Cement masons are at work creating the foundation for a new single-family residence at 114 NE 74th Avenue. Crews will construct this 15-foot-wide two-story home on the side yard split from a 1925-era house in 2022. The site of the three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom home is only 25-foot-wide and requires a skinny house design often used for infill housing.

The building plans come from Thogerson Designs, which creates standardized plans used by builders throughout the area to develop new housing. DEZ Development, a frequent housing creator in the area, purchased the lot in December 2024. This location is personally significant to the company’s owner, Slavik Dezhnyuk, who has Montavilla roots. “I am very excited about this project as it is located across the street from my childhood home. Brings back lots of memories,” explained Dezhnyuk.

This house design places the third bedroom at the front of the home, which could also serve as a home office or study. The powder room, located next to the ground floor bedroom, is the only bathroom on the main level, meaning residents sleeping there would need to go upstairs to shower. Designers placed the “U” shaped kitchen in the middle of the main level with a seating area off the combined living and dining room at the back of the home. A built-in shelving unit on the north wall flanks a gas fireplace. A glass curtain wall with a sliding door leads onto a partially covered back patio with an exterior storage closet. A straight staircase ascends from the living room to the second floor.

The top-level features a stacked laundry closet at the top of the stairs, steps away from a double-doored linen closet. Next to the closet is a shared full bathroom with a shower and tub unit. A ten-by-twelve-foot bedroom sits at the front of the home. The owner’s suite at the back of the house features a walk-in closet and ensuite bathroom with a double vanity and a walk-in shower. The fourteen-by-twelve-foot room also offers more vertical space with a tray ceiling.

DEZ Development expects construction on the 1,330-square-foot building to last four to five months and anticipates having this house on the market before the end of the year.

Update April 4, 2025: Crews completed exterior work on the structure and will focus on internal finishes ahead of the home’s listing later this year.