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RE: Are Tiny Homes Really All That Feasible?
The question with that becomes, do you want a tiny house on wheels, or a tiny house that is in a fixed position? A tiny house on wheels is basically a ridiculously expensive travel trailer.
Not really, compared to trailer homes, RV's, etc? They're way more modern, can be hooked up to solar power, etc. You may look at it as being "expensive", others look at it as never having to pay rent or mortgage ever again. And that, is priceless.
You would still have to either rent or buy the property that you park it on.
The only advantage that I see with a tiny house on wheels as opposed to a nice travel trailer is the floor layout design. Travel trailers are usually designed for maximum sleeping space for several people. With a tiny house, you can design it for 1 bed if you want, and use the rest of the space for other things.
The new travel trailers are quite modern.
For what it's worth, there is definitely a question of building materials. My gf and I built our tinyhome specifically to minimize the amount of nasty shit that went into it . It's almost entirely wood, with a fairly simple oil based stain and insulated with wool. A huge reason to built it ourselves was just the desire to have the experience though.
I can certainly understand that.
@itchykitten You guys have a tiny home? :O Where is it? How is it going? :D
it's good so far Laura, we've spent about two years building it, mostly during the winters outside of Helena, MT. People out here don't care so much about stuff like this, and I doubt we'll have many problems...but you never know. It's always really really easy to find a place outside town. Inside town is a bit trickier, but I know a few people who are doing it.
It's exceptionally small, on a 7x14 foot trailer. We've spent about $17k building it ourselves. We've used a lot of nice materials though.
I think we'll be moving it to the Missoula area maybe this summer, we'll see.
I'd be happy to talk more about it, probably going to crash soon though. Goodnight Laura!!!