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[TheGrey]

Bumping my own thread

the lady and I have been thinking long and hard about a tiny house. Please talk me out of building a 20K tiny house over the next two years.

Talk you out of it? Okay.
Where will you keep your stuff?
Where will guests stay?
Do you not need any alone time? Tiny houses mean you will never have any alone time to speak of, unless one of you leaves the house.

Will it be kept on a trailer? My Dad used to haul mobile homes, and some of the issues he said would come up were: wind catching the side of the house and shoving them all over the road (if not tipping them over- Wyoming winds are horrifying to deal with), certain routes were off-limits to them, potholes raised absolute hell, stuff shifted around inside the house, no matter how tightly cupboards were taped and secured, inclement weather (flooding, snowdrifts, high winds) can mean the floors will be quite cold, and if it's on a trailer there's very little room for SHTF supplies.

That's all I can think of right now.

[Wulf202]

Bumping my own thread

the lady and I have been thinking long and hard about a tiny house. Please talk me out of building a 20K tiny house over the next two years.

20k and two years? You should get ahold of me some time.... I may have a way to make this much easier on you.

[Great-Kazoo]

20k and two years? You should get ahold of me some time.... I may have a way to make this much easier on you.

Yurts.

[GilpinGuy]

I'll have to check it out. I like shipping container houses, just looking for something mobile for the first three/five years

Why not buy an RV or something if it's a temporary thing? Might even be cheaper than building a tiny house...and bigger. My neighbors lived in their trailer (RV, camping type - not trailer park type - and not fancy at all) for 2 years while they built their house. The trailer was plumbed into their well and septic and they had electric hooked up. Heat/hot water was propane. They even survived the blizzard of 2003 where we got 7' of snow in that RV. Two adults, a baby and 2 small dogs. I don't how somebody didn't loose their mind, but they managed fine.

My folks are moving out here in the spring and already have an RV parked on my property to live in until they find a house to buy. We had an electric meter installed just for their RV (their idea...they could have just used our power). They will be hooked up to my septic system and a simple garden hose gets them water fine. Their heat and hot water will be propane.

[Ah Pook]

I'd like two 40s and a couple of twenties on top. Now find a county that allows "alternative" building...

[Ah Pook]

The second link in the OP's post (missed the first time) is Richard Proenneke. I have watched Alone in the Wilderness many many times. This is, sadly, not an option today.

[RonMexico]

Sorry guys, I've been a little busy and haven't been watching this thread. I thank you all for your opinions and they are all valid points, and I have looked into many of those issues/cons of living in a tiny house . I am still thinking long and hard about untraditional( for me) living quarters.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Sorry guys, I've been a little busy and haven't been watching this thread. I thank you all for your opinions and they are all valid points, and I have looked into many of those issues/cons of living in a tiny house . I am still thinking long and hard about untraditional( for me) living quarters.

I expect at least a hot tub in whatever decision you eventually make.

[GilpinGuy]

It looks lie a caboose.

Looks photoshopped too...

[Irving]

It looks lie a caboose.

Looks photoshopped too...

Needs drip edge on the rakes too.