A STUBBORN bloke built a tall, narrow house purely to spite his neighbours who tried to get him to sell – and it soon got snapped up. Developer John Atkins built the eyebrow-raising structure… ...

So the two men made a 10-foot-wide house instead. "To be honest, ... Such a narrow, tall building did require some special handling in a coastal, storm-prone area.

Not one to back down, he scaled the design down to a mere 10 feet in width. Now, the 19-foot-tall house looms over the surrounding backyards and pools, casting literal and figurative shadows over ...