Tiny Houses - Can Someone Explain This To Me?

KQ · 08-09-2017, 01:12 PM

Why not get just get an RV if you want it mobile. I can understand building a smaller house on a foundation if you are interested in less but if you're going to haul it around there is already something made that does that in an efficient way and I bet the price is about the same.

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**::: :::** · 08-09-2017, 01:19 PM

The reason it's on a mobile platform is to avoid the pesky expense & code reqts that foundations require

it also allows you to park it in places that might otherwise require an environmental review for a permanent structure

and you could potentially build it in a favorable location (for fabrication), then move it to its eventual home (off-grid or waaay out from town)

**hatchgreenchile** · 08-09-2017, 01:21 PM

Trailers, mobile homes, RVs, those aren't hip!
Tiny homes - different story. Perfect for the lumbersexual crowd.
You can get a new 40 x 10' 5th wheel for $38,000 from a few places locally.
If you wanted to be mobile, hard to bitch about that setup, and they're probably much better built that your average tiny.

**iceman** · 08-09-2017, 01:21 PM

Portable vs. transportable I guess.

i.e. RV made to move around, tiny house made so you can move it around if you need to.

I'm sure the Tiny house is quieter and better insulated and it's probably a lot heavier too.

**snowaddict91** · 08-09-2017, 01:22 PM

Obviously appearance and trendiness are part of the equation. Another important factor is quality of construction. Most RVs are not built for anything close to full time living and will not hold up well if subjected to such.
Layouts in tiny houses are also often set up for 1-2 people, decent bathroom, storage, etc. many RVs are set up to sleep a bunch of people and the convertible furniture (dinette, etc) is not very comfortable.

IMO it is a gradient of how often you plan to move around. More moving=RV based. Mostly stationary=tiny house.

**AK47bp** · 08-09-2017, 01:24 PM

HGTV makes up fads.

Surprised you didn't know this.

Barn doors inside the house.

Exposed brick

Farm house sink.

"Reclaimed" wood.

My wife is addicted to that crap thanks to HG fucking TV.

KQ · 08-09-2017, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by AK47bp

HGTV makes up fads.

Surprised you didn't know this.

Barn doors inside the house.

Exposed brick

Farm house sink.

"Reclaimed" wood.

My wife is addicted to that crap thanks to HG fucking TV.

LOL!!! I don't watch much if any HGTV but I do see this stuff come across the Internet in the form of ads. I love the ones that say things like "12 things you MUST remove from your bedroom now". I checked it out once and it was basically someone telling you it wasn't cool to have this that and the other thing in your bedroom anymore. Things like books on your nightstand. Fuck that. No one is going to tell me what to have in my bedroom. It's none of their GD business.

**iceman** · 08-09-2017, 01:42 PM

So....what exactly DO you have in your bedroom that you don't want people to know about?

**iceman** · 08-09-2017, 01:42 PM

we won't tell anyone I promise.

**Ted Striker** · 08-09-2017, 01:45 PM

and is it lumbersexual?

KQ · 08-09-2017, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

we won't tell anyone I promise.

*Snerk*

I have a GF who gave her brother explicit instructions on what to remove from bedroom if she were to die suddenly - things she didn't her mother finding when she cleaned out her room.

Originally Posted by pisteoff

and is it lumbersexual?

Splinters <shutter>

**muted** · 08-09-2017, 01:46 PM

I was thought the logical conclusion of tiny space living/houses/simple living was a hipster with a shopping cart, living in a tent under the overpass. Coming to HGTV in Fall of 2020.

**AK47bp** · 08-09-2017, 01:47 PM

Mirrors on the ceiling, pink champagne on ice.

**AK47bp** · 08-09-2017, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by muted

I was thought the logical conclusion of tiny space living/houses/simple living was a hipster with a shopping cart, living in a tent under the overpass. Coming to HGTV in Fall of 2020.

A "reclaimed" tent and a shopping cart made of old ship lap.

**AK47bp** · 08-09-2017, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by AK47bp

HGTV makes up fads.

Surprised you didn't know this.

Barn doors inside the house.

Exposed brick

Farm house sink.

"Reclaimed" wood.

My wife is addicted to that crap thanks to HG fucking TV.

Forgot to add the newest fad they are hawking.

Ship Lap.

**muted** · 08-09-2017, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by AK47bp

Forgot to add the newest fad they are hawking.

Ship Lap.

Now I know what to call bad versions of that, I had no idea what it was properly called before. I've seen it well done, but most of it is Shit Lap.

**Timberridge** · 08-09-2017, 01:56 PM

Back in the 70's they were called playhouses. My cousin had one in her backyard.

**hatchgreenchile** · 08-09-2017, 02:01 PM

I'm still waiting for garden sheds to catch on.

**MarcusBrody** · 08-09-2017, 02:03 PM

We're vaguely considering something like a tiny house for my parents' place as overflow housing for when everyone is in town with their families. The reason to put it on a trailer is (as acinpdex says) that it wouldn't need the same permitting/reassessment of the house as a structure built on a permanent foundation.

Why not just get a fifth wheel? First, it doesn't look as nice as a permanent little cabin and that matters to my mom. Second, most fifth wheels/RVs aren't really set up for four season camping. It's easier to heavily insulate a tiny house style structure and it's easy to build it with a wood stove main heating system.

We had an RV growing up and had lots of fun in it. I'm not sure it would hold up to years of use. I don't think it `would fall apart due to overuse given what we're using it for, but I'm not sure how good it would look in 10 years just from exposure to the elements. As long as you tarped it and resealed the roof, it would probably be ok structurally. Not really a worry with a decently constructed little cabin.

If we were actually going to move it regularly, I'd go with a trailer/RV. If it's basically sitting around aside from moving to its different resting spots, a movable building makes sense to me.

**Bobby Stainless** · 08-09-2017, 02:06 PM

Im more about Huge Ski Homes.

**XXX-er** · 08-09-2017, 02:26 PM

but seriously folks what do you do with this white elephant when new shit comes to light?

Seen it happen 3 times people I know who did build a tiny home, were people who built these things to address a condition that was a snapshot in time, they couldn't see themselves any more established than right now, could never find a partner/didn't have money for a real house SO resigned themselves to the tiny home

Soon as they build it all 3 of them find that partner 2 of them have since married, bought a real home SO if you are gona build one ask yourself what you will do with it if/when 1 person becomes 2 or 3 or 4, ??

so maybe the tiny home has a use ... spawning change?

I supose you can put it on your own lot down the road but that probably has its own issues and is another thread

**Kenny Satch** · 08-09-2017, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by iceman

Portable vs. transportable I guess.
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The term is a Chattel property if it sits on a foundation or blocks.

**digitaldeath** · 08-09-2017, 02:27 PM

who is that nutsack fondler in your avi kenny?

**NW_SKIER** · 08-09-2017, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by MarcusBrody

We're vaguely considering something like a tiny house for my parents' place as overflow housing for when everyone is in town with their families. The reason to put it on a trailer is (as acinpdex says) that it wouldn't need the same permitting/reassessment of the house as a structure built on a permanent foundation.

Why not just get a fifth wheel? First, it doesn't look as nice as a permanent little cabin and that matters to my mom. Second, most fifth wheels/RVs aren't really set up for four season camping. It's easier to heavily insulate a tiny house style structure and it's easy to build it with a wood stove main heating system.

We had an RV growing up and had lots of fun in it. I'm not sure it would hold up to years of use. I don't think it `would fall apart due to overuse given what we're using it for, but I'm not sure how good it would look in 10 years just from exposure to the elements. As long as you tarped it and resealed the roof, it would probably be ok structurally. Not really a worry with a decently constructed little cabin.

If we were actually going to move it regularly, I'd go with a trailer/RV. If it's basically sitting around aside from moving to its different resting spots, a movable building makes sense to me.

Does it come with a full time pillow fluffer?

Originally Posted by Beer Drinker

Im more about Huge Ski Homes.

KQ · 08-09-2017, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by AK47bp

Forgot to add the newest fad they are hawking.

Ship Lap.

I have cedar Dutch Lap on my house:

Originally Posted by muted

I was thought the logical conclusion of tiny space living/houses/simple living was a hipster with a shopping cart, living in a tent under the overpass. Coming to HGTV in Fall of 2020.

Too funny. Maybe "Honeybucket Living" will be next after that.

Originally Posted by hatchgreenchile

I'm still waiting for garden sheds to catch on.

LOL!! Bring new meaning to "take someone to the woodshed"