Houses over 4,000 square feet, like the one next door to us, make up 14 percent of the homes now built in the Northeast, up from 5 percent in 1999.

There are a range of houses, varying from palatial mansions to more modest dorm-like residences. We asked founders and VCs for their recommendations for the top hacker houses of 2025.

According to Weinhemier, approximately 50-100 Sunday Houses were built in Fredericksburg between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She estimates that 40 authentic Sunday Houses remain today.