Comments on: Tiny Houses

By: Mambocat

Mambocat — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:55:35 +0000

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.

By: ecojoe

ecojoe — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:50:52 +0000

True. There are also FREE tiny house plans out there if you search around.

By: Dani

Dani — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:09:52 +0000

29,000….but he has the plans online and you could build them a lot cheaper yourself. @ tumbleweedhouses.com

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By: ecojoe

ecojoe — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:23:39 +0000

An air raid alarm goes off to let everyone know to evacuate the house immediately.

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EcofriendWbenefits — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:00:16 +0000

So…When you take a big dump, does the house stink for weeks?

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By: binky

binky — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:52:56 +0000

ooo i really want one

By: ecojoe

ecojoe — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:12:00 +0000

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).