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[orthodoxy1095]

The only issue I really have with these is not nearly enough room for all my books.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

I always romanticized that first apartment scene from An American in Paris, makes you feel like you are more organized, but living in the moment.

 

[Jimrpg]

^^

There was a really fascinating episode of 99% invisible a couple weeks back about a project that built housing for people who lost their homes in an earthquake in Chile. The thing is the project only built half of the house, and allowed the homeowner to build out the other half as their economic situation allowed.

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/half-a-house/

The argument the show made was that this wouldn't work in the US because it would be seen as embarrassing for a first would country to have to do something like that, but I actually think the basic idea of expandable architecture that turns home ownership into more of a 'pay-as-you-go' system than a system of lifelong debt has merit.

The tiny home market has yet to come up with an easily expandable design that I know of. Sure there are plenty of 'modular' designs, but modular doesn't mean 'easily expandable'.

You have one problem with this and that is most people are not designers, construction engineers, architects. Perhaps in first world countries that would be ok if people follow strict laws on what can and can't be built and getting approval from council and professionals to oversee the project.

In other parts of the world, if you leave people to their own devices, they

1) generally have poor taste and do whatever they can afford, meaning there'll be random construction everywhere.

2) zero coordination between home owners in the same area.

People in Malaysia can buy a property and then later do what they like on their property, which leads to people building right up to the frontage maximising the space, putting stuff out on the street (because taking up a bit of the street is 'ok'). There aren't any standards so things could be unsafe but as long as you're comfortable with it, then no one can do anything. We're a developer here and when we hand over a set of houses, it looks orderly and pristine. After people move in, people start building random shelters/roofings outside, concrete right around the entire lot, put up random fences so every house has a different fence and paint their house a different colour.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

You have one problem with this and that is most people are not designers, construction engineers, architects. Perhaps in first world countries that would be ok if people follow strict laws on what can and can't be built and getting approval from council and professionals to oversee the project.

In other parts of the world, if you leave people to their own devices, they

1) generally have poor taste and do whatever they can afford, meaning there'll be random construction everywhere.

2) zero coordination between home owners in the same area.

People in Malaysia can buy a property and then later do what they like on their property, which leads to people building right up to the frontage maximising the space, putting stuff out on the street (because taking up a bit of the street is 'ok'). There aren't any standards so things could be unsafe but as long as you're comfortable with it, then no one can do anything. We're a developer here and when we hand over a set of houses, it looks orderly and pristine. After people move in, people start building random shelters/roofings outside, concrete right around the entire lot, put up random fences so every house has a different fence and paint their house a different colour.

This sounds like a visual nightmare!!!!

 

[Kevtones]

I'm buying one.

 

[How About No]

i love this kind of stuff. would not mind living in one of those for the rest of my life, especially if it's in a nice city.

It's like someone tried to model a mobile home in the Source Hammer level editor

Actually really nice and wouldn't mind living in a trailer park of these

 

[Fou-Lu]

i love this kind of stuff. would not mind living in one of those for the rest of my life, especially if it's in a nice city.

While it looks cool, for some reason something like this makes me feel sketchy and paranoid. Like you're not really inside.

 

[Aztechnology]

i love this kind of stuff. would not mind living in one of those for the rest of my life, especially if it's in a nice city.

I really like that one, the under floor bed, or potentially a bed like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnj4w4dlWMs
Lofts are nice too, but I think I might rather be on ground level. you end up giving up the same amount of space either way really.

I'm buying one.

If serious, what are you going with and why?

 

[storafötter]

Been dreaming about this for many years. However I want more of a middle solution. Do not have to have a house on wheels but space efficient and sustainable energy solution. I do not see the benefit in the long run of having a tiny crammed space.

 

[oneils]

I've looked into stuff like this but zoning laws around here make them illegal. then I look at ways to tidy up my small townhouse and get exhausted at the idea of getting rid of all this stuff I've accumulated over the past 10 years. Maybe someday I will actually do it.

Edit: I think homeowners will eventually be able to build coach houses on their property, but I'm not sure if the coach house can be the only residence.

 

[Seirith]

I've never seen the HGTV show. But I've never seen a family living in one of these seriously outside of an occasional vacation/mobile home with children.

Quite a few of the people on the HGTV show have kids. One had two young kids, they bought a tiny house with the HUGE bed system which was basically the entire living area that the parents slept on top, 1 kid in the middle and 1 in a pull out thing on the bottom. 1 bathroom which also had the only sink in the house. I think it was around 250 sq ft.

 

[Aztechnology]

Been dreaming about this for many years. However I want more of a middle solution. Do not have to have a house on wheels but space efficient and sustainable energy solution. I do not see the benefit in the long run of having a tiny crammed space.

That's the same place I'm at. It has to be expandable to suit needs. So I'm definitely thinking modular home. A trailer tiny house isn't as appealing.

 

[iamblades]

You have one problem with this and that is most people are not designers, construction engineers, architects. Perhaps in first world countries that would be ok if people follow strict laws on what can and can't be built and getting approval from council and professionals to oversee the project.

In other parts of the world, if you leave people to their own devices, they

1) generally have poor taste and do whatever they can afford, meaning there'll be random construction everywhere.

2) zero coordination between home owners in the same area.

People in Malaysia can buy a property and then later do what they like on their property, which leads to people building right up to the frontage maximising the space, putting stuff out on the street (because taking up a bit of the street is 'ok'). There aren't any standards so things could be unsafe but as long as you're comfortable with it, then no one can do anything. We're a developer here and when we hand over a set of houses, it looks orderly and pristine. After people move in, people start building random shelters/roofings outside, concrete right around the entire lot, put up random fences so every house has a different fence and paint their house a different colour.

There is no reason you can't do the design and engineering(not that the engineering of your typical single family home is at all complex) of the additions ahead of time. The base house could come with the plans for all kinds of different additions that have been designed to fit with the base house's existing architectural style.

It's not like all the building codes disappear simply because you don't build all the square footage at the same time. The important bit is starting with a base that is designed with expansion in mind, so it doesn't turn into an architectural clusterfuck when people build it out.

 

[kaister]

Ah yes, I'm fascinated with these too.

Yea, these only make sense in expensive housing market area where space comes in a premium. Otherwise it makes very little sense.

Size is not what interest me...it's the efficient use of space. I hated my house because some of the space is completely wasted.

 

[FallingEdge]

props to the people who live this lifestyle but I cannot do it.

I want all that space and more.

 

[Kelsdesu]

Utlilzing space you say?

https://youtu.be/2JFu0Wm1hEk

The man is a wizard.

 

[Lubricus]

Beginning on Friday, The Big Huge Tiny House event will host up to six tiny houses in the parking lot of Ponce City Market. The homes will be available for tours along with 10 vendors and a speaking program on Saturday and Sunday.

http://talktown.blog.myajc.com/2016/11/01/tiny-house-movement-takes-over-ponce-city-market/

On Saturday from 1 – 2:30 P.M., tiny house advocates including Brian Preston, founder of Lamon Luther, a company committed to rebuilding lives and furniture; Jewel Pearson, creator of Tiny House Trailblazers; a collaboration between three women of color who represent voices of diversity in the tiny house movement and Will Johnston, Executive Director of Tiny House Atlanta will speak about tiny house living in Big Impact, Small Footprint.

On Sunday from 12 – 1:30 p.m., hear Catherine Lee, AsianCajuns lifestyle blogger and lifestyle consultant, Claudia Morris-Barclay speak about how to Downsize and Organize Your Way to Happiness.

The Big Huge Tiny House event runs from 10 a.m. – 6 pm. Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturday and 12 – 6 p.m. on Sunday at Ponce City Market, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested for the speaker programs at Tinyhouseatlanta.com.