Posted on 10/28/2015 7:57:49 PM PDT by grundle
And this one has insulation and a non-dirt floor. Child abuse? Wow we are so spoiled. People in the deep south still live in tar paper shacks. This thing is a mansion.
Not crazy. What we are looking at here is a TRAILER with all of the downsides of a trailer: Thin, poorly insulated walls & floor, cheap furnishings, temporary utilities hookups that fail in cold weather, must be evacuated in extreme weather, they don’t last very long, & they have a poor resale value. The more you haul the thing around, the more rickety it gets.
With a small refrigerator & very limited storage space, you must grocery shop nearly every day. Forget having any “gear” or toys - There’s no place to store them. And forget having any kind of wardrobe. Where will Tammy put all her shoes? Up north, where will you put all those heavy coats & boots? People living in these things will end up with several storage buildings IF the trailer park allows it.
What about your neighbors? Are they the responsible, eco-friendly people you are, or is their stuff strewn from one end of their tiny lot to the other? Can you hear their fights through their thin walls just feet from yours?
Tiny lots? Tiny houses deserve tiny lots. They kinda go together. You don’t expect the purveyors of tiny houses want you to put it on a half acre or more, do you? The land you don’t “waste” could be “better” used as a nature preserve that no one can visit, don’t ya know.
But hey! If you don’t like your trailer park you can always move to another. Good luck with that.
For less than $30,000 you can purchase a large travel trailer with multiple slideouts, much more storage inside & out, & is far more roadworthy than a shed on a flat bed trailer, built by companies that have decades of expertise in their craft.
Here is an example I found on the internet. I have no relation to the dealer & I don’t sell RVs.
Abusive?
No way.
Crazy perhaps, but giving children more incentive to go outside to play is great.
There is much of the world that would consider this home luxurious. I’ve worked in a few of those places.
In my corner of flyover country, it became quite popular for people to build and live in “barndominiums.” Living quarters built inside pole buildings. The county has shut it down since owners doing so were able to avoid so much property tax.
Wonder how the “revenuers” will catch up to the tiny home owners?
When I retire I plan to get a fifth wheel.
The majority of the world also does not have a flush toilet. Just because some people are forced to live like that doesn't mean we should strive for it. There's a big difference between living that way because you are poor, and living that way because you choose to do so. Parents should respect their children's privacy and not force them to sleep in the living room if they can afford something better. I don't care if the adults choose to live that way, but they should not force it on a child.
To everyone who disagrees with me: would you force your own child to sleep in the living room even though you could afford a bedroom for that child? If not, why not?
Metal box + Arizona summer = oven.
I am getting just a fifth.
I think the Unibomber’s shed house was bigger.
That too.
It means there are many types of Americans. There are some who are very frugal and spartan. Our ancestors who lived in cabins and sod houses didn’t view themselves as poor. They had a spirit and a sense of purpose. i wouldn’t be happy in a 160 sq. ft. house, but some would.
I could build it for less by going to dump and scavenging lumber, plywood, windows, Metal roofing etc (Yes, we can stil lscanvange so far- but I’m sure that will end In the near future too)
But yeah, I’ve been out of the building business for about 18 or so years- I’d probably blow a gasket seeing the prices today-
To call this child abuse devalues the word when applied to true abuse of children.
I visited Taos, New Mexico, last year and toured an “Earthship” house. We were told that it's what goes into a house that makes it expensive, not the walls and floor.
well, it IS bigger than a van down by the river
That was sort of my thought. When my children were still at home, the five of us would often spend three or four weeks at a time on vacation in our motor home. Small, but livable.
Wouldn't want to live that way permanently, though. Where would I put all my books?
Children with privacy these days spend their time playing on the internet and picking up perverted ideas like “being gay.”
Lack of privacy prevents a lot of experimentation.
True, that. Back in the day, I was part of a branding crew for a ranch east of the mountains here in MT... Over a couple seasons, I got to be pretty good friends with the rancher's sons, who took me to view their family homestead. The home of their great-great grandfather, I believe, where he raised up 11 kids, without running water, or indoor plumbing - and all that in a sod/cabin about the size of my living room.
Sometimes our wealth dispossesses us of far richer things.
But that being said, I don't know how that thing pictured above cost $30k... I built a 12x18 shed w/ floor for less than 3k four years ago.
Thanks Twink
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