Tiny Houses
There’s a new craze that’s sweeping the nation. Tiny houses. Many of them even smaller than this converted bus. Instead of living in a big, energy-consuming, resource-using McMansion, some people have chosen to live in small houses of about 100 square feet. It might sound crazy, but after looking at pictures and video of them, a tiny house doesn’t sound too bad.
Martin House-To-Go has finished their 2008 tiny house model, and they call it Fresh Start. At $29,900, it only costs as much as a nice car, but offers all the modern comforts of home. Their tiny house includes these following features:
- 11′ high ceilings!
- solid bamboo floors!
- no toxic, gas-emitting materials used in construction
Anyhoo, it’s worth taking a look at their galleries. Marvelous, they are.
Moving on, we find Jay Shafer of Tumbleweed. He’s been building (and living in) tiny homes since 1997. Most of his tiny houses are about 100 square feet. He claims that the reason he started living in small houses is because he hates sweeping and vacuuming big houses. Also, since they use less natural resources (both in construction and in upkeep). Without further ado, I present Jay Shafer’s guided tour of his tiny house:
One day I might have to take the plunge and live in a mini-house. They look cool, are cheap, and are environmentally responsible. What more could ye ask for?Thanks to Tiff for telling me about this here thing.
I lived for two years in a "tiny house" with less space than this. It was a sailboat.
How was that?
Here is what I think, for what it is worth. This home was designed specifically for singles or couples and never intended for kids. This home was not necessarily meant to live in a lifetime, since lifestyles change. This home has become the icon for smaller footprint housing. It is meant as an exciting and functional housing choice for those desiring a classy tiny house but also serves as a tangible aid in educating people on how to radically cut their housing expenses and their impact on the environment.
Remember, pot racks and veggie baskets and sports equipment nets (the kind that hold the balls and bats and gloves) can all be hung from the ceiling most likely. And yes, you can have a storage shed without losing face.
hahahah. i can
build that for way less than 10 k.
How much would it cost? I'll pay you 8 Gs for a lil' well-made house.
I am so impressed by these houses! Jow much are they?
I've heard this guy charges a pretty penny for his plans. You can find free plans on the internet and build a house for next-to-nothing (if you get scrap materials from construction sites and donors).
ooo i really want one
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This would be a very simple house to make completely solar and off-grid without using (paid) campground or "borrowed" (or maybe paid) electricity from friends. You could buy a tiny piece of land for a permanent address and fixed sewage/water, or just keep a P.O. box. You could install an RV toilet or a composting toilet. Endless possibilities. Maybe not the permanent home for everyone, but: think about a living space for a college student that can later be used as a travel home, or think about this extreme of super-small as a launching pad to re-think the space we have: do we have too little space or too much stuff? Maybe few of us would realistically be able to live in a 100sf home but this can make us rethink the trend toward mega-houses that helped put the economy into the terrible state we are in. Seriously, why can't a family of four live in a 1,000sf home? I grew up in a small home in New Orleans, which is almost as well-known as Manhattan for some of its very small homes and apartments. My husband and I are planning a small retirement home in which there will be no interior wall that is simply a room divider: for example, an entire wall MUST host bookshelves, drawers, closet space or other storage. You end up with more useful storage space than the average large home yet you still have adequate floor space. We are shooting for about 600-700 sf, not counting a bit of attic storage for out of season clothes and seldom-used items. We plan to put painted plywood flooring over the entire attic space, add a window, and store a futon mattress up there so guests can use it as a sleeping loft.