My mistake! I just glossed over the first picture,before posting. Anyone know the square footage of this thing?

Grew up in a 850 sqft house in a family of four.  That place would be a real drag when the weather was crappy and you had to stay indoors for any time.

I want something like that for my land down south, however I'll be looking to keep it far more affordable than the laughable prices being tossed around in this now.   Like so much it starts as a way to build an affordable space, then the Starbucks crowd decides it's "sustainable" and suddenly your paying 1/2 a normal home price for a garden shed with nice paneling.

FPNI,  looks like a cool man cave but would still need a shed for all my shit

The guys got it right posting picks of trailers and mobile homes for half that, and much more room!

If I'm going to live in a tiny home, it better float.

 

Looks cool.  Would work for a minimalist single person.  No way anyone with even a small amount to of clothes or a hobby would be able to live there.   My family downsized to a townhouse about half the size of our old house we build our new home and it's extremely stressful.  There isn't anywhere to put anything.  Shit just piles up.

YOu cna live in a three bedroom condo with a laundry machine for that much.

whazt the fuck is this overpriced communist canned human high density garbage?

From the picture, I would guess that it is 8 to 10 foot wide, and 16 to 18 foot long.

So...  somewhere between 128 and 180 square feet, plus the sleeping loft.


ETA:  The linked article says 280 square feet, total.

If I had the land, I would seriously consider a small house. That one is a little on the small side, but I would not be opposed to a 30 by 30 foothouse, so long as it was very heavily insulated and had high quality doors and windows.

That tiny house concept flies out the window when you find out you have a kid on the way. Thankfully I haven't had to deal with that situation yet, but it can very easily happen.

This. A vacation cabin for a few times a year. Wouldn't want to live in one though.

Me too

You can do a two story 20 x 20 and have a fair amount of room, though storage space may be a problem.  Split the ground floor down the middle, leaving a roughly 10 x 20 living area on one side, with kitchen, bath, and stairs on the other side.  That gives you a structural wall down the middle, so the longest piece of lumber you will need (other than rafters) is 10 foot lumber for the floor framing.  On the side that has the kitchen, bath and stairs, put the stairs between them, so that the kitchen and bath are each roughly 8 x 10 (HUGE, when compared to what is in some apartments). The upstairs would be divided in half, with a bedroom on each side of the stairs.

I tried drawing out something similar, but starting with 16 x 16, and the stairs ruin it.  A ship's ladder would probably make it work.

Cute. Would be good for ice fishing.

And not own real property which for many is the key to wealth.

Someone hasn't posted Tina Turners "Tiny Dancer" yet? Slackers

I'm thinking about starting my own tiny home construction business

I will call it SerfHomes LLP

Yes, I've noticed that about the washers & dryers, too.

A lot of towns wouldn't allow one of these to be built as the square footage is too small. That's why some are on trailers.

I definitely think that a lot of modern housing is just a waste. They're ugly, no character, too big, space not used the best way. I grew up in a 1960s ranch that was maybe about 1200 sq feet (3BR, 1 bath, living room, eat-in kitchen, no separate dining room or living room, full basement, 2 car garage added later). I know a lot of people would whine it was just too small.

I'm  having that same exact mini-house built right now, but I'm still working on the basement.

 

This would be a great thing to have to spend a night or two away. Aesthetically, I would rather have a different exterior look, but the inside gives me wood

If I had a back yard like some of the people on here, it'd be great to build a platform and bench off the back for prone shooting and gun cleaning.

UFOGEL

Yeah you know, the interesting thing when talking to hard core advocates of tiny houses, is their constant references to McMansions and the (true) observation that the square footage of new houses has increased dramatically over the past few decades.

The thing is...there's no no need to go full retard in the other direction.

The house I live in is only about 1,500 sq ft, and with 4 of us living in here, it doesn't feel cramped at all. It's 3 bd, 1ba, separate dining room, and even has an office (or 4th bedroom if you really wanted) on the first floor. It could definitely use another bathroom upstairs (my only big complaint), but it's otherwise fine.

Attach a 40x60 shop to it and I would move in tomorrow.

I live in a ~1800 sqft house with my girlfriend, there are rooms in here we never really set foot in.

Decent!

The movement is centered around liberalism for sure, but the "green" aspect of it isn't the primary driver, if you've spoken to these people or spent time on their forums.

To a large extent, it's about what's in red.  People are past the point of working their asses off to be house poor.  This is a good thing, that they've realized the situation they're in, and

Granted, many of them are in this situation because they got bullshit degrees (women's studies - what the fuck kind of job could you possible get?) and they live in areas with a costly social "safety net" (quotes intentional).  

All the same, the buying power of the dollar isn't what it was in the 1950's and the age of the McMansion is (thankfully) coming to an end.

Also, the people paying $70k for something like this are typically people who can barely use a screwdriver, so actually building something is akin to pure fucking magic.  They've got no idea how much margin is in that place, and even if they did they'd have no idea on how to build it themselves.

I couldn't fit my scuba gear, hiking and climbing shit, guns, ammo, and tools in a place twice the size of that tiny home, but I go get the reason it's attractive.

Indeed.  I spent the last 20 years being a driven, corporate type guy.  I worked my way into a CFO position, without a finance or accounting degree.  Drive, drive, drive.  Then, CEO.  My work hours and travel went up, time with my kid went down.

Very recently, I decided to look hard at buying some land, building a VERY small house, and just live a simple, easy lifestyle.  

I decided to do something far less drastic, but working in that direction nonetheless.  When the day comes - and it will be very soon - that I'm not checking emails on my phone when I get up at 3am to take a leak it will be a huge relief off my shoulders.

And ditching my 3 hour commute each day will directly translate into 3 hours to spend with my loved ones instead of being pissed off, stressed out, and burned out on the highway.

I'll have time to exercise and spend more time outdoors, too.  I've probably added 20 years to my life span with this decision alone.

As an added benefit, my post rate should increase.....

LOL. This.

A pole barn for all the stuff I play with and an ice shanty to live in.

Well. I hope I didn't offend anyone by using the term McMansion the way I did. I sure don't consider myself as being some sort of a hardcore advocate of tiny houses or tiny cars or tiny anything. I do admire the very high quality of craftsmanship and design skills of a builder who I know to have made some pretty nice diminutive domiciles, but I wouldn't say that because I used a particular word that it means I believe others should live in small houses because of some environmentalist agenda or that I think they need to take up less space and be less materialistic because of some communist politics. I certainly didn't use the term in a pejorative context. The way I've heard it used implies that a construction is based on a home design which is mass produced and sometimes occupies as much space as the lot will allow which seems like an efficient use of space. I'm definitely not saying there's anything at all wrong with that. I do think it's interesting that some would choose not to use a little bit more of the ground around the house to grow things, but being that it's not my home, my opinion doesn't amount to anything.



Tract housing or whatever one calls it is just jargon for describing the way a residential area has been developed. However, if I'd have called them Faux Chateaus, that might have implied something about the design isn't genuine and could be construed as a bit of a dig, but no matter what you call it, it's a home and I'd never mock someone's residence because of it's proportions. I might wonder how it's working out for them being close together like that, but my curiosity is only that and I have nothing to gain by taking a jab at how someone else lives. At the end of the day, having a home is a great privilege. If the occupant is happy, that's what matters.

I live comfortably inside of 650 sq ft home above a nice little shop with a gantry, a few welding machines, a couple of mills, a stereo lithograph, a small foundry, a kiln, a brake, a press, a darkroom, some printing and lab equipment, a few tool boxes and lots of materials that I can use to make improvements around my little space, to fabricate stuff for work or just plain fun. Some might think that's hardly a home, but it's all I need. I never said or hinted that anyone has too much space or stuff.

Sorry if I hurt any feelings or caused any confusion.. or if I'm the one who's confused about being lumped in with a bunch of commies because of my ostensibly poor choice in words.

Doubt it.

Even if zoning codes and the local homeowner's association will allow it - and you can get financing for it - very few people will be interested in buying it.

 












































 

The "house" on page 1 wouldn't even fit all my icky guns.  My hunting dogs would maul that house, thinking it a toy for their destruction.

Still, if someone wants to have almost no possessions and live in a doll house, go ahead and do it.

Where's the resale value?

When you go to sell it, what prospective home buyer is going to be interested?

One of the main attractions of owning a "normal" home is that it is an investment.

Buying a tiny "home" with virtually zero resale value isn't much different than renting an efficiency apartment.

I've seriously looked into building a tiny home. The several that I have priced out were doable for around 30k.

I've seen some really cool things done in tiny spaces. Apartments with fold out beds and all kinds of other shit. If I didn't have all of my SHIT, I could definitely get by in a smaller space.

In fact, my 2160sq ft house is sold, and I'm moving into a 1300sq ft place in a few weeks. I'll still have three bedrooms and plenty of closet space, tho.

I wouldn't mind one if it meant having more land.  Big rooms are just a place to fill with crap. Throw in a big steel building and you're set.

You can't buy single wide mobile homes anymore?

If you could double the size I'd live in it. I'd prefer a larger kitchen, bath and living room.

When I look at the generation older than me, this maps pretty well to what I see (regardless of their economic status).  It can be hard to reconcile this with the "two is one, one is none" and "get both" philosophy...

That looks like an excellent idea -- for my dogs.

That's what the 5000 square foot storage building is for.  

I'd rather keep my 700sqft house the wife and I live in now and get a 22 foot RV to pull my flats boat.

Looks like a nice hunting blind.

I couldn't do that. I have to have stuff to do, stuff other than house maintenance.  I gotta build things, and to do that you need stuff.  Heck, that would about store my guns.

Now my house is only a little over 1K SF, and a damn one car garage.  I really wish I had at least a 2 car garage.

I am planning on building one.

I only need like 600 sq ft to live.

And then build a 1500+ sq ft shop/garage next to it.

This.
Less is more.

This.
Also, what about the bathrooms in these?
Wouldn't the whole house smell after you took a shit?

 

I'm actually pretty well invested in the tiny house deal.  
Been working with a few people designing their place, and getting ready to start building one of the 8'x24' on trailer models.

I'm friends with a couple that weekend in one on St George Island, and it is actually very nice.  







Wife and I have too much crap to live in one full time, but we are getting ready to build a ~850 S.F. weekend place in the mountains which I think is the perfect size.