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Impressive Tiny House [160 sf] Built for Under $30K Fits Family of 3 [Is this child abuse?]
yahoo.com ^ | October 28, 2015 | Jenny Xie

Posted on 10/28/2015 7:57:49 PM PDT by grundle

While there are quite a few tempting "turn-key" tiny homes available to order right now, there's just something about a super personalized owner-built home that's extra thrilling to see. Case in point: this 160-square-foot "Tiny Hall House" ("Hall" being the owners' surname) in Massachusetts, which was built for under $30K over six months and houses three people.

Looking snugly lived-in and photoshoot-ready at the same time, the home comes with the standard tiny living accoutrements, including a lofted Queen bed, compact "couch" that doubles as a bed for the couple's son (the space is about two feet wide by eight feet long, which makes it about a foot narrower than the typical twin bed), kitchenette, and composting toilet. Even more rad are custom touches like the bookshelves hidden in the gabled entrance and the miniature bedside stands and lamps. Intrigued? The owners are answering tiny house questions and dropping wisdom over on their Tumblr site.

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To: Bobalu

Its the original old-fashioned tiny house.

And you’re not tied down to living in a set location.


61 posted on 10/28/2015 8:42:42 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Better than ever! Thank you!

I am a little harsher with leftists (collectivists) however. To many on FR lately.

Am about to buy a home on 5 acres with cash. Praise GOD!!!


62 posted on 10/28/2015 8:42:47 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Beware of the propaganda, tis the delight of evil!)
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To: grundle

Durn! Getting up to go to the bathroom one or more times during the night and negotiating that ladder is not for the faint-hearted and especially if one is really sleepy.


63 posted on 10/28/2015 8:42:57 PM PDT by miele man
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To: hoagy62

1976


64 posted on 10/28/2015 8:43:12 PM PDT by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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To: Bobalu

I bought one for $500, 20 years ago!


65 posted on 10/28/2015 8:43:16 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: RginTN

Perfect for the one child family.

DK


66 posted on 10/28/2015 8:43:27 PM PDT by Dark Knight
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To: Ed Condon

There’s a company in Seattle that does just that...takes shipping containers and makes stylish (and fairly affordable) houses out of them.


67 posted on 10/28/2015 8:44:39 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Only one solution left.....)
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To: grundle

It’s liberal elites re-creating the ‘charm’ of living in a trailer... without any awareness that that’s what they’re doing.


68 posted on 10/28/2015 8:45:31 PM PDT by GOPJ (Imagine if the GOPe fought Dems as hard as they fight Repubs. - freeper bray)
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To: grundle
There's another downside to these small ltrailer homes...
69 posted on 10/28/2015 8:46:35 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: grundle
[Is this child abuse?]

I swear, Free Republic is getting as asinine as DU anymore.

70 posted on 10/28/2015 8:46:56 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: grundle
Circa 1953, when the Savannah River Project (Nuke plant) was being built near Aiken SC, a "trailer city" of several hundred near-identical 35' X 8' trailer houses were made available for renting. Everyone from laborers to executives lived in essentially identical houses.

As in this "tiny" house, the couch was my bed -- and then, the "dining table" folded down from the wall, and my bed/couch became the bench seat for one side of the table.

I palled around with a family who had two girls. (No telling how many games of Monopoly I played with those two girls that Summer...) And there were even larger families living in the same size trailers.

We all knew it was only temporary, and we all knew we had nice houses and belongings back wherever we came from, so we managed to get along quite well in those small spaces. (My family were avid campers, so we probably liked it better than other families did...)

Not so, now, with all our "stuff". Heck, just our books would fill two of those trailers -- at least! '-)

71 posted on 10/28/2015 8:47:14 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Anyone one been to the Nixon library and see the house He grew up in ?


72 posted on 10/28/2015 8:48:57 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Jagdgewehr

Yes, I’ve seen some shocking stuff here lately. If we’re going to be another DU, I hope the forum software takes some cues from them. This 1995 coding is long in the tooth.


73 posted on 10/28/2015 8:50:12 PM PDT by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Agenda 21 housing comes to mind here...


74 posted on 10/28/2015 8:56:58 PM PDT by Domandred (Tea Party or Third Party. Done with the capitulating eGOP.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Agenda 21 housing comes to mind here...


75 posted on 10/28/2015 8:58:12 PM PDT by Domandred (Tea Party or Third Party. Done with the capitulating eGOP.)
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To: PghBaldy
On another issue, what does this say about the 0bama economy?

The house of the future for a two pay check, middle income family

76 posted on 10/28/2015 8:59:20 PM PDT by TYVets
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To: grundle

So, I watched a tiny house marathon over last X-Mas trying to figure out what was the big deal ...

Pros


Get rid of your cluttered stuff (you have no choice, kind of like having stomach surgery to lose weight)
Reduce your expenses because you own the house
You are saving mother earth (yes, a large number of the people doing this believe in this point)

Cons


You are living in a glorified tree house on wheels
They cost more than a nicer/larger RV/trailer
People cramming families into them have zero privacy (goodbye sex life)
Most of the owners park the house on a friend or relatives property (ultimate guest that never leave)
Most of the owners have no clue how to drive a trailer or have a vehicle that can be used to move the home (not really mobile)
The shows never revisit them six-months to a year in to see how it is really working out
The kids are essentially along for the ride and try to make the most of it, but you can see many of them are not happy

For whatever strange reason, broke people are going this route to try to get a handle on their life so at least they are attempting to get things right. It certainly seems like a fad and specifically tied to high cost of living areas.


77 posted on 10/28/2015 9:01:14 PM PDT by Gen-X-Dad
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To: grundle

So, I watched a tiny house marathon over last X-Mas trying to figure out what was the big deal ...

Pros


Get rid of your cluttered stuff (you have no choice, kind of like having stomach surgery to lose weight)
Reduce your expenses because you own the house
You are saving mother earth (yes, a large number of the people doing this believe in this point)

Cons


You are living in a glorified tree house on wheels
They cost more than a nicer/larger RV/trailer
People cramming families into them have zero privacy (goodbye sex life)
Most of the owners park the house on a friend or relatives property (ultimate guest that never leave)
Most of the owners have no clue how to drive a trailer or have a vehicle that can be used to move the home (not really mobile)
The shows never revisit them six-months to a year in to see how it is really working out
The kids are essentially along for the ride and try to make the most of it, but you can see many of them are not happy

For whatever strange reason, broke people are going this route to try to get a handle on their life so at least they are attempting to get things right. It certainly seems like a fad and specifically tied to high cost of living areas.


78 posted on 10/28/2015 9:01:45 PM PDT by Gen-X-Dad
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To: toddausauras

Same thing I wondered.

I think the left is preparing us for the push to make all of us live this way....to save Mother Earth.


79 posted on 10/28/2015 9:01:56 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Gen-X-Dad

Double post, thanks to Google security warning (sigh)


80 posted on 10/28/2015 9:04:41 PM PDT by Gen-X-Dad
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