Really Tiny Houses

These things are so cool

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
http://tortoiseshellhome.com/Pricing.html
http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2009/05/06/downsizing-the-carbon-footprin...

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[Junglebetti78]

Love the idea of living in a small house in my backyard and renting the house!

Zoning in my area won't allow me to turn my house into a duplex; I wanted to rent out half of it and would have had _plenty_ of room for my family. :- /

[sonicsuns]

@Junglebetti78 sounds like a dumb zoning law. Hopefully you can find a way around it.

[Junglebetti78]

@sonicsuns I was told by an apologetic city employee that "our city just isn't ready for that yet". IMHO, it boils down to city council being unwilling to come up with set construction/modification requirements for people petitioning for a zoning variance to follow. I'm going to call at the same time next year and see if anything has changed, and consider a plausible plot for joining city council in order to stir things up a bit . . .

[sonicsuns]

@Junglebetti78 sounds like a plan. let me know how it all turns out.

[Thekozlowskis]

I really enjoyed listening to this.

[sonicsuns]

thank you

[supersvinet1]

hey buddy never mind the negativity from the posters. its like having a revelation. i'm danish and i just watched a microhouse on tube and they're pure genius. do your own and you're free from almost any commitment to any company

[jkeelsnc]

It is a very good idea! Why people are married to big and MORE is beyond me. Too much expense and too much trouble.

[finehomemadewine]

@Junglebetti78I too want to build minimalistic house and of course I also found out it is not allowed (preposterous!!) and I found very simple solution to that: I just do not declare the house as a living house, but as a place of business, workshop or atelier :-).

[GQJeeper]

Those houses are so small, you have to go outside to change your mind...

[carveawoodeneye]

4g network will be out @ the end of 2010 = high speed internet anywhere you get cell reception!! 40 to 60 bucks a mouth unlimited!!

[sonicsuns]

"However, if you have less, what will you fill? your life with?"

lol with activity, of course! I'd go and do stuff, most of it outside the house. And since a small house costs less, and takes less effort to maintain, I'd have more money and more time to spend on other stuff.

"you'll get cabin fever or something"

Only if you insist on staying inside the house at all times.

During college, I've been living in a dorm room. It's small, but it suits me. The same idea works with houses.