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Inside the Tiny House Movement where more and more Americans have rejected tradition for a simpler..
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 5, 2014 | David McCormack

Posted on 08/05/2014 10:02:25 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: C19fan

I watched a show about tiny houses. In order to get around zoning laws they have to build them on a trailer frame. A lot of these people spent 40-50 thousand dollars building the equivalent of a starter RV. It you’re going to spend that kind of money, why not just buy an RV?


61 posted on 08/05/2014 11:05:49 AM PDT by Rhinoman (SMSgt, USAF (Ret))
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
"In fact, I MIGHT just build a big pole barn with about 500 sq ft of ‘living space’ and forget about a house altogether."

That particular movement is gaining momentum around here and across the river in W.Va.

Buy a few acres and build a large pole barn and then make a two story apartment in one corner. I know one guy locally who did that and made a wood working shop and garage in the rest. His real estate taxes are one fourth what mine are. When we sell a few more rental properties we are doing the same thing!

62 posted on 08/05/2014 11:06:02 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: mware

How bout a Lego house.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HShqL3q8D7s


63 posted on 08/05/2014 11:06:51 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: crusher

...”still we wrestle with our several hundred boxes of books...”

Do an ‘entire wall’ for books....floor to ceiling. Worked great for me in a small area here.


64 posted on 08/05/2014 11:07:44 AM PDT by caww
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To: demshateGod

light bulbs that cost three times more but only last 1.5 times longer


and if you drop one you’ve created a HAZMAT situation.


65 posted on 08/05/2014 11:07:52 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: GeronL

WOW! I haven’t seen that picture in 40 years!


66 posted on 08/05/2014 11:10:41 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

**and becoming simple alpaca farmers ***

And in the 1970s they were falling for the Worm Farm scam.


67 posted on 08/05/2014 11:12:32 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
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To: C19fan

Who wants to live full time in a shed? Scrooge that..I’ll take a 2000 sq ft home and call it a mansion.


68 posted on 08/05/2014 11:13:02 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: GeronL
I don’t think people living off food stamps read, many probably can’t.

Unless, of course, they are Wymns Stydies or Social Sciences PhDs.

69 posted on 08/05/2014 11:14:11 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Mad Dawgg

I saw a local featured on the news- the problem was she didnt have a place to park it (and legally dispose of her waste. I dont have an issue with the lifestyle at all, but they need to be hooked into a waste system


70 posted on 08/05/2014 11:16:23 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Turmoil in the Middle East? Quick Obama, show them your Peace Prize!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Tiny houses for thee, mansions for me.

This is all part of the desire of the “elite” to make a larger difference between their lifestyles and others’.


71 posted on 08/05/2014 11:17:51 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar; a fool in paradise

remember you make the shirt cuffs, a fool will make the collars and I will use the machine to stamp on the buttons

We can make a whole dollar a day!


72 posted on 08/05/2014 11:18:16 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL
Comnrades you vust live in zee apartment with 3 generations


73 posted on 08/05/2014 11:18:49 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Rhinoman
"A lot of these people spent 40-50 thousand dollars building the equivalent of a starter RV."

That is because these people have no clue how to use re-purposed lumber and windows and such.

A local guy built one for use in a permanent camp site using used and re-purposed materials and his total bill for the entire project including paying someone to transport it to the resort was 21,000 dollars. And that included the big screen tv and all the special appliances.

Some of these people go and buy a brand new trailer frame for over 5K (and up) when you can buy a used rattle-trap RV trailer for under 1k and you can tear it down and re-purpose the lumber and wiring and plumbing. Then you go to the nearest re-use center and get the rest of your lumber and materials.

74 posted on 08/05/2014 11:19:09 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: C19fan

A realtor tried to sell me a house up in the hills. Plenty of floor space, nice living room, but half the house had walls that were 6 1/2 feet high! Instant claustrophobia!

I still love the 10-12 foot ceilings. My house does have 8 foot ceilings, but MY den is 12 foot!


75 posted on 08/05/2014 11:19:38 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
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To: a fool in paradise

“MATT DAMON!”


76 posted on 08/05/2014 11:19:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: bigbob

Here ya go:

http://www.sukup.com/Buildings/144/Safe-T-Home


77 posted on 08/05/2014 11:20:24 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Obama lied; our healthcare died.)
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To: WinMod70

True but as I posted to another freeper, they either need to be in a mobile home or RV type park, or have access to waste disposal. A local story on this highlighted how some of these folks are parking in yards of friends and that is fine if they are not dumping illegally


78 posted on 08/05/2014 11:20:40 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Turmoil in the Middle East? Quick Obama, show them your Peace Prize!)
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To: GeronL

Think we can pack them in any more??

GET ‘EM OUT BY FRIDAY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-TwWnn0dk


79 posted on 08/05/2014 11:21:19 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: MrB

When Emperor Obama took the chair, he said that we couldn’t just drive where we want, what we want, or set our A/C at whatever temp we wanted.

Our standard of living is too good compared to the rest of the world. We have to be taken down several notches.

Worst President EVER.


80 posted on 08/05/2014 11:21:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (CNN suppressed news to maintain their Baghdad bureau under Saddam; they just did the same for Hamas.)
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