Seems like a great idea.
A_R
"It is a secure house that you can live in and build from," she said, designed either to be the first piece of a larger permanent house or to be placed at the back of a lot and turned into a guest house or other outbuilding after a permanent house is completed."
I live in an old colonial four-square farmhouse built in 1906. On the corner of our property, built into the side of the hill with a fieldstone "basement" is 'The Homestead House.' This is where the family lived while they were building "the big house." They kept a cow, a goat, a pig, maybe some chickens in the basement of the house, which opens up onto a fenced area for grazing. The upstairs has an area for a kitchen and an area for sleeping, with a fireplace in the kitchen area. The outhouse is long gone. (It's in bad shape, but I may restore it some day; it would make a neat summer kitchen.)
It's about the size of this starter cottage, and that's the ONLY way (besides a tent, or in an underground home if you're a "Wisconsin Badger") people used to live while they were improving their lot in life and settling this great country of ours!
(And I had to answer to you, Arkady, because whenever I see your name on the boards, I silently remind myself to thank Martin Cruz Smith for inventing you! Can't wait to read of your new adventures; your stories are too few and far between for me!)