Seattle’s ‘Spite House,’ built to irritate an ex-husband, sells for $745,000

A Seattle house made famous for its odd design and its spiteful backstory has been sold for $745,000.

Known as the infamous “Spite House,” the Montlake-based home was built a century ago by a landowner seeking revenge against her ex-husband. The house is a pie-shaped residence on a tiny 3,090-square-foot parcel of property. In the couple’s divorce, the wife received just the yard while the husband was awarded the home adjacent to the parcel of land.

Unable to secure her own loan to buy her own property, she decided to construct the dwelling on top of the yard…

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