Narrow home designs are nothing new. They've been around for centuries and have been used by several cultures throughout history. One good example of this was the Roman Insula, which also used narrow block designs in order to conserve space and available land in crowded cities all over Ancient Rome. Today, narrow block homes are still widely used all over the world. They are widely used in residential areas where it is unfeasible to build wide houses, or in urban areas where living space is very limited.
They are particularly useful to those of us who cannot afford to buy large plots of land on which our homes. As you know, space is one of the most essential characteristics of a good home. Most conventional home designs fail to meet this requirement due to constraints in available land.
Fortunately, this is not a problem for narrow block designs. Despite their constrictive appearance, narrow block homes are able to offer more space by allowing homeowners to add additional flats on the original design, thus expanding the availability of space through a vertical direction.
The most important feature of narrow block designs are their conservative approach to the amount of available space within a certain area. In fact, even the space under the stairs are used for storage, and even lofts are used for holding materials needed around the house. So if you want a spacious home, but cannot afford to buy a large plot of land, these designs can offer you the solutions you need.