Real Estate
Duluth Tiny Home Goes Viral For Wrong Reasons: '$195K For A Closet'
The 205-square-foot home featuring one bedroom and one bathroom was originally listed for $195,000.

DULUTH, MN — A newly-built tiny home on sale in Duluth is going viral for all the wrong reasons.
"I've literally used bigger sinks in my dentist's chair," said Instagram and TikTok user Jonathon Carson, who profiles wacky homes on his popular pages. "Why are we doing this in Duluth, Minnesota? Ya got room, babe."
"$195k for a closet," said one video commenter. "Tiny homes were supposed to be a cheap alternative to the crazy housing market, not part of the problem," wrote another.
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The 205-square-foot home featuring one bedroom and one bathroom was listed for $195,000, but its price has since dropped to $182,500.
And yet, the development company behind the small home with a big price is expected to sell it at a loss.
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"Everything that could go wrong did go wrong," Sean Dixon of Colorado-based Simply Tiny Development told the Star Tribune, causing the construction cost to soar.
Find more pictures of the house on Simply Tiny Development's Instagram page.
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