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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: grundle
My first house was $27,000 - it had 3 bedrooms, a 2 car garage and was 1200 square feet.

And it didn't sit on wheels.

41 posted on 10/28/2015 8:22:28 PM PDT by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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To: Vermont Lt

I get the impression that people were better about getting along back in the past. Maybe because they spent more time outdoors. Maybe because they had coping skills we no longer do. Making up stories, poetry, singing together, etc. That stuff really mattered.


42 posted on 10/28/2015 8:24:38 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: grundle

I see it as a way for the kid to spend a little more time outside. If you use your house as a place to sleep and cook some meals. I see nothing wrong with it.

On the other hand. Where did they put $30,000 in that space? Did the trailer it sits on cost $20,000?


43 posted on 10/28/2015 8:25:44 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: grundle

44 posted on 10/28/2015 8:26:04 PM PDT by Bobalu (Russians.... not ashamed of being white!)
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To: grundle

I have a 4300 sq ft house and 3 boys. We occupy maybe 600 sq ft for maybe 90% of our time. It’s a big waste of space, but I like space.


45 posted on 10/28/2015 8:27:08 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: buwaya

I don’t think so. I asked my father about that. He said, everybody knew everybody else’s business. There was no privacy.


46 posted on 10/28/2015 8:28:35 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: grundle
Remember: it ain't home til you take the wheels off.
47 posted on 10/28/2015 8:28:40 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: buwaya

for 1 mil a 750sqft condo better have gold tile in the kitchen and bathroom!


48 posted on 10/28/2015 8:28:43 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: ClearCase_guy

It’s called collectivism, the family does what it can, the community judges them. The right of the individual is lost. The child has a home. In many 3rd world countries, they are lucky to have a box.

4 yrs ago I had to restart my business, due to an irs shut down, which was latter determined illegal. Lost everything, lived in a tent with 5 kids, my wife and 2 dogs. Would not take any gov help. Had to deal with extended family that screamed child abuse, and they would call the state to get the children to safety.

In the land of the free (sarc). I as a man, who had my business shut down, and means of production destroyed. Have to apologize and fear the state stealing my children as I restart my business, and act like a man. While I teach my kids that life can suck, but you trust in GOD and never quit.

The poster asked if making a child live in this house was child abuse.... WTF


49 posted on 10/28/2015 8:29:14 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Beware of the propaganda, tis the delight of evil!)
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To: knarf

You can buy a 20x8 foot shipping container for about $3000, and then have $27,000 to decorate and furnish it.


50 posted on 10/28/2015 8:29:31 PM PDT by Ed Condon (subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
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To: AlmaKing

Our house is about the same size, we seem to live in one corner of it..lol

We had friends stay with us for several months while they looked for a house to buy... we hardly ever saw them :-)


51 posted on 10/28/2015 8:30:06 PM PDT by Bobalu (Russians.... not ashamed of being white!)
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To: grundle

Think about being free from a lifetime of crippling mortgage payments.

That why a tiny house has so much appeal.

You can own your home outright.


52 posted on 10/28/2015 8:31:10 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: foundedonpurpose

Yup. I hope your business is now doing well!


53 posted on 10/28/2015 8:32:18 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: grundle

54 posted on 10/28/2015 8:37:24 PM PDT by Bobalu (Russians.... not ashamed of being white!)
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To: RginTN

Nah.
Location, location, location.


55 posted on 10/28/2015 8:38:23 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: Ed Condon

You can buy a 30ft used camping trailer for 2000.00

It will be fully furnished and have all appliances.

Just search “camper” on Craig’s list.


56 posted on 10/28/2015 8:39:23 PM PDT by Bobalu (Russians.... not ashamed of being white!)
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To: grundle

Human beings weren’t meant to live in dog houses.


57 posted on 10/28/2015 8:40:14 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Sanders/Cruz in 2016!)
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To: Bobalu

A well-designed tiny house should be functional and comfortable.

Its not how much you want; what you need is a roof over your head and a place to live.

People buy a mansion and then complain its too much house for them to maintain.

And you’ll never really enjoy the benefit of true home ownership as long as you have to pay off the mortgage.


58 posted on 10/28/2015 8:41:02 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Ed Condon

“You can buy a 20x8 foot shipping container for about $3000, and then have $27,000 to decorate and furnish it.”

And it can be made very secure.

A brand new 40’ container is only $4,500. Buy two and you have 640 square feet, a cosy home. Three of them would be 800 square feet.

A nice, comfortable home in Arizona, where you can live outside a lot, nearly all year. Even in the summer, the Morning hours are nice.

Should be able to earth shelter three of them pretty easily.

Heck, make it four, and have an atrium in the center!


59 posted on 10/28/2015 8:41:54 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Slyfox

In what year? 1952??


60 posted on 10/28/2015 8:42:28 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Only one solution left.....)
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