttcheaks out there, I have something to say. That’s my house. The big, white one. Please don’t look at it. It’s not that big. It only has 2 swimming pools inside and out, a waterpark, a bowling alley, 5 hot tubs, a library, a basketball court, a volleyball court, a tennis court, 15 bathrooms, a movie theater, a ballroom, 60,000,000 ft. of yard, 10 butlers and waitresses, a mini mall, and lastly, a pack of bubble gum.
I wish it were bigger!!!! ;(
the smallest house in the world is so small……..and the biggest is umm is just so magnifisent and huge i love how old and modern it looks its gracefull
The big house is owned by the Queen.
That small house is LOVELY!! It proves that BIGGER is not always necessarinly better!! It is well-suited for someone who is down-to-earth and isnt all about being flashy and BIG
omg
someone who is scared of ghosts and things would be well scared to live in that house!
u say something it echos down the halls!
10 mins l8er u hear it again
but the smaill house,
I WANT IT FOR CHRISTMAS!!
Heyy!!! i lov e that big house…… but at night…. not so much. and the small house… i doubt i could even stand up in.
Ha I want one of those little houses so cute they are like thirty five thousand dollars…and probably small utility bills and maitenance. He has a whole website of small houses check it out (tumbleweed.com or something like that)
The small cabin is the way to live!!!!
i realy like the big house but it’s scary and the small house is so cute i would buy it but i don/t have any money bye people
my house is bigger than that