because I'm actually trying to work on decluttering/minimizing my stuff right now Alex gave me the bug but since I live in a big enough place, I don't... have to?
They had a lot of "tiny house nation" stuff on tv a while back, and I always liked it. I would adore living in one, except most are usually trailer type houses. D:
Yeah, though that doesn't work for me either for the same reason. Because they're usually out in the middle of nature, and I don't drive. But hnnnngh, I've wanted one for years.
I wouldn't mind a tiny house either, but maaaan I have too many things and good furniture and feel like I wouldn't have ROOM. and then there's the fact that I live living in an urban area, which for the most part wouldn't have such tiny places.
I just really regret having as much space as I do right now. Like. I live in a guest house, not a full-sized house, but the bedroom is kind of built like... a barn or something? It's huge. And I have an extra room I was going to make into a study that wound up like... PILED HIGH WITH STORED SHIT.
But I also 100% agree that it felt great when I decided to clear out half the shit in my room like "I don't even remember having this so long sucker!" and then looking around and not missing a thing.
we did get a really good deal on the one that's in Michigan, because it used to be ours and we traded a motorcycle as part of the price, lol, and got it back from friends
so I also think it's weird when the builders of these tiny houses think only along the lines of them being houses. I'm fine with custom building a home to be exactly how you want
So I'm not really as into the "typical" small house stuff because a lot of it just seems to be there to fulfill that minimalism aesthetic, which I'm not really into.
My best friend in elementary school had a motor home, and her family took me with them on some trips. It had its own awesome feel, like you could take it anywhere and still be "home."
Dude have you seen motorhomes these days? They are nice, seriously, some family friends had one that made my house look like a derelict wreck. Electric fireplace, wood floors, granite countertops....
like a lot of what I like about the tiny home thing is how many people were doing a lot of work on them themselves and having a whole house for $20,000 or so
like fantasizing about things that are really really expensive stopped being fun at some point for me, so stuff that seems like a frugal alternative but has super cool aesthetics is way more fun
I guess cause I know so many retired folks, motorhomes just never seemed like a "rich" thing to me? :|a Just a retired-so-we-migrate-to-Florida-for-the-winter thing.
but I'm also coming so much from the extreme poverty perspective that who I consider rich and who you consider rich you're probably very different things
I'm sure it;s possible to build a tiny house for an affordable amount of money, but the ones on those tv shows aren't that; they cost more and weigh a ton more and do things so much less efficiently and are more about the aesthetics and the "oh look at what I'm doing to reduce my carbon footprint"
I just get so upset at the people who make a choice like that and parade it around as if they are morally superior. I'm not saying I disagree with the choice, just that occsional attitude you see
the houses usually are a real house, just built small, so they weigh so much more, so I hope a lot of these people aren't moving them around very often
the containers aren't ridiculously expensive, they're already structurally sound, so they just need finishing out (and connecting to other containers for when you need more space than one)
there are some mountain communities in China with villages like that. a few buildings, each of the buildings is circular, with a courtyard in the middle
When I was a kid I lived in a townhouse development where basically everybody had a common stretch of front yard and no backyard because th houses had another set of units attached to the opposite side
Because you end up wasting a lot less and spending a lot less when you share those rooms and goods that everyone needs a separate one of if you live separately
as an example, my previous apartment building was for people who had previously been homeless for X amount of time or longer. no wait list. it's a way to help people get a positive rental history that would be tough to otherwise. but it was ~$360 for a bedroom, a bathroom you share with several other tenants, and a single communal kitchen+living room on the
first floor. and people continually would use up the toilet paper in the bathrooms and not put in fresh rolls. it was irritating b/c I could put in a fresh roll one day and the next it's gone
Alex gave me the bugbut since I live in a big enough place, I don't... have to?more space = more room for the wollybuggers to hide in help