You apply it with a toothbrush and it is a coating like paint--but it looks good, like cementous grout with a slight shine from sealer--it is applied thin.  

Stem walls are just another couple courses of blocks, and extra backfill and compaction.

It was not disclosed to her when she bought it that it had some soil compaction issues and the foundation had some cracking.

Avanti makes a good compact 30" unit, with a couple drawers.

I was shocked at all the amenities within something so compact.

Another option is combi-boilers which are gas fired and provide both your heating and hot water in a compact unit located in your boiler room.

So what might take a smaller developer 130 a foot a larger developer doing volume might can do it under 100 a foot with their cost saving techniques.You need to know current zoning of the lot, if the land is graded and compaction ready, and are utilities already stubbed to the site?

For example, say the toilet is clogged up, the owner calls a plumber and they snake the line and recover a tooth brush of the tenant. 

Around my area, typical code reads like this: "A concrete sidewalk shall be placed on a six-inch thoroughly compacted base of stone aggregate."

they make drawer dishwashers that are pretty compact.... but not sure the price points.