A Tiny House In Our Future?

[Gregg]

Not right away, but maybe... I've been in love with the movement since I first saw it years ago. Now that the kids are raised DW and I moved into 800 sq.ft. and love it. Its about 15% of the housing cost we had when we were raising kids, but still several hundred dollars a month in taxes, insurance, maintenance, utilities, etc. If we could cut that to the bare minimum she could join me in semi-retirement". I have the skills and tools needed to build a tiny house and have spent enough time thinking about it to know we could end up with a great space. What I don't know is anyone who actually lives in one. Does anyone here? You can't beat first hand reports, or at least second hand through this gang.

[Ultralight]

I know a couple people who built and live in tiny houses. One of them is forming a tiny house community about an hour outside of Columbus, OH.

[iris lilies]

When I think of living in a truly tiny house with one other person, it would have to offer getaway space.

Getaway space ace would be something like outdoor rooms available most of the year. That's not your climate.


And/or, it would have to be plopped down in the middle of a walkable city where I could escape to library, market, coffee shop, etc.

due to building codes the latter is difficult in a city. In my area one could modify any number of carriage houses to living space of 200 to 450 sq feet, but chat would have to own and maintain the "big house" in front. Rent that out, I suppose.

[Float On]

I'm game....if we can each have our own and then a 3rd for "commons area".

[Ultralight]

I'm game....if we can each have our own and then a 3rd for "commons area".

Isn't that just a normal house, split into three free-standing structures?

[Float On]

Isn't that just a normal house, split into three free-standing structures?

Basically, but we both need a lot of "alone time". Don't want to see the headlines "couple build tiny house found dead after only 12 hours from too much closeness". We've actually talked about building little free-standing cabins on the home farm.

[Ultralight]

LAT!

Living Apart Together.

A couple close friends of mine swear by it. I'll probably end up living this way if I ever have another life partner.

[Kestra]

I know a couple people who built and live in tiny houses. One of them is forming a tiny house community about an hour outside of Columbus, OH.

I want to live in a tiny house community so badly. There was some land I wanted to buy and everything. But I just don't feel I'm in the right place to make that kind of commitment, money-wise, and to just one area.

[Ultralight]

I want to live in a tiny house community so badly. There was some land I wanted to buy and everything. But I just don't feel I'm in the right place to make that kind of commitment, money-wise, and to just one area.

Buy a camper van.

[Alan]

Buy a camper van.

That's my thought on the whole tiny house thing as well. Our motorhome is essentially a tiny house with the added benefit of being easily moveable. I love it, but begin to feel just a bit claustrophobic after several weeks.