the small house movement

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Late to this party but: http://www.monolithic.com/topics/cabins

Another suggestion: buy a cargo container, you know one of those steel boxes that is used to ship cheap Chinese junk to America, and make it into a cabin. I have found that regs in many places prohibit "camping", meaning all rubber tire conveyances, and have onerous requirements for stick built, but the law says nothing about a cargo container. An 8x20 container would be 160 sq ft. I plan to save up my disability check (I currently live with parents) and buy cheap land in Oregon, then buy a couple 20' containers, make one into a cabin while using the other for storage and butchering my small livestock-I plan to live truly sustainably-and live there, raising and growing my own food. The only outside convenience would be propane heat, since it gets quite cold. Solar panels for electricity and a solar powered well for water. I plan to have an old diesel 4x4 pickup, and use that to get to town.

Does anybody else like the idea of living in one of these? They are kind of expensive. But they look like good quality, and the best part, it would be ready to move into, the day it is delivered.

the small house movement is fascinating.

i often think the bigger the house often the less is going on inside their brains ........ small is fine, it will do all u want.

why not crap in the garden ... the Chinese and suchlike still prize nightsoil for the land .... as long as u don't have a dog to roll in it ! !

in many senses we've lost the 'magic' of living ...

somebody needs to figure out how to make music sound good in small spaces.

I have, it is called an apartment.

The millionaire mommy next door had a blog before the housing crash advocating to sell the Mc Mansion and rent, which she had done herself. Her main reasons cut cost way down. On the capitol of house sale, the interest on that money alone you could more than pay the rent. It made her an actual dollar millionaire.
It was not too popular at the time but I thought it was a great idea.
http://millionairemommynextdoor.com/

Nancy Pelosi wants us all to live in telephone booths.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45gmk ... bisbee-az/

the above is the opposite of a small house. kajillionaires only need apply.

Wow. That cave house is cool Auntblabby! I thought caves were supposed to be for poor people though. They have gone a bit overboard, hence the price tag.

We live in 650 sq feet. We built a very cheap 'sleep out' (tiny cottage for guests, quite common in New Zealand) to live in until we could afford to build the house. After many years of saving, we realised we are really happy as we are, and don't need a bigger house.

If I win the lottery, I might splurge and build one of these...

http://www.rocioromero.com/LVMHome.html

Rocio Romero is an artist...

I like the fact that they are airy inside.