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Tom OHern wrote:300 sqft is huge for a tiny house on a trailer. The largest of the Tumbleweed Homes is 172 + 53 for the loft. With that said, there are plenty of examples of two people living in spaces with less than 200 sqft of space. But it all comes down to whether you can life in that little of a space. You should minimize your lifestyle now, and see if you can manage in a smaller footprint. Can you get rid of 90% of your possessions with out cramping your lifestyle?
The question becomes why do you want to live in a tiny house? And do the benefits to you doing so outweigh the costs to you? Only you can answer those questions.
Andrew Parker wrote:I knew a retired couple who tried to live out of a 14 foot travel trailer, so less than 100 sq.ft.. It was doable, but they ended up in counseling. I think it is a factor of how many possessions you have and how much time you will be spending inside. When you look at homes from 100 years ago, they were raising large families in less than 300 sq.ft. Unless your mother is nimble, you might want to avoid a sleeping loft.
Perhaps rather than building a rustic travel trailer, a home that can be broken down and moved in a trailer would be better?
Andrew Parker wrote:Any design whose pre-fabricated components can be loaded into a standard container or onto a standard trailer would work. Yurts, military structures and disaster relief shelters are designed that way as are many storage sheds. You usually need to build a foundation for each site. You may also want to sacrifice siding and roofing with each move, if you don't like seams.
Andrew Parker wrote:I suppose you could look for something as surplus but I mentioned it primarily as an example of how you could build in such a way as to be able to disassemble all or some of the components and take them to a different location for reassembly. At the very least, you could build a core with plumbing, electrical and HVAC (conventional or otherwise), kitchen, bathroom, etc.. Come to think of it, a 14 foot travel trailer might do the job. Make sure you build enough breathing room around it to stay out of therapy.
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Angelika Maier wrote:This is around 28 m2 for the metric here. I am all for tiny houses but this is clearly too small.
I would work out if you can drop the movable part. Or I would make two tiny houses or three. One for each of you and
one for kitchen and bathroom, this creates heating problems though.
I found as soon as you garden or farm you will need a bigger house at least the kitchen.
If you have a good uni library near you borrow a book which is called Neufert it is full of measurements.
If the house is smaller it does not cost that much less. You still need plumbing electricity etc.
I would say on double the size you have a really comfortable house for both of you. You might be able to get down to 1 1/2 the size.
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Tom OHern wrote:
Angelika Maier wrote:This is around 28 m2 for the metric here. I am all for tiny houses but this is clearly too small.
Angelika, it might be too small for you, but there are lot s of people who are living in houses that size and it works for them.
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Angelika Maier wrote:Kitchen, sowing, knitting, guests.....
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Ann Torrence wrote:I think it mostly comes down to kitchens
When I read things like this, I really count my climatic blessings.Ann Torrence wrote:other stuff needs to be kept above freezing and below food-damaging garage heat that we get in the summer
Ann Torrence wrote: I might be able to make toast and tea, but canning salsa while cooking dinner? It would descend to chaos rather quickly, I'm afraid.
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