Home buyers hungry to own property in Boston's North End may be left feeling empty after the sale of the neighborhood's famous "skinny house" earlier this month.

The slice of a house sold for $900,000 - $5,000 more than its asking price - Cabot & Company announced. Dubbed the "skinny house," the building has a width of 10 feet, two inches at its widest point, and a mere six feet, two inches width at its narrowest.

The four-story building makes the best of its space, however. Every floor of the home almost feels like its own studio apartment, with tight, narrow staircases holding everything together.

Despite its size, the house on 44 Hull St. comes with a full kitchen, two bedrooms, one bathroom, laundry, a roof deck and large backyard.

The story of the skinny house is one of betrayal and spite. The property is said to have been passed down to two brothers to share.

However, when one of the siblings went away to fight in the Civil War, his brother took up arms in his own way and built a large house on the property. When the sibling returned to find his share of the land "invaded" by his brother, he fought back by building the skinny house, which blocked his brother's view of the sun and hillside scenery.

The house lacks much a view now, but sandwiched between two brick and mortar buildings, the building has become its own sight and spectacle.