Tiny houses

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I bet they're great for ex-cons but I can promise you I'd never live in one of those.
 
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well coug the heat bill would be cheap and you wouldn't have to worry about entertaining unwanted friends for very long :)

I all most bought a really small ass log cabin years ago,up on a mountain top,a living room,a loft for a bed room ,a small crapper and shower,a small kitchen stove and fridge,what else do you need ? :)

other than a wall mounted big screen TV to watch some UT football


and I did think about a House Boat too,the same thing,but with an anchor lol
 
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I always thought the idea was pretty neat. We tend to have a lot of inefficient space in our homes. Other countries don't have as much space and a tiny home is required. Heck, just look at small apartment spaces in large cities.

If you were a person that barely stayed home, a tiny house is not a bad idea.
 
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FalcoVol said:
I always thought the idea was pretty neat. We tend to have a lot of inefficient space in our homes. Other countries don't have as much space and a tiny home is required. Heck, just look at small apartment spaces in large cities.

If you were a person that barely stayed home, a tiny house is not a bad idea.
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anybody that works 9-5 hardly uses their home. at least a third of the day you are at work, and when you are home at least half the time is sleeping, another third of the day.
 
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What you saw was just a version of House Hunters that focused on Tiny Houses. There is a new show in the works that will show construction and design of them. It should be pretty interesting.
 
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I would love to have one. Can't own one in Nashville currently, tho.
 
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FalcoVol said:
I always thought the idea was pretty neat. We tend to have a lot of inefficient space in our homes. Other countries don't have as much space and a tiny home is required. Heck, just look at small apartment spaces in large cities.

If you were a person that barely stayed home, a tiny house is not a bad idea.
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I'm trying to convince my wife of the same thing. Right now, we're in the starter house I bought right out of college (approx 1500 sq ft), but in her mind the next step is a 3000-3500 sq ft mcmansion. The West Knoxville in her is strong.

I'm not really into the true tiny house thing, but I'd like our next, more upgraded house to be efficient rather than just having a bunch of barely used space essentially used to show off or accumulate more crap.

And unless we have a basement, to hell with stairs.
 
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my sister and brother in law built a big house on the 12 acres they own,right before the prices fell thru the bottom

they want a place about half the size or less than they have now,it is a really nice house,but they don't need it

i believe they are about to put it on the market shortly,it is in between Greenville and Kingsport

heating cost are going to do nothing but go up,I could get by in a tiny home


hmmm or a house boat lol

one painted Orange and White too

crap,I've lost that picture of a small ass trailer for a house boat lol I forget who posted it,but it looked cool as beans to me :)
 
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WallyBalls said:
I'm trying to convince my wife of the same thing. Right now, we're in the starter house I bought right out of college (approx 1500 sq ft), but in her mind the next step is a 3000-3500 sq ft mcmansion. The West Knoxville in her is strong.

I'm not really into the true tiny house thing, but I'd like our next, more upgraded house to be efficient rather than just having a bunch of barely used space essentially used to show off or accumulate more crap.

And unless we have a basement, to hell with stairs.
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show her the difference in the electric bill and say,this will have to come out of your side of the bills ,we will have to cut back on things


uuuh when you catch her in a good mood :)
 
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governmentmule said:
show her the difference in the electric bill and say,this will have to come out of your side of the bills ,we will have to cut back on things


uuuh when you catch her in a good mood :)
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10-4 on the good mood, haha.

I'm showing her some houses that I like the layouts of and she's coming around to the way I see it.

There's a small house she adores on Douglas Lake. That's helped more than anything.
 
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I like our little starter house. Been in it 13 years. Had a lot of good times in that house, kids are never inside (woods and a stream on the property, lots of kids in the neighborhood), and I love, love, love the extra money from a puny mortgage and low utilities. It'll be paid for in 2 years or less.

But, with baby #4 on the way, we've been looking. My stay-at-home wife would understandably like more space. Found a sweet place with a pond, swimming pool and unfinished basement workshop out in the hills. May put in an offer this week.
 
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i can appreciate being a minimalist. i think the single guy in all of us desires to have that single space hunting cabin alone in the backcountry, with stove,, space heater,, and running water.

After watchig this show, it appears a majority of the small home buyers' are men. whove gotten their wives on board by showing them a reduction in day to day expenses.

i wondee what the percentage of people whove bought smaller homes is who have kept them? especially the family who had three kids, one a teenager.
 
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governmentmule said:
my sister and brother in law built a big house on the 12 acres they own,right before the prices fell thru the bottom

they want a place about half the size or less than they have now,it is a really nice house,but they don't need it

i believe they are about to put it on the market shortly,it is in between Greenville and Kingsport

heating cost are going to do nothing but go up,I could get by in a tiny home


hmmm or a house boat lol

one painted Orange and White too

crap,I've lost that picture of a small ass trailer for a house boat lol I forget who posted it,but it looked cool as beans to me :)
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i spent my 12-18 yrs in a small cabin. no central ac. in the winter, space heaters provided heat or a fire. it was the life my dad chose, he had options.

it was nice, great way to grow up...needless to say it taught me a lot about appreciating what we have and dont. it also made me a tightwad. i always suggest and recommend people live within their means. you never knkw what will happen next. we dont have a huge house now, and about 3/4 acre. i cannot imagine trying to take care of that much acreage. its all we can do to keep what we have up.
 
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We will most likely be downsizing in another 5-10 years. Downsizing as in 3500sqft to around 2000 not 300 to 400.
 
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salutethehill said:
I like our little starter house. Been in it 13 years. Had a lot of good times in that house, kids are never inside (woods and a stream on the property, lots of kids in the neighborhood), and I love, love, love the extra money from a puny mortgage and low utilities. It'll be paid for in 2 years or less.

But, with baby #4 on the way, we've been looking. My stay-at-home wife would understandably like more space. Found a sweet place with a pond, swimming pool and unfinished basement workshop out in the hills. May put in an offer this week.
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I love mine. It's a perfect size for 2 people, and eventually one or 2 young kids.
 
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jackcrevol said:
i spent my 12-18 yrs in a small cabin. no central ac. in the winter, space heaters provided heat or a fire. it was the life my dad chose, he had options.

it was nice, great way to grow up...needless to say it taught me a lot about appreciating what we have and dont. it also made me a tightwad. i always suggest and recommend people live within their means. you never knkw what will happen next. we dont have a huge house now, and about 3/4 acre. i cannot imagine trying to take care of that much acreage. its all we can do to keep what we have up.
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Sounds similar to my upbringing. No air or heat, but a wood stove that would fry you out of the house when it was cold outside. 6 of us (2 parents, 4 kids) in a 900 sq ft house, in the woods (no lawn to fool with, just a driveway that would wash out into the road when it rained hard), in the mountains of SC.
 
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