Love tiny houses. I follow some FB groups and they're so much fun to look at. Personally would prefer something more like a small home, not full on tiny. Look up Dee Williams- I read her book, The Big Tiny, her story of how she came to build her own tiny house and everything that entailed. There's a lot of articles, videos about her house online.
How to make it happen? Hmmm.....microloan? Check kiva, it's not clear if it's only for business related lending or what. There may be other micro lenders that would work, too. It's always worth checking into!
Will they let you pay them like $300 now and $100 each month or a rent to own type of thing? There may be some way you give them collateral of some sort so that if you take it and stop paying they have recourse. NOT that you would, but so they feel better? Do you have anything in your trailer worth trading or selling? What if you sold that trailer and rented a monthly storage unit for your stuff instead for a bit?. Those units are like $65 a month - that way you get a bulk sum from the trailer sale to use on the coop now and still a place to put your other stuff? IF you still need all of that stuff...or build a shed wherever you put the coop/tiny house for the rest of your stuff...which begs the question - do you have the land or a spot to put that thing????
The trailer could be sold but the real issue is where to put the shed.
Legally (with the exception of a few places in WV and potentially elsewhere) I'd need a real deal septic. Zoning frowns on alternative skeptics like composting toilets. There's also the issue of water. To not be holding my breath of being busted it would need to pass code etc.
The tiny house movement is awesome but very difficult to swing if a "permanent" structure.
Perhaps I could keep it on a trailer to circumvent some of those issues.
I could probably get a loan from my aunt.
I'm definitely going to start googling zoning around here.
Meredith, I had the same thoughts as you about putting one of those on the back of my property. I would live in it comfortably, and rent out my house in front for additional income.
The powers that be here are the same. You have to have water and septic. Nowadays with all the new technology and developments in the areas of power generation, composting toilets, etc. there is no reason one should not be able to live in one of these.
The gov. regs are, as usual, far behind the times. They claim to protect us from ourselves, but in reality they are making money for their contractor friends by requiring these things. Our former ag district, now mostly suburban, FORCED everyone to install sewer and hook up to the county sewer system. They made millions of dollars off that deal, and NOBODY, no home owner (we had septic systems) wanted to sewer system.
These may come as kits from Home Depot or someplace like that. Some times in the year they do sales and have xx months of no interest if you use a credit card. That may be an option while you are researching the zoning. And, it wouldn't smell like goats or chickens:)
That one looks awesome, as I can see it is built with real wood, not particle board or some such. Make sure that any one you consider getting is wood, as those other man-made materials off-gas like crazy. Very unhealthy. Good luck! Looks like you found a good one.
Love tiny houses. I follow some FB groups and they're so much fun to look at. Personally would prefer something more like a small home, not full on tiny. Look up Dee Williams- I read her book, The Big Tiny, her story of how she came to build her own tiny house and everything that entailed. There's a lot of articles, videos about her house online.
ReplyDeleteHow to make it happen? Hmmm.....microloan? Check kiva, it's not clear if it's only for business related lending or what. There may be other micro lenders that would work, too. It's always worth checking into!
Will they let you pay them like $300 now and $100 each month or a rent to own type of thing? There may be some way you give them collateral of some sort so that if you take it and stop paying they have recourse. NOT that you would, but so they feel better? Do you have anything in your trailer worth trading or selling? What if you sold that trailer and rented a monthly storage unit for your stuff instead for a bit?. Those units are like $65 a month - that way you get a bulk sum from the trailer sale to use on the coop now and still a place to put your other stuff? IF you still need all of that stuff...or build a shed wherever you put the coop/tiny house for the rest of your stuff...which begs the question - do you have the land or a spot to put that thing????
ReplyDeleteThe trailer could be sold but the real issue is where to put the shed.
DeleteLegally (with the exception of a few places in WV and potentially elsewhere) I'd need a real deal septic. Zoning frowns on alternative skeptics like composting toilets. There's also the issue of water. To not be holding my breath of being busted it would need to pass code etc.
The tiny house movement is awesome but very difficult to swing if a "permanent" structure.
Perhaps I could keep it on a trailer to circumvent some of those issues.
I could probably get a loan from my aunt.
I'm definitely going to start googling zoning around here.
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DeleteMeredith, I had the same thoughts as you about putting one of those on the back of my property. I would live in it comfortably, and rent out my house in front for additional income.
DeleteThe powers that be here are the same. You have to have water and septic. Nowadays with all the new technology and developments in the areas of power generation, composting toilets, etc. there is no reason one should not be able to live in one of these.
The gov. regs are, as usual, far behind the times. They claim to protect us from ourselves, but in reality they are making money for their contractor friends by requiring these things. Our former ag district, now mostly suburban, FORCED everyone to install sewer and hook up to the county sewer system. They made millions of dollars off that deal, and NOBODY, no home owner (we had septic systems) wanted to sewer system.
Scams abound.....
These may come as kits from Home Depot or someplace like that. Some times in the year they do sales and have xx months of no interest if you use a credit card. That may be an option while you are researching the zoning. And, it wouldn't smell like goats or chickens:)
ReplyDeleteThat one looks awesome, as I can see it is built with real wood, not particle board or some such. Make sure that any one you consider getting is wood, as those other man-made materials off-gas like crazy. Very unhealthy. Good luck! Looks like you found a good one.
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