Could You Live in a Tiny House?

[MJ5150]

I think there's definitely a mindset that's required for tiny living to work, and in my opinion you have to have a sound reason for doing so. If the motivation is to save money, then it's likely going to be difficult to get into a tiny home and even more difficult to maintain the lifestyle. Because then it just becomes a comparison of cost savings to having less, and for many of us it is quite easy to justify having more and spending more to get it.
It's great that many of you realize this is not something you can do and you know why. I definitely don't recommend trying it out to see if you like it.
When the correct motivation/reason is there, then it isn't all the difficult to simplify and live in a tiny space.

-Mike

 

[shadowtippy]

I recently lived in one for 5 weeks. There were 4 adults, 2 small dogs, and 3 cats in a house that was about 12x24. The "kitchen" had a small, dishwasher size refrigerator, a microwave oven, a tiny sink, and not enough cabinet space. The bathroom had a great shower, though. I spent as much time outdoors as possible. We were evacuated from a hurricane at the time and were glad to have a place to stay, but I wouldn't want to have something that size as a permanent residence.

 

[SoonerBill]

How big is my detached garage?

My thought exactly! We have a 1500 sq ft house that we don't use half of. We could pretty easily do 300 sq ft if I could have it connected to a three car garage.

 

[PWRL]

Something I wanted to do was to buy an old sailboat that has a good cabin but isn't seaworthy any longer and put it in the backyard in a fake pond as a guest house.

 

[ClusterFlux]

I could, but only if a) I could have a storage space somewhere nearby, and b) I had a lot of land around the Teeny Tiny House.

By the way, not directly on topic, but in case you haven't seen this yet.... Mind blowing

 

[Drifter8230]

If it wasn't for all these children running around our home, it's not such a bad idea. I think that living like that could be tranquil. We all have soooo much STUFF (and I like my stuff) but hardly any of it is really important. My wife would never go for it, but I feel that it would be less stressful.

A big house doesn't make me happy. I remember when all of my important items fit into 2 large duffel bags, and I was HAPPY! I've always been intrigued by those tiny homes.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

Heck no. After a few basses, amps, cabs, guns, cooking stuff, wife, her stuff, it would be full. I'd be sleeping in the car!

 

[DwaynieAD]

That's the plan eventually