Refusing to give in, John slimmed down his drawings even further and proposed a house just 10-foot wide - and a towering 19-foot tall. Regulators could find no grounds to reject the narrow house ...

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

Atkins initially dreamed of a 15-foot-wide home, but city officials shut down his plans. Not one to back down, he scaled the design down to a mere 10 feet in width. Now, the 19-foot-tall house ...

This extra-wide tiny home is packed with ... features that make it one of the best tiny house designs we've seen thus far. It includes an extra-tall shower and a gorgeous bedroom you can stand ...

The question is understandable. The house, though modest in size, has a pair of peaked roofs so tall that they could easily contain a second level. In fact, the house is just one story.