Yet the demand was not sufficient to keep the works in operation, and soon after 1820 Krupp was obliged to give up his house to occupy a small one-story laborer's cottage near his plant. The hut was long preserved in the midst of the gigantic Krupp works.
The need for production did not materialize sufficiently to sustain the operations, so by around 1820 Krupp had to vacate his residence and move into a tiny one-story cottage nearby his factory. This humble dwelling was retained within the expansive Krupp works complex.