I lived in a studio apartment about that size. The one thing I have to say about small homes and small spaces is that they can feel allot bigger than they are if designed to fool the eye into thinking there is more space. One way to do this is larger windows or sky lights (as seen in modern architecture) to essentially meld indoors and outdoors together, giving you the feeling of more space. I would need something like that to live so small.
I think they should add glass or wood doors to all the shelves.so when you move the house stuff does not fall out.I really like the wagon design, it kinda reminds me of the gypsy wagons from fable 2, but it looks like you will have way less head space in the loft :( I guess it doesn't matter if you just sleep up there but what it you want to do some thing more ;D.I would get one for traveling but I don't think I could live in one full time.
@katievhoneychurch Even as the most notorious Kyoto holdout, surely the U.S. isn't alone in their use of major appliances! Though I'd love to know more about this washer-free Australian lifestyle of which you speak, I'm going to guess you're not talking about Sydney, right? But wouldn't even tiny Alice Springs have a laundromat, if just for an occasional tourist? Keen to hear more!
no i live in sydney and even in the inner city noone owns one, even in the apartments we all get on the roof and hang out our clothes.Never met anyone with a dryer.Wahing machines yes, but washer-dryers/dryers no.
i don;t think so the detail and work inside of it and on the outside is completely beautiful - its so liveable - people pay the same amount for a car thats worth little in a number of years.
I'm all for saving money and i could see my self living in a small home but not that small, no way. And for anyone who actually thinks that big homes are ruining the planet... STOP smoking crack because the planet has been here long before we ever were and it will shake us off like a bad case of flees and will be here long after we are all dead.
@DixiePrepper With all respect to you, the late George Carlin, and other climate change deniers, but doesn't this view tend to overlook all the good folks who don't deserve to be "shaken off like a bad case of fleas", nor the thousands of other species we'll take with us? But why bring greenhouse gasses into the dialog at all?
@shadezofgrayfulness global warming has been disproven and you are blind if you don't know it. that is a scam to pass the carbon tax and what ever other taxes that they want to pile on top of our heads.
@DixiePrepper I'd be thrilled if that were true, Dixie, & truly I'm very open to that being the case. But Science, not Fox News, is how we bypass misperceptions from such things as "wishful thinking", "gut instinct" and "availability bias", and I'm kinda goin by that. For instance, in '97 1,500 scientists, including 104 Nobel laureates, urged prompt action on climate change. Check out the IPCC's 4th Assessment if you like. (I still don't think this is the right forum for this discussion, tho!)
I am a 24 year old college student who can't afford to move out so I have decided to build a tiny house in my parent's backyard. Though I have not finished construction, I am still pretty excited to be a house owner and move out without having to actually "Move out"
Yea, but soon as somebody farts you gotta clear the place out till the smell goes away. Or if someone takes a dump, you GOTTA let the place air out. Lets be real here folks. Shit STINKS
@o030m27m2o08 Ab-so-LUTE-ly! Why pay someone to write a sonnet for you when it's more satisfying and fun to do it yourself? There's nothing actually WRONG if you're so posh you're hiring it out, provided you have more money than time, but you kinda give away the bragging rights a bit, plus a shload of money. But I like how Dee Williams did hers for about $7000, yeah?
I'm pretty sure Jay's Tumbleweeds are going to pick up a lot of momentum. Here in L.A., at about 6:05 tonight, I heard a short news item on KFI News Radio (AM 640) extolling the benefits of paring down one's life to the essentials and taking up residence in a space under 100 square feet. I didn't catch it all, and it was short, but it was obvious whose little houses they were talking about! Let's face it, they're even cuter than Ellen Page!!!
@yeaimthatdude1 Oh, yeah -- too true! Since trailers are so tacky and un-crafty, they should remain the last refuge of the terminally un-smug. Though "Tumbleweed Trash" is much more alliterative, personally I think these wee houses have something no trailer I've ever seen has. What? Idk... grace, prestige, authority, class, cachet?
@shadezofgrayfulness what is your problem? You are so judgmental of people who live in trailers. Not everyone who lives in a trailer is trailer trash. The only trash I see is you. And by the way, I do not live or know anyone who lives in a trailer so you can not attack me on the aspect of being bias, I'm just what you would call a good person
This is actually one of my dreams to have .. As soon as I turn 18, I am moving out of Manhattan and going to Alabama. Going to buy me some land there and get me a tumbleweed house and live in the good ol' country in the woods.
This is actually one of my dreams to have .. As soon as I turn 18, I am moving out of Manhattan and going to Alabama. Going to buy me some land there and get me a tumbleweed house and live in the good ol' country in the woods.
@Iwatchtrek If you build it on a trailer, the max legal width in 43 states is 8 1/2 ft. and the rest are 8 ft., with Hawaii's regs allowing 9 ft. If space a consideration, I suppose you COULD build it longer, but I'm sure you would want try one on for size first before committing the time and/or money. Who knows? You might like the size just fine!
i plan to build one of these and i found a heating and air unit and it only takes 11 amps and if you go off the grid a 200 watt 16 volt panel will give you 12.5 amps enough to power this and a labtop, lighting and a second one could become for a hydrogen plan i had for water heating if you want to know more message me
This house is how much, recyclecongress? 30,000-50,000? LMAO. You can purchase a 1400 square foot house in El Mirage, Arizona for that price with plumbing, electricity, the work. What a scam.
SCREW the environment! That's not why I would want one of these tiny houses.... well, DID want until I saw the prices. $30,000-50?! WTF? I could get a used mobile home for that. Conclusion: I would buy one if they started at least 65% LESS of their current price. And if I had PROPERTY. Nowadays those of us single, poor folks can't even afford THAT. Other than price, I would definitely live in one to save $ in rent or mortgage, tax and utilities! I would want entirely different bathroom.
I get it, not for you. But for s/one who can't reach the 1st rung of the Property Ladder, there's at least ONE way this might work, even w/ a take-home of only $300/wk.
@CL0v3 Actually, the house is very easy to move. We have quite a few customers who share the home with at least one person. When you believe that the home is just one room of your world and the outside world is the other room, it doesn't seem so small.
Sooooo cute!! Hubby has agreed it would be fun to build one, so I guess we'll see you at one of your workshops :) We love camping, and I used to love my pop-up, but now I have something so much more grand to obsess over. I'll gladly upgrade to one of these, and start planning an earlier retirement for the both of us.
@TumbleweedHouses Maybe in a couple of years :D. Prices of houses in the uk are ridiculous. For a young person this is a very affordable way of living. Jay's a real inspiration.
he is ,ive looked at so many other ways to have a little house [garage conversions,cabins etc] since I love them - only the wooden ones,trailers are hideous.And these tumbleweed types are the only viable way to do it ,everything else requires extensive council approval,lifting the foundations if you want to add plumbing etc,just lots of money/paperwork.I'm looking now for someone in Australia to make me one.Then I'll buy the plans.
Alot of peoples ancestors probably use to all live like this especially those of eastern euro descent. I grew up in a mcmansion and all i ever saw was empty rooms and huge living areas being constantly and i mean constantly cleaned and maintained but rarely used at all,my parents spent any free time shopping.That is not living.
Where do you park these things? And is it possible to get internet in those things? Or is that computer just for office use and not for surfing the web?
@pinoykearo You have a few options for parking a Tumbleweed: in your own yard if the local laws permit, trailer parks, etc. You can have all the internet you can use! Jay has high-speed in his house.
@himel95 I wouldn't presume to know, but I can guess... It's probably not a big, clunky Sealy® Posterpedic, but more likely a comfy memory foam type (which folds, etc.). Maybe a premium futon mattress. Those would be my choices, I think.
@frugalnanny there are a lot of options to which these houses can be supplied with electricity. The same with utilities and other necessary systems for a functional home.
Better check the website to have detailed info on these topics.
@rsslvscff I think it's a fair question. But I'm thinking, if I had a house with a small orchard out back, having a buddy with his camper parked there might sorta cheapen the scene. An Epu, by contrast, looks a bit magical, don't you think? Like a Walt Disney cottage! *MUCH* nicer than an aluminum thang that seems to convey, "In *this* house we drink from jelly jars & keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table!" ;-)
Traditional home ownership: Put $26,000 down on a $260,000 house & by the time it's paid off (in 30 years), pay so much in interest, you could have bought 3 homes.
Alternative: Put $10,000 down on a $100,000 rural lot & use it as a place to build a Tumbleweed. More fun, more economy, less waste. Just thinking out loud.
I'm thinking that the portability of these itsy-bitsy bungalows is reason enough for Jay to refer to the enthusiasm for tiny houses, a "movement", LOL. Either that, or it's because they're SO small, you have to move outside just to change your mind! Just kidding, Jay. I'm really interested in coming to take a closer look at your comfy-looking hermit shell, and have already been looking for a trailer. Is "Epu" Japanese for "please to remove left elbow from right ear"? :-)
2:27 WOW respect man. That's the exact way i think about it! My house is much bigger, but it's a green house, so it has nearly no pollution, almost no water use, everything is ecological about it. Nice to have people who live like that too :D
I love this but I am paranoid about natural disasters especially earthquakes so if a house isn't in the ground with a foundation, I won't be able to sleep at night :(
I guess I'll just have to build my own tiny home.... :D
@spazzing Actually, I think sleeping in a room on wheels would be SAFER, cuz you'd have all the built in seismic protection (ie., shock absorption) of pneumatic tires, springs, and oh yeah -- shock absorbers! ;-) Btw, "Epu" could be an acronym for "Emergency Property Unit", no? Heh. Or "Environmental Perambulating Utopia", maybe?
@shadezofgrayfulness But you could just roll off a hill, triple tumble and fall in a crack! Yeah nonono paranoia isn't gonna let me sleep in peace in these houses. If they built these in the ground then I'll take one haha.
@spazzing Wow, I surrender. In fact, I'm practically converted to your viewpoint. Yup. You've worked long and hard to achieve this level of paranoia, and gosh darnnit, I think it would be a criminal to cheat you out of it! So-o-o, I guess a treehouse is out of the question? JK! :-D
@shadezofgrayfulness Hahaha Well actually I think a treehouse would probably sway with the shaking, unless we're talking like freakin HURRICANETORNADOHELLSTORMTSUNAMIATTACKKK... oh man even a good nuclear bunker can fall into a crack and melt in magma!
I am reeeally looking forward to 2012 cause I'll be prepared...yuuuuuup ;D
I am really impressed. This looks so cozy! But I have to ask Jay, why not smaller? If you think about, who really needs 96 square feet? I understand if this was for a couple, but for only one person? We Americans really need to rethink our conspicuous consumption.
@StoneManly Yeah but how do you know he's not living with someone? Or eventually will? Then he'll have to buy another one and what's gonna happen with this one?
home like these will be the wave of the future...I'm thinking about making a home out of a car hauler and towing it where ever. Car hauler trailer is cheaper than 5th wheel.
But if there's no plumming what about khmm... toilet smell?
Vercippu 1 month ago
why is there ALWAYS haters on youtube, even on the most instant video.......
TheBottlecap111 2 months ago 11
WANT
CheezBrgr99 3 months ago 5
i want one of these inside my bedroom lol is that a little redundant? its like a home within a home so cute. :)
miadolcefashion 6 months ago in playlist More videos from TumbleweedHouses 7
I want a tiny house! :D
1Someone2Speciale3 6 months ago 20
what about tv?
GGotShot 11 months ago 4
@GGotShot You don't need one if you have internet. xD
Fallen80sChild 10 months ago 49
I would totally want to live in one of these!!!!
Where can I build plans for one?
TheAquapodz 11 months ago 17
HOW MUCH DOES iT COST TO GET THiS ONE!?!?!? i WOULD SERiOUSLY BUY iT!!!!!
LuxurieSuperstar 1 year ago 128
Um.....Laundry?
tagjim 1 year ago 216
I love it, I want one, to live a simple life without a lot of material things would be great!
shar110965 1 year ago 39
shadez... you are so right. There is an old saying, "The masses are As**s". Follow the pied piper, if one must.
ednuk 1 year ago
this would be chill for like collage
redtail5 1 year ago
34 people prefer separate showers and toilets
wzkddd 1 year ago 12
I lived in a studio apartment about that size. The one thing I have to say about small homes and small spaces is that they can feel allot bigger than they are if designed to fool the eye into thinking there is more space. One way to do this is larger windows or sky lights (as seen in modern architecture) to essentially meld indoors and outdoors together, giving you the feeling of more space. I would need something like that to live so small.
minuteman360 1 year ago 9
This is pretty ingenious the only downside I see is protection
TeaNZane 1 year ago
this would be nice for a 13 year old like me
GGotShot 1 year ago 17
Funny, however..the bedroom looks so great. I'd replace mine for one like that anytime :D
Naba008 1 year ago
it'd love to live in one of those but deffintly not enough storage space, ive got a lot of clothess ^-^
alyssax3kiss 1 year ago 4
I think they should add glass or wood doors to all the shelves.so when you move the house stuff does not fall out.I really like the wagon design, it kinda reminds me of the gypsy wagons from fable 2, but it looks like you will have way less head space in the loft :( I guess it doesn't matter if you just sleep up there but what it you want to do some thing more ;D.I would get one for traveling but I don't think I could live in one full time.
zabrinapenguin 1 year ago
Its a cabin shaped camper.
GoofballLtG 1 year ago
@WoodBClayMaster
americans are the only ones that use washer/dryers, im australian and have never seen a washer/dryer in my life and dont know anyone with one.
katievhoneychurch 1 year ago
@katievhoneychurch Even as the most notorious Kyoto holdout, surely the U.S. isn't alone in their use of major appliances! Though I'd love to know more about this washer-free Australian lifestyle of which you speak, I'm going to guess you're not talking about Sydney, right? But wouldn't even tiny Alice Springs have a laundromat, if just for an occasional tourist? Keen to hear more!
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@shadezofgrayfulness
no i live in sydney and even in the inner city noone owns one, even in the apartments we all get on the roof and hang out our clothes.Never met anyone with a dryer.Wahing machines yes, but washer-dryers/dryers no.
katievhoneychurch 1 year ago
@katievhoneychurch
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm in Melbourne and I don't know a single person who doesn't own a dryer!
jezharizon 1 year ago
@jezharizon
yes because it rains constantly in melbourne.
katievhoneychurch 1 year ago
@mycatisromeo
you won't be worrying abt anyones opinion when you have $100,000 in the bank due to savings on rental/mortage.
katievhoneychurch 1 year ago
@katievhoneychurch Oh, well said!!!!
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@ucjre27
i don;t think so the detail and work inside of it and on the outside is completely beautiful - its so liveable - people pay the same amount for a car thats worth little in a number of years.
katievhoneychurch 1 year ago
AWESOME! if we weren't moving into our Airstream I'd want to move into that... maybe add skylights;(
TVTrez 1 year ago
I'm all for saving money and i could see my self living in a small home but not that small, no way. And for anyone who actually thinks that big homes are ruining the planet... STOP smoking crack because the planet has been here long before we ever were and it will shake us off like a bad case of flees and will be here long after we are all dead.
DixiePrepper 1 year ago 2
@DixiePrepper With all respect to you, the late George Carlin, and other climate change deniers, but doesn't this view tend to overlook all the good folks who don't deserve to be "shaken off like a bad case of fleas", nor the thousands of other species we'll take with us? But why bring greenhouse gasses into the dialog at all?
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@shadezofgrayfulness global warming has been disproven and you are blind if you don't know it. that is a scam to pass the carbon tax and what ever other taxes that they want to pile on top of our heads.
DixiePrepper 1 year ago
@DixiePrepper I'd be thrilled if that were true, Dixie, & truly I'm very open to that being the case. But Science, not Fox News, is how we bypass misperceptions from such things as "wishful thinking", "gut instinct" and "availability bias", and I'm kinda goin by that. For instance, in '97 1,500 scientists, including 104 Nobel laureates, urged prompt action on climate change. Check out the IPCC's 4th Assessment if you like. (I still don't think this is the right forum for this discussion, tho!)
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago 9
Interesting, until you started spewing that uniformed greenhouse gas nonsense.
asimov13647 1 year ago
I would consider, that a trailer would be a better choice, and also might be half the price for the same size. if you want to live in a tiny space.
cristihutan 1 year ago
CLAUSTROFOBIA
toagne85 1 year ago
@toagne85 :d
spongebob38100 1 year ago
I am a 24 year old college student who can't afford to move out so I have decided to build a tiny house in my parent's backyard. Though I have not finished construction, I am still pretty excited to be a house owner and move out without having to actually "Move out"
ChucksandTogs 1 year ago 9
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chunkachewy 1 year ago
just admit that when the whole of Asia claims debt from US...u americans will live in these shit hovels
hijazzains 1 year ago
Muy copado pero amo las casa gigantes.
mandraki21 1 year ago
does anyone know of other videos... im trying to find the same style house but see what other people have done
zfair3850 1 year ago
I would LOVE To live in one of those dey look so freaken awesome!!!
LeChloenaelala 1 year ago
I want to live in one of those =3
MreeAik 1 year ago 2
I wish i could have just the really necessaire to live instead of having lots of stuff I don't need.... so I could live in a tiny house. Lovely! :)
fernandatralala 1 year ago
The house looks very Russian style.
socalmuscleboi168 1 year ago
Do you need to pay property tax if we live in one of these?
socalmuscleboi168 1 year ago
I want to TRy this!
ImperfectDVM 1 year ago
this is so cool!
I might wanna do this someday!
the only problem is this house only for one person...
TICMKmusic 1 year ago
Yea, but soon as somebody farts you gotta clear the place out till the smell goes away. Or if someone takes a dump, you GOTTA let the place air out. Lets be real here folks. Shit STINKS
SaltineCrackaAss 1 year ago
but then again you could buy the blueprint and build it yourself!
o030m27m2o08 1 year ago
@o030m27m2o08 Ab-so-LUTE-ly! Why pay someone to write a sonnet for you when it's more satisfying and fun to do it yourself? There's nothing actually WRONG if you're so posh you're hiring it out, provided you have more money than time, but you kinda give away the bragging rights a bit, plus a shload of money. But I like how Dee Williams did hers for about $7000, yeah?
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@shadezofgrayfulness
YES!
o030m27m2o08 1 year ago
i want the one in 2:14
owned2easy 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure Jay's Tumbleweeds are going to pick up a lot of momentum. Here in L.A., at about 6:05 tonight, I heard a short news item on KFI News Radio (AM 640) extolling the benefits of paring down one's life to the essentials and taking up residence in a space under 100 square feet. I didn't catch it all, and it was short, but it was obvious whose little houses they were talking about! Let's face it, they're even cuter than Ellen Page!!!
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
oh my god, this is AMAZING.
trocklover122 1 year ago
The choice of music is very fitting.
FiverBeyond 1 year ago
@FiverBeyond This old house.
abwallawall 1 year ago
you can go to the bathroom while showering yes!
RelytDraw51 1 year ago
This is for people too smug to live in a trailer
yeaimthatdude1 1 year ago
@yeaimthatdude1 Oh, yeah -- too true! Since trailers are so tacky and un-crafty, they should remain the last refuge of the terminally un-smug. Though "Tumbleweed Trash" is much more alliterative, personally I think these wee houses have something no trailer I've ever seen has. What? Idk... grace, prestige, authority, class, cachet?
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@shadezofgrayfulness what is your problem? You are so judgmental of people who live in trailers. Not everyone who lives in a trailer is trailer trash. The only trash I see is you. And by the way, I do not live or know anyone who lives in a trailer so you can not attack me on the aspect of being bias, I'm just what you would call a good person
yeaimthatdude1 1 year ago
@yeaimthatdude1 Oops. I didn't mean to set that off. Please pardon my clumsiness. I'll be more careful in future.
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
This is actually one of my dreams to have .. As soon as I turn 18, I am moving out of Manhattan and going to Alabama. Going to buy me some land there and get me a tumbleweed house and live in the good ol' country in the woods.
LoveTheCity123 1 year ago
This is actually one of my dreams to have .. As soon as I turn 18, I am moving out of Manhattan and going to Alabama. Going to buy me some land there and get me a tumbleweed house and live in the good ol' country in the woods.
LoveTheCity123 1 year ago
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LoveTheCity123 1 year ago
id love this in my backyard!
norcal999 1 year ago
It seems a little narrow. Couldn't you have built it a bit more wide for maybe an actual fridge and shower?
Iwatchtrek 1 year ago
@Iwatchtrek If you build it on a trailer, the max legal width in 43 states is 8 1/2 ft. and the rest are 8 ft., with Hawaii's regs allowing 9 ft. If space a consideration, I suppose you COULD build it longer, but I'm sure you would want try one on for size first before committing the time and/or money. Who knows? You might like the size just fine!
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
I thought my house was small. At least I have room for a love seat and a chair and dressers in my bedroom.
pandy1954 1 year ago
I would be very interested but then I realised there was no A/C and I live in Florida where it is a necessity!
cruiserweight190 1 year ago
@cruiserweight190
well homes like these you can simply put in a window unit that wouldn't need to be on to much because it is so small
cmb271 1 year ago
@cmb271 Very True! I didn't even think of that lol
cruiserweight190 1 year ago
@cruiserweight190
i plan to build one of these and i found a heating and air unit and it only takes 11 amps and if you go off the grid a 200 watt 16 volt panel will give you 12.5 amps enough to power this and a labtop, lighting and a second one could become for a hydrogen plan i had for water heating if you want to know more message me
cmb271 1 year ago
This house is how much, recyclecongress? 30,000-50,000? LMAO. You can purchase a 1400 square foot house in El Mirage, Arizona for that price with plumbing, electricity, the work. What a scam.
zardcat1111 1 year ago
SCREW the environment! That's not why I would want one of these tiny houses.... well, DID want until I saw the prices. $30,000-50?! WTF? I could get a used mobile home for that. Conclusion: I would buy one if they started at least 65% LESS of their current price. And if I had PROPERTY. Nowadays those of us single, poor folks can't even afford THAT. Other than price, I would definitely live in one to save $ in rent or mortgage, tax and utilities! I would want entirely different bathroom.
recyclecongress 1 year ago
I get it, not for you. But for s/one who can't reach the 1st rung of the Property Ladder, there's at least ONE way this might work, even w/ a take-home of only $300/wk.
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
whar are the dimensions of the trailer and how much weight does it need to hold??
KPLION101 1 year ago
Is it safe to say that were a fire to break out in the lower level while you were sleeping, you'd be SOL?
LethargicYouth 1 year ago
First hail storm and I would shit myself. :O
panthercat38 1 year ago 9
this is not a house, this is cupboard xDDDDDDD
Rutututkas93 1 year ago
that looks so cozy!!!!!
Mariadelsol1011 1 year ago
i got this off a adorable website called hello adorable its soooooo cute!
LuvBurgersRandomly 1 year ago
Even its small i think its cool.
cpCocaCola102 1 year ago
House party at Jay's place!
mcbaby 1 year ago 471
thats so cute only problem would be going to the loo at night itd be a bit of a feat.
Wonder if one would get claustrophobic ha.
cobbax9916 1 year ago
this should be on MTVs Cribs! xD
jamho93 1 year ago
Sooo Comfy , i want that kind of house so bad! I especially liked the bedroom
gaaakgluk19 1 year ago
I bet Jay's bedroom loft can accomodate more than two.
(;^ /
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NishelaaBremlly 1 year ago
Whatever you do don't share this with an obese girlfriend :-)
voon100 1 year ago
OH my goodness, I would get claustrophobic.
loveistheessence 1 year ago 6
I'd like a double wide one of them. Guh'yuck.
slump75 1 year ago
how many times do you walk down the hall and have the glasses break if you bump into them and they fall of the shelf?
MsSelfan1 1 year ago
how many times do you walk down the hall and have the glasses break if you bumo into them and they fall of the shelf?
MsSelfan1 1 year ago
10 cents for any visitors and you can surely buy a bigger house...
vqdset 1 year ago
1:21
THE TOILET PAPER COULD STILL GET A LITTLE BIT WET!!! 0.0
NOOOO!!!
Other then that, This looks like a really cool house.
FutileFreak 1 year ago
it's hard to move in, especially with 2 people. it still looks uncomfortable for you to move by yourself.
CL0v3 1 year ago
@CL0v3 Actually, the house is very easy to move. We have quite a few customers who share the home with at least one person. When you believe that the home is just one room of your world and the outside world is the other room, it doesn't seem so small.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
Sooooo cute!! Hubby has agreed it would be fun to build one, so I guess we'll see you at one of your workshops :) We love camping, and I used to love my pop-up, but now I have something so much more grand to obsess over. I'll gladly upgrade to one of these, and start planning an earlier retirement for the both of us.
woltra1 1 year ago
Do you know of anyone who has built one of your houses in the united kingdom? thanks.
CORNABY242 1 year ago
@CORNABY242 Not that I know of. You could be the first!
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
@TumbleweedHouses Maybe in a couple of years :D. Prices of houses in the uk are ridiculous. For a young person this is a very affordable way of living. Jay's a real inspiration.
CORNABY242 1 year ago
@CORNABY242
he is ,ive looked at so many other ways to have a little house [garage conversions,cabins etc] since I love them - only the wooden ones,trailers are hideous.And these tumbleweed types are the only viable way to do it ,everything else requires extensive council approval,lifting the foundations if you want to add plumbing etc,just lots of money/paperwork.I'm looking now for someone in Australia to make me one.Then I'll buy the plans.
katievhoneychurch 1 year ago
Alot of peoples ancestors probably use to all live like this especially those of eastern euro descent. I grew up in a mcmansion and all i ever saw was empty rooms and huge living areas being constantly and i mean constantly cleaned and maintained but rarely used at all,my parents spent any free time shopping.That is not living.
katievhoneychurch 1 year ago 2
I want one!
Modacolorist 1 year ago
now all you have to do is put it up on a tree.
xxSonyBoy1xx 1 year ago 41
@xxSonyBoy1xx That would be amazing!
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago 52
@xxSonyBoy1xx Buy a Motor home or a trailer home cheaper, bigger and more comfortable
artbiz45 1 year ago
Where do you park these things? And is it possible to get internet in those things? Or is that computer just for office use and not for surfing the web?
pinoykearo 1 year ago
@pinoykearo You have a few options for parking a Tumbleweed: in your own yard if the local laws permit, trailer parks, etc. You can have all the internet you can use! Jay has high-speed in his house.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago 2
how would we go about actually purchasing one of these?
imightbedaanika 1 year ago
@imightbedaanika You can learn all about purchasing on our website.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
I love it, it does however look a little closterfobic, I see alot of little up grades I would do to this though to make it more awesome.
Blackwater200 1 year ago
I want one ! It just looks so coZY
orangepeal22 1 year ago
Looks like it's be hard to have a sleepover
petris112 1 year ago
it's cute, but i could never make it work because i wouldn't have room for my clothing addiction hahaha
alicecooper91 1 year ago
Be naughty with people near you mworld5.info
nadiniism 1 year ago
where do you wash your laundry???
miloshie7 1 year ago
@miloshie7 Many of our models include a stackable washer/dryer.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
how did he fit his bed up there?
himel95 1 year ago
@himel95 I wouldn't presume to know, but I can guess... It's probably not a big, clunky Sealy® Posterpedic, but more likely a comfy memory foam type (which folds, etc.). Maybe a premium futon mattress. Those would be my choices, I think.
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
Your house is so cute! For me, No way...I need more space and also I could be cranky in too tiny house to live. Your house is so cute, again!
Isabel92 1 year ago
That is sooo cute!!! Love it....
JinxvBird 1 year ago
Cool So sexy n amazing girl...lurve lady gaga! - - - - Naked Lady Gaga. C000M - -
eliteblackmail3 1 year ago
I'd have to make it a little larger for myself, to have a real shower stall in it, but other than that, pretty epic.
Bertziethegreat 1 year ago
Nice She is a bit unusual. but, that is why i like her. - Naked Lady Gaga. C000M -
economicheritag 1 year ago
this does have an appeal to me, but I want kids so i dont think its going to work out.
gabbogabbo 1 year ago
wow this is so cool! :D
spiritkitten314 1 year ago
Al Gore should move into one of these and turn his massive mansion into a homeless shelter/career retraining facility.
ReinhardtHendrix 1 year ago 2
@ReinhardtHendrix Al Gore should do the world a favor and suck start a Glock .
Coverbuster 1 year ago
How can I not like this?
kb1629 1 year ago
i LOVE these houses! i want one SO bad!
Shadowpuff70 1 year ago
Alright so tell us how you are gonna get out if theres a fire....
BFMVpwnage5168 1 year ago
FINALLY! Something my inner child and my inner environmentalist can agree on!!!
myoneandonly89 1 year ago
Guy that is so cute! ehst did it cost? how do youpower it?
what about water and sewage?
I have afriend who needs one of these badly.
frugalnanny 1 year ago
@frugalnanny there are a lot of options to which these houses can be supplied with electricity. The same with utilities and other necessary systems for a functional home.
Better check the website to have detailed info on these topics.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
@frugalnanny Check out our website for all the details. See our FAQ page.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
33 people dont have a house
immabetrollinyou1 1 year ago
cozy!
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rsslvscff 1 year ago
@rsslvscff Think of a typical travel trailer and compare it to Jay's Epu, can you easily see the difference? ;>
The Tumbleweed Tiny houses are made of premium materials not to mention the sophistication of details. An exquisite craft from an ingenious mind.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
@TumbleweedHouses comment fail
YouJussGotCurbed 1 year ago
@TumbleweedHouses You are right! Freeing yourself of worry, stress, and debt is a beautiful feeling! Less IS more!
rsslvscff 1 year ago
@rsslvscff I think it's a fair question. But I'm thinking, if I had a house with a small orchard out back, having a buddy with his camper parked there might sorta cheapen the scene. An Epu, by contrast, looks a bit magical, don't you think? Like a Walt Disney cottage! *MUCH* nicer than an aluminum thang that seems to convey, "In *this* house we drink from jelly jars & keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table!" ;-)
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
Traditional home ownership: Put $26,000 down on a $260,000 house & by the time it's paid off (in 30 years), pay so much in interest, you could have bought 3 homes.
Alternative: Put $10,000 down on a $100,000 rural lot & use it as a place to build a Tumbleweed. More fun, more economy, less waste. Just thinking out loud.
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@shadezofgrayfulness should have more people like you! This is what we are trying to convey to people. ;>
But as they say, living small is not for everybody.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
I'm thinking that the portability of these itsy-bitsy bungalows is reason enough for Jay to refer to the enthusiasm for tiny houses, a "movement", LOL. Either that, or it's because they're SO small, you have to move outside just to change your mind! Just kidding, Jay. I'm really interested in coming to take a closer look at your comfy-looking hermit shell, and have already been looking for a trailer. Is "Epu" Japanese for "please to remove left elbow from right ear"? :-)
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
so awesome. i love the trailer too. wat a perfect camping trailer right. kick your kids out and they can live in their own little house. =] awesome.
nnycrazy 1 year ago
Perfect for someone who wants to work part-time. :)
Forsure3333 1 year ago
2:27 WOW respect man. That's the exact way i think about it! My house is much bigger, but it's a green house, so it has nearly no pollution, almost no water use, everything is ecological about it. Nice to have people who live like that too :D
Eagmr 1 year ago
I want to live is such a tiny house ^_^
waltdisney123 1 year ago
Wow this is cool. But I doubt I could live in one I would have nightmares about sleeping in that room, damn Claustrophobia.
Aroan00001 1 year ago
I love this but I am paranoid about natural disasters especially earthquakes so if a house isn't in the ground with a foundation, I won't be able to sleep at night :(
I guess I'll just have to build my own tiny home.... :D
spazzing 1 year ago
@spazzing Actually, I think sleeping in a room on wheels would be SAFER, cuz you'd have all the built in seismic protection (ie., shock absorption) of pneumatic tires, springs, and oh yeah -- shock absorbers! ;-) Btw, "Epu" could be an acronym for "Emergency Property Unit", no? Heh. Or "Environmental Perambulating Utopia", maybe?
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@shadezofgrayfulness But you could just roll off a hill, triple tumble and fall in a crack! Yeah nonono paranoia isn't gonna let me sleep in peace in these houses. If they built these in the ground then I'll take one haha.
spazzing 1 year ago
@spazzing Wow, I surrender. In fact, I'm practically converted to your viewpoint. Yup. You've worked long and hard to achieve this level of paranoia, and gosh darnnit, I think it would be a criminal to cheat you out of it! So-o-o, I guess a treehouse is out of the question? JK! :-D
shadezofgrayfulness 1 year ago
@shadezofgrayfulness Hahaha Well actually I think a treehouse would probably sway with the shaking, unless we're talking like freakin HURRICANETORNADOHELLSTORMTSUNAMIATTACKKK... oh man even a good nuclear bunker can fall into a crack and melt in magma!
I am reeeally looking forward to 2012 cause I'll be prepared...yuuuuuup ;D
spazzing 1 year ago
I wonder, how does he get electricity for all stuff that need it?
erjik 1 year ago
@erjik The houses are built to easily plug electricity. A solar power is also an alternative in off grid settings.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
I am really impressed. This looks so cozy! But I have to ask Jay, why not smaller? If you think about, who really needs 96 square feet? I understand if this was for a couple, but for only one person? We Americans really need to rethink our conspicuous consumption.
StoneManly 1 year ago 14
@StoneManly Yeah but how do you know he's not living with someone? Or eventually will? Then he'll have to buy another one and what's gonna happen with this one?
spazzing 1 year ago
@StoneManly 96 square feet is fair enough to put all necessities into a house.
TumbleweedHouses 1 year ago
@StoneManly What are you, stupid? Try and tell me that you live in a smaller space than that.
VegetaDaimoh 1 year ago
home like these will be the wave of the future...I'm thinking about making a home out of a car hauler and towing it where ever. Car hauler trailer is cheaper than 5th wheel.
testbooster 1 year ago
this house is COZY!!!!
TobiCollab 1 year ago
Wow.That actually looks like really cozy-nice house.
Just think how low the operation and repair costs are.
12fig 1 year ago
wow that can be a rv.
theBlue123498 1 year ago
don't like vacuuming? get a wife.
SLISETV 1 year ago
if it's on a large lot what's the point?
hviw 1 year ago