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I liked the idea of a tiny house when my spouse suddenly started talking about them all the time; I tend to spend 90% of my life in my house either in an office chair or in bed anyway and the biggest concern for me at that point was that most of these places are not really built for Viking giants like me. Then when they caught on a little more and they started having shows, it was like "this house only cost $90,000 to build and we can" and I was like "wait, you can buy, like, a normal-sized albeit rundown house in our city* for less than $90,000" "yes but these are cute and" "no, this is now bad and wrong and must be destroyed forever" *we actually looked at a $50,000 house and it was fine albeit ugly and in need of repairs
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I think they're cool. Save on rent for a few years and it'll pay for itself, then if you're over it you can go back to renting but you now have a sweet camper.
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Oct 13, 2020 04:22
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Woden posted:I think they're cool. Have you seen what these trailer costs and how impractical they are to move? They are sheds built on crappy trailers except horrendously expensive and filled with stuff not designed for that purpose.
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Oct 13, 2020 04:34
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Three Olives posted:Have you seen what these trailer costs and how impractical they are to move? They are sheds built on crappy trailers except horrendously expensive and filled with stuff not designed for that purpose. I was thinking more diy vans with that comment, I should have specified.
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Oct 13, 2020 04:49
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AHH F/UGH posted:Yes it's almost like there's a reason why there are so many of them
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Oct 13, 2020 05:07
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if i had to live in a van or even a single-wide-trailer sized house i'd loving kill myself after like three days
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Oct 13, 2020 05:08
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I mean they are pretty cool on paper. They make you say "oh neat!". I think people like the idea of living a lifestyle that outwardly says "I am capable of going with less". But still says "This is a choice I made and I'm not actually low-income, or if I am its a chosen lifestyle and I'm in control". My tinfoil hat Marxist perspective is that it is a curated aesthetic that undermines people's desire for property ownership by selling them a utopian ideal. When you combine things like "Tiny house movement", and "#vanlife" with the gig economy and increasing competition for even wage-slave level jobs things start to look a little crazy. Don't think for a second that the billionaires of the world hate the idea of nobody else owning land and millions of transient masses undercutting each other for gig-economy jobs that pay zero benefits.
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Oct 13, 2020 05:10
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I'd like to live in a teeny tiny house in the hollow of a tree. I'd wear a mushroom for a hat, leaves for clothes, and curse all that pass by without paying me an homage of honey. Now what exactly is "stupid" or "dumb" about that?
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Oct 13, 2020 05:15
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Funky See Funky Do posted:I'd like to live in a teeny tiny house in the hollow of a tree. I'd wear a mushroom for a hat, leaves for clothes, and curse all that pass by without paying me an homage of honey. Now what exactly is "stupid" or "dumb" about that? You wake up one day to find out your little stump is in Keebler territory and wouldn't it be a shame if something happened to this nice little stump you got here
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Oct 13, 2020 05:20
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I looked into these when a tiny house community opened up near me and it sounded kinda neat until I got to the $450/mo "land rental" that wasn't included in the mortgage. Monthly payment would have been about the same for a sixth of the sq. feet. My dream building is still just one large open garage area with a <500sq ft living space/studio attached.
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Oct 13, 2020 05:31
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i can't help the size of my house op, it was born this way
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Oct 13, 2020 05:55
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Cyks posted:My dream building is still just one large open garage area with a <500sq ft living space/studio attached. 
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Oct 13, 2020 05:58
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Cyks posted:I looked into these when a tiny house community opened up near me and it sounded kinda neat until I got to the $450/mo "land rental" that wasn't included in the mortgage. Monthly payment would have been about the same for a sixth of the sq. feet. Yeah the more you look into some sort of way to get ahead in property markets the more you realize they don't exist. Unless you're gifted land or a house or something there's no secret way to get ahead.
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Oct 13, 2020 06:03
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Barudak posted:You wake up one day to find out your little stump is in Keebler territory and wouldn't it be a shame if something happened to this nice little stump you got here This is as likely to happen no matter how large my home or bountiful my honey stores.
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Oct 13, 2020 06:06
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I bought a house this year in metro denver because im dumb It turns out that if you actually do the twenty percent down payment its very difficult to pay more than what you would pay rent for. Its bigger, you have a place to park your car, and you can smoke weed completely legally without breaking your lease
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Oct 13, 2020 06:07
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My friend built one himself as a multi-year fun project. He seemed to really enjoy building it. Now it's on some private woodsy land which he visits for a getaway. I could imagine staying in one as cheap AirBnb crash pad. I've stayed in some pretty nice shipping containers in the bay area. I really don't mind it at all for a week or two, especially if I'm running around all day. For a primary residence, I am way, way more high-maintenance.
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Oct 13, 2020 06:08
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For crime statistics, does one of those portable miniature houses count as an auto for "grand theft auto" charges, or does it count as basic property for "grand larceny"? Also why don't trailer parks just have real big foundations built that you can bolt your tin can onto so it doesn't get yeeted by the next EF5 tornado? The_Continental posted:Yeah the more you look into some sort of way to get ahead in property markets the more you realize they don't exist. Unless you're gifted land or a house or something there's no secret way to get ahead.  The secret is exploit working people out of their wealth and use that increase in your own income to buy land fasterBonus: the more wealth and property you own, the more available places you can exploit workers! Exponential growth! 
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Oct 13, 2020 06:18
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admiraldennis posted:My friend built one himself as a multi-year fun project. He seemed to really enjoy building it. Now it's on some private woodsy land which he visits for a getaway. that's just a cabin tho
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Oct 13, 2020 06:20
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luxury handset posted:that's just a cabin tho
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Oct 13, 2020 06:21
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French Canadian posted:Did u know??? An apartment is a stack of tiny houses. But more space efficient and not stupid. Yes. Also more environmentally friendly. Vastly more efficient to heat. Much more likely to be built near amenities and transit corridors. Apartments are the bees knees.
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Oct 13, 2020 06:31
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cabins are cool rear end hell especially for 1 person or if you built it yourself, but tiny house is just a way to trick people into paying a lot for half a house. they are not cheaper at all!!!
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Oct 13, 2020 06:33
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Facebook Aunt posted:Yes. Also more environmentally friendly. Vastly more efficient to heat. Much more likely to be built near amenities and transit corridors. apartments are good. i live in a two-unit multifamily house which feels like a pretty darn ok way to live especially if you are close with your housemate(s) as I am lucky to be. 64% of the housing in my city is 2-4 unit houses. 25% 5+ unit buildings. 12% single-family homes.
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Oct 13, 2020 06:57
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luxury handset posted:that's just a cabin tho ok, yes, I see this framing he always talked/blogged about it very much as a Tiny House and it's my go-to mental image for Tiny House. so perhaps it was inspired by / built in the "Tiny House" style. but ain't nobody living there fulltime. admiraldennis fucked around with this message at 07:00 on Oct 13, 2020 |
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Oct 13, 2020 06:57
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i have a regular house, it's not even tiny (~1500 sqft), and it sucks having a full time job and a house to take care of by yourself. especially with a yard in FL where poo poo grows like crazy all year round and it's always miserable outside. next time i move for work, i'm going back to an apartment or townhouse, gently caress owning a place unless i'm ready to retire or have someone else to help take care of it.
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Oct 13, 2020 07:02
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check out this goon's completely bad rear end cabin https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3867255 tiny houses are just twee trailer parks for the instagram set
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Oct 13, 2020 07:09
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i live in a 500sq foot studio because a one bedroom starts at 2 grand a month OP
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Oct 13, 2020 07:22
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OP is jealous of people's cool tiny homes out in nature and poo poo so he's lashing out     hakimashou fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Oct 13, 2020 |
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Oct 13, 2020 07:25
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bradzilla posted:Agreed op, those things suck poo poo. I like my 960sq ft house, it's a perfect amount of space for me. And I can even afford it on a single income! Moving to a small 904sq ft apartment seemed bad at first but the ease of cleaning, necessity for organization, and low cost pretty much sold me on the idea of a small living space. I don't know what the resell market is like on Tiny Houses but i'd imagine it is less than great and im assuming its probably better to buy a small house at that point.
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Derpies posted:I've seen tiny houses work outside Austin at a shelter for the chronically homeless, but that place was super unique and also had a blend of rvs and tiny homes just outside Travis County to avoid municipal backlash. Cant just plop those down anywhere and claim crisis over, you gotta have a hell of a staff and financial backing out the rear end to make it work. Didnt joe rogan have some dude talk about that? also why doent people just live on boats? theres like a ton of water on earth.
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Oct 13, 2020 07:45
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hakimashou posted:OP is jealous of people's cool tiny homes out in nature and poo poo so he's lashing out This is the home for me only about the same size as the rock in the foreground.
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Ups_rail posted:also why doent people just live on boats? theres like a ton of water on earth. i faintly remember a houseboat thread somewhere on the forums and the gist of it was "never do this unless you love working on your house 24/7 and having at least one part of your house under repairs at all times"
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Oct 13, 2020 07:57
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I don't care to have a "big" house but 1,400 square feet sounds really comfy. not 400 square feet like an animal.
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buglord posted:i faintly remember a houseboat thread somewhere on the forums and the gist of it was "never do this unless you love working on your house 24/7 and having at least one part of your house under repairs at all times" highlander dude lived on a house boat on the seine that seemed pretty baller
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Oct 13, 2020 08:03
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Having a spacious home is great, it makes you feel like a real human bean, I would highly recommend it.
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Oct 13, 2020 08:04
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hakimashou posted:OP is jealous of people's cool tiny homes out in nature and poo poo so he's lashing out These are all super neat but I don't think I'd want to do a winter in any of them. I'm almost positive none of these are actual homes but rather rentable cottages as part of a larger "eco-resort".
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Oct 13, 2020 08:13
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Pontificating rear end posted:Having a spacious home is great, it makes you feel like a real human bean, I would highly recommend it. Agreed, I like having lots of room.
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I like going to ikea and looking at the tiny decorated spaces. Life in 200 sq feet or whatever. It seems cool. Then I realize that if I lived someplace like that I couldn’t have any stuff and I would have to do my laundry every 2 days because there’s no room for it and I’d have to pack up my desk if I wanted to eat at a table. Basically if you don’t stay on top of organizing and putting everything in its place immediately it all goes to hell.
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Oct 13, 2020 08:57
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hope tiny house owners never find themselves significantly injured or disabled in any way. don't think a wheelchair would fit in one of those things
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Oct 13, 2020 09:57
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People that live in small houses shouldn't throw stones.
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The Management posted:I would have to do my laundry every 2 days because there’s no room for it If your clothes are this big you should just pitch a tent with them and live under that
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