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FIND YOUR DREAM HOME OR APARTMENT
I agree with everyone. The cost is way out of range for what it would cost to build some of these houses and mobile homes. For about $9,950 I can have a pretty nice studio house built on a skid ( to make it transportable ) to HUD minimum mobile home standards and it's moveable. Small kitchen, bath, front and back door and windows, carpet flooring, shingle roof and ready to live in. Have you ever seen these storage barns along the highway for sale or rent? I talked to a guy who builds them, gave him the specifications and he called back with a price of less than $10,000 per unit and he was happy with the money he would make.
What will "TINY" houses soon have in common with their large predecessors?
STICKER PRICE!!!
Just like back in the early 70s when Toyota, Datsun, Volkswagons, etc... sales started to pick up over here, they raised prices. Like any other greedy unscrupulous capitalists, they'll do the same thing with these "pocket" houses.
Solution: Grab a drawing board, T-square, triangles, architectural templates and a scaler OR your favorite CAD program and design, get local approval and build your own "tiny" house...and save 40-70%.
PS if your don't know building codes you can buy books on Amazon and for local codes, talk to your local building inspectors, they will refer you to the resources you need.
davec42... YOU ARE CORRECT!!!
I live in a 1000 square foot mobile home and find a lot of benefits. It's a nice home in an established neighborhood and every home has a yard, storage shed, deck and covered driveway. We don't pay property taxes, trash collection fees or sewer fees.
It's a shame there is such a stigma attached to living in this style of home because it can be a nice way to live.
My wife and I lived in a tiny home for 6 years, in fact just moved into a condo we purchased.
Bought the condo because it was a good deal and made sense. We absolutely love/loved the tiny home of 450 square feet. I bought the building at a sealed bid sale for $1.50. No kidding!
Spent about $25000 to move it and for remodeling (I am a contractor). It is amazing how well
you can intergrate built in storage and create a space that the only thing you lack is square
footage. The home is etremely inexpensive to heat and cool. I put in a mini split system and
a tankless water heater to save space. The kitchen is compareable to any other home with lots of cabinet/counter space a full size sxs fridge with water and ice full size convection oven/range
and even a builtin undercounter wine cooler. I also installed under the counter a front load washer and dryer set, also full size units. In the bedroom I had my cabinet builder construct a six drawer base for the mattress, big deep drawers on full suspension slides. He also built a custom desk and hutch along with another full height cabinet with drawers and doors on top. There was even room for a walkin closet.
We also put in 2 wall mounted lcd televisions to give you an idea of where some of the money went.
The mini home will now become a rental...Unless we decide to rent the condo and move back to our country property.
