Posted on 01/05/2023 2:29:55 AM PST by Jonty30
Tiny-house communities are popping up across the country, but one family in Kentucky has created a village of their own.
Keli and Ryan Brinks live in a tiny house in Kentucky. Their 18-year-old daughter, Lennox, and their 16-year-old son, Brodey, also live in their own tiny houses next door.
Together, their six tiny homes create a unique living situation with the goal of sustainable living.
Here's how the Brinks family makes their tiny village work.
Since tiny houses produce less waste, require less heating, and can be more environmentally friendly, the family knew it was the right fit.
"Initially, my husband wanted us all together in one cabin, but I argued on behalf of the kids for their own privacy," Keli told Insider.
Instead, the family decided to buy a few tiny houses — one for each family member.
But they’re not making their own meals any more than if they had a loaf of bread or jar of peanut butter in their bedroom. Meals and snacks are in mom and dad’s TH.
They even have to trudge out every time they want to use the bathroom.
No way ...how long until one morning in a fog of just waking up and trying to negotiate the LADDER to run to the john after crawling over your better half you miss a rung hit your head on the side of the fridge and end up in a fetal position on the floor bruised and battered urinating on yourself ? All for the environment? Also,where do you keep all of your clothes and shoes and all the things that just accumulate over time? Not realistic and way to compact for long term sustainability. We live in a three bedroom with one room for just my computer and tools and I still do not have enough room....but it is perfect as far as enough room for her and my space topped off with a king size bed.
Just dropped by to say that if you name your son Brody you’re retarded
Read the whole thing and it explains that.
Thank you for dropping and wasting everybody’s time, troll.
You could have contributed to the conversation in a productive way, but I guess how you did contribute is how you lead your life in general.
Four tiny houses take considerably more resources to build and heat than the equivalent floor space of a single house. It is the basic square/cube ratio. Smaller units have more area for the volume contained. A single larger heating/cooling unit is almost always more efficient than four smaller heating/cooling units.
They were called sheds when I grew up.
Just had a 600sqft home bout 4 miles from me on 1acre lot sold for $267,000.00.
That would be a hunting or fishing camp to most.
The smaller units have no bathrooms. So, in the winter you have to bundle up to go to the big house to go.
Sounds easy right?
Now imagine that with a stomach flu.
You’re welcome.
I was waiting for common sense to weigh in.
They energy usage related to heat loss would be huge. Have they reverted to outhouses or do they need 6 septic tanks, or connections to sewer?
Are there 6 separate kitchens.
Basically insulate a shed and you can duplicate those structures. Then they need to be wired for electricity or it’s batteries for lights etc.
The worst part is that the whole concept isolates the members of the “family” psychologically and emotionally. Set up for abductions etc. Set up for boyfriends to sneak over and drinking parties. If you can’t raise a child to be independent w/o gimmicks you won’t teach them this way.
IOW communal living saves resources by sharing and multiple person usage.
....their six tiny homes create a unique living situation...
They broke down a 2,500 sq foot house into six distinct dwellings
If you’re happy, Im happy for you.
Where I come from, they were called "shacks."
Shantytown was full of 'em!
Regards,
I wonder what they call their "village."
Munchkintown?
Regards,
The farm I grew up on had a depression in a side hill where the original sod-roofed tiny house had been.
This is more wasteful to build and maintain than a standard house!
Very cool. The pursuit of happiness is alive and well.
Maybe, but I see value for the kids that could be worth the extra cost.
Yes.
The article shows a lot of tiny houses, barns etc.
Kind of wasteful.
It seems to me that this is no way saving anything!
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