Tiny Houses; Because everyone needs a home!

I suffer from a condition called thinking too much about world issues. The most recent one to cross my mental screen is the need for affordable, quality housing. I truly believe that EVERYONE deserves a home (of some description). With the size of most housing multiplying, and the price tags following - more and more people cannot afford decent housing.

So, I have recently began studying "the TINY HOUSE MOVEMENT!" This is an effort to encourage the design of quality (practical sized housing for one or more people depending on needs and design). Believe it or not - everyone doesn't need 4,000 square feet.

I am challenging everyone to develop, and share there design idea for a very small home that would be practical, and less than 600 square feet in size.

If you need inspiration - I suggest you search YouTube, Google, etc for such sites as Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. Just search for Tiny Houses.

Please post your video responses on this video.

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• Tiny
• Houses
• Affordable
• Practical
• homes

[SationSheen]

i dont want to be cocky but my father owns a buisness and my home is 5600 sf with 7 acres

[VideoGuyNC]

@SationSheen I'm so happy for your success. I only hope you never find yourself in the situation of SO many. Needed repairs, no more money, can't get a loan to fix that McMansion, and a huge crumbling home on your hands. Larger homes mean more expense, more upkeep, and more taxes. Live well, and be mindful of reality.

[yesiamanalien]

I've designed (but not yet built) a tiny home design that could be built for sub $5000 if labor is done by homeowner. It could be built for sub $3000 if used/salvaged materials are used. My design is 8ft x 12ft. It should house a couple decently. 8ft x 16ft would allow room for a bunk area for more sleeping room. I want a tiny home because I don't need a lot of space and prefer smaller space.

[VideoGuyNC]

Thanks for checking out my video. I would really like to see your design. Is it online anywhere? I LOVE the idea of tiny homes. When people build huge homes, they spend so much time and money just getting stuff to fill the empty space around them. As for the cost of building a tiny house - yeah 5k +/- is about what I've put together for cost. A guy named Jay Shafer builds these tiny structures, but charges THOUSANDS more than the actual cost.

[yesiamanalien]

@VideoGuyNC: No the plans aren't online because I haven't had the time or will to put the plans into digital versions. Curious, you live in North Carolina?

[VideoGuyNC]

YES - I live in NC. Have lived here all my life.

[VideoGuyNC]

@AnarchoSyndicalistt I do as well. It's tragic that in a country where enough construction supplies are thrown away on federal housing building sites every year to build many more houses - the contractors are told to grind up the wood, and throw away the other supplies instead of building homes for people who need them. I know this happens because I live only a couple miles from Camp Lejeune in NC.

[yesiamanalien]

@sgtmike74: singlewides are not well designed and are still expensive. Cost of ownership (aka utilities and such) for a singlewide is still expensive. I used to live in a singlewide in NC and our monthly electric alone was almost $175 a month. The most I've ever had to pay in electric was almost $300 in a month (2 bedroom apartment). In a properly built tiny home you may can have electric bills in the range of sub $50 a month.

[VideoGuyNC]

Trailers tend to be built more cheaply. Most tiny house builders/owners take great pride in the fact that their minimal-sized dwelling is built to higher quality standards than most "normal" homes.

[sgtmike74]

Why not just purchase a small single wide trailer? They are inexpensive, don't cost much to heat etc.