Architect’s big idea: Tiny, $11,000 house

YAHOO.COM ^ | 18 DECEMBER 2013 | CLAUDINE ZAP

[beef]

“There is no flatbed truck in that picture. The thing is built on a fifth wheel trailor frame.”

I saw that, too. The author of the story probably doesn't know the difference. It's just a big thingy with wheels.

[KC Burke]

Here is the kit house that Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in for many years, not her farm, but nearby. They moved back to the farm house in '36. I have been there.

[MediaMole]

Davy Crockett never had to deal with the zoning board of appeals.

[ETL]

I’ve always liked that idea too. Start small, and add to it as you go. So much will depend on a clever design. One where you can easily add segments to it. And one that makes the most of natural sources of energy like solar. Orientate it such that maximum sunlight is received on a portion of it (for winter), shade on another for summer. Just basic common sense, practical stuff like that.

[tacticalogic]

Davy Crockett never had to deal with the zoning board of appeals.

Or maybe he did, and that's why there's no record of their being one.

[Pearls Before Swine]

She’s young. It sounds unusual, but she built herself a tiny studio apartment. Her rent is probably very low, and she’ll amortize the construction costs. Cool, so far.

Now, it is a bit small for a family, and she is pregnant. If she and the boyfriend and the baby are still there next year... well then it will be passing from unusual into strange territory.

[beef]

They're called mobile homes.

In this case, I would call it a park model camper. They have been around for a long time, but there is certainly a lot of innovation in the design. If she has any business sense, maybe she can start a company making park models that don't look like all the other park models. But I want a flush toilet in mine. None of this crap composting toilet crap.

[TurboZamboni]

http://www.containerhomes.net/

[ETL]

Check out this link to the search results for “tiny house designs” “images”:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=ytff1-yff25&va=tiny+house+designs

[sbMKE]

Most of the time these have “composting toilets.” Aka “poop in a 5 gallon pail.

Yay, Haiti.

[tflabo]

Here's a modest rendition--her kid can even play in a long den too. Made from recycled materials too.

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[beef]

There was a trailer called a Park Model.

I have one set up at a lake near Raleigh. The carrying costs are almost nothing. It is very tempting to pack my suitcase, sell everything else and move.

[SaxxonWoods]

Love it, it’s gorgeous.

I live in a modular myself, and have a 4 unit rental building that is modular construction. I also have a rental house that was a kit home. It’s a cash box.

I just like tweaking architects, been around too many of them.

[GeronL]

celebrate 3rd world living

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[aMorePerfectUnion]

“also - it’s built on a flatbed truck and currently parked in an empty lot”

Avoids zoning codes. It’s mobile, so excluded.

[tflabo]

That one is made for tall, skinny people on top.

[Born to Conserve]

That’s a trailer.

[itsahoot]

Looks like a 40’ goose neck trailer,

Yep, sure does. She probably could have bought a used motor home for about the same price.