This is a great example of a tiny house. When I saw your set up for the shower I thought, "why didn't I think of that?", it is a simple solution for novice builders with small budgets. The entire house is very straight forward and I like that because some of these tiny homes are becoming like over-engineered stick built RVs. This is a very pure example of tiny housing that is accessible to newbies.
With Ryan's ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!
This TH stood out for me as something I would like as a week(end)long wilderness retreat. Being from the NorthEast I would add a small wood burning stove for heat and cooking. Regarding no fridge, my camp cooler can keep ice for five day, but yeah this would take some adjusting to get used to as an only residence! Thanks!
Pretty house, I'd probably dig a root cellar for some cool storage. I hope they have a carbon monoxide detector with that propane heater in a small space.
Love the house. I plan to have mine be both on the grid and off grid livable. My only issue I had was the solar panels work better if you keep them clear. But they did say that the snow came just the other night and it unusual for the area. Outside that I am loving it.
It looks really peaceful and serene 🌈. I have to say I had a wee heart attack as no one took off their shoes when they entered the house😳. I know in the states that is not a custom, but being from Canada it's drilled in all our heads to remove shoes. I saw all the wet snow on her floor and cringed, 😒anyways, enough about shoes. Wonderful little hamlet💖
actually smaller spaces "forces" you to solve issues instead of pushing away and each hiding in each your room, with "issues" going on for weeks-months-years
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing. A lot of tiny house people do not have foundations or wind breaks around their homes. The cold winds will sweep underneath these houses and cause cold drafts.
I just realized the t.v show little house on the Prairie was the original growing up in a tiny house show . it was a tiny home the barn was bigger unlike the Waltons who had an over size family living in a farm home
Replace the garden sprayer shower with a military-style 5 gallon water jug, preferably a dark color like black that you can leave in the sun to heat up and a USB shower pump for camping. That will be more like a real shower. You can even pour boiling water into the military water jugs without melting them, just make sure to mix it with cold water obviously.
Shed living. Here is an update, when they made this video, neither Laura or Matt lived in the house. They were living in a regular home in Asheville city limits. Laura and Matt only lived in the shed for 1 year. Laura has made a career about her 1 year living in this shed. Good for her, but the video was dishonest in that it presented that she was currently living there.
Yeah. It was more like a "grad" project for her. Totally dishonest impression is left with this video. They live in a stylish bungalow in Asheville. This property is not in Asheville but is West of Asheville. The location is not a big deal but the general impression that she is living off grid is dishonest. She even speaks in present tense when describing the tiny home, like she lived there when the video was made.
christschool I knew something was off when she said they hardly ever need heat. I lived in the warmer part of NC and you definitely need heat in winter.
Alli H it's really not all that difficult ice chests for what you "need" to keep cold and mostly just living off more..fresh products fridges are rather modern creations not coming about until about 1920 (not exact ofc) prior to that ice harvesting was fairly common (iceboxes) there's also the option of things like salting to keep stuff fresh ultimately though...this idea that food "needs" be cold is rather new to civilization most of human history it really wasn't an issue alot of what we consider important now are rather new items to human history
I am very confused. If thee is no refrigerator-what do they eat?? Ramen Noodles in a Cup every day?? I am seriously perplexed-do they use an igloo cooler? Even if you had a garden and grew your veggies-surely you would need to refrigerate some food items??
they said something about 'non-traditional' refrigeration -- not sure if that meant propane powered or a heavily insulated box running with minimum draw from their solar storage system.
I know, right? If you don't have a frig/freezer, then all food is processed or dried. i dint see a food dehydrator. Or storage for dried food. Lots of questions the vid dint cover.
I don't really feel like using propane appliances goes with the "off the grid" modo. Perhaps electric appliances powered by solar would be more appropriate. Or even wood burning stove for cooking.
One of my least fave tiny houses. Spend thousands of dollars to build a house and no running water..I could see camping like that, but hauling of your water by hand all year round for the rest of you life. They seem to be happy about it, however.
To each their own! We think this is one of our favorites just because of location and simplicity! But I can see how the water situation can be an issue... Or a workout ;)
per sebra It all depends... Not making it easy to get water makes you appreciate its value a little more. You could chose not to have a water pump by choice... Just like not having a microwave makes us cook a little different (and hopefully better), by choice.
Tiny House Giant Journey Makes you wonder. ppl lived for thousands of years without running water. If i lived like this, I'd not mind having to haul water up to the house on a daily basis. Id rather do that than be concerned about water pipes freezing. but ppl today have gotten " soft" so to speak about doing chores like our ancestors have done in this country. Just something .. to me .. that needs to be done, so just do it.
Yeah...I live in the same area. We have many, many days and nights below freezing, and several with single digits and a few below zero. That Berkey would freeze and burst in my kitchen. Fakey McFakerson.
I'd like to see a tiny house capable of fitting a family, and being able to transition the child's room/loft as the child grows. That would be incredibly cool.
Emily McEnulty how would you like to live in one for a year, and afterwards, have the money, and the skills and knowledge, of how to live completely off the grid???
+Larson Shook she has a website selling stuff on this and doing workshops. Be creative anything. Lots seem to go into cities to do jobs that are not regular. It makes this better instead of having to pay rent every month when some months you don't work.
Seriously too minimal... Hand pumping up a pesticide sprayer for a shower, no sink, hiking everything in, filtering all water. This is not freedom it's spending all of your time on mundane activities. Sigh... to each their own.
people as close to most people as 1 generation of grandparents did not have in home refridgerators. You can make it without it, just have to utilizer other methods of storage. Canning, curing, smoking, root cellars, dehydrating and eating what you cook daily instead of refrigerating. This was common practice honestly as little as 60 years ago. There are also other ways of refridgerating without Freon but way to complicated for me to explain in a post, do some research its not as hard as you would expect.
I'm always curious about getting internet to rural areas. My husband works from home so we would need a good provider at least for that. Any suggestions or reference to a blog post?
Find it very strange to build a house onto foundation using house plans that were intended to go down a road on a trailer. The house could be so much space savvy if it were 10 feet wide.
S Ga Thoreau’s house was 11 by 15. With modern dimensional lumber, 12 by 16 makes sense, and is larger than what they have; it would make ceiling height in loft higher with same pitch as well.... I own two pieces of land in Alaska, plan on putting something similar to Thoreau’s cabin on one of them this summer, but probably use 2x6 walls for more insulation.
How far out in the boon docks do you need to go to get where the local government will leave you alone and let you do whatever you want ? John Davis jax fl
You can wash dishes by hand. Laura used to work for a a cool laundromat where they served food, beer and had a library. So I can only assume she'd go there for that.
I like the idea of living in the wilderness. But as an introvert, I fear a transformation into a Ted Kaczynski wild-eyed crazy child in one-week flat. :| (I would have to write a blog--to keep from composing a manifesto!)
VideoMenu My rural pieces of land (1.25 and 4.5 acres respectively) each have neighbors... my tiny cabin build site (not done yet) has neighbors, the closest is a brown bear
@@cminmd0041 If they did that concrete posts footers right, meaning below the frost level they will have no problem. Not sure what their frost level is there but here it goes down to 18" in the ground so the concrete footer is supposed to go down to 24". 4th dimension is time :+)
How do you make windows exactly proportional to the house? I agree that the windows really do seem to fit the house. But I don't understand the math behind this. Any suggestions?
They followed tumbleweed plans (so did we) in which the size of the windows is proportionate to the house. There are many articles online that talk about that. Mostly it's a rule of thirds and golden ratios.
Well, I see this whole movement as nothing more than an acceptance of reduced expectations. Why two adults would willingly share 120 square feet of living space for any reason comes down to economics. If they could afford more they would have more. I don't argue with a choice, but I think a lot of this reflects a choice of necessity. I don't think there is anything morally wrong with having a big house and plenty of room. Adversely, I see no virtue in and of itself by living in a broom closet without running water and electricity.
Well... Jenna and I could've kept our jobs and live in our 2,500 sq ft and 1,000 places (respectively) in Los Angeles. We could afford it, we could keep up with the bills. We still quit our jobs because we weren't satisfied and both moved into 125 sq ft, with our dog! It was life changing and we will never go back to a big house, no matter how much money we make. If we settle somewhere and buy land, we're planning on building a 400 sq ft house or so, but nothing larger. Most large houses hurt people financially, use lots of energy to maintain, lots of materials to build and are often poorly designed for the people living in them. They suck people's time and energy, whether it's for cleaning, maintenance, mortgage payments, etc. Not being tied to your house is an amazing feeling! Not everybody will have the same opinion obviously, but that's what we truly believe in. And every single person we met living a similar lifestyle has proven to be so much happier than all the people we know living in larger houses. They have that "I'm free" mentality, I can have more time and savings to do the things I want.
Basically they are camping in the woods. In reality 2 people plus their pets living in such a tiny space, is completely impractical. They would have to be extreme minimalists, with no jobs, no Hobbies, no social life because there's no room for close or tools or toys of any kind in that house. They're certainly not having friends or family over for the weekend. LOL Even for a single introverted person, that's just too small of a space for Quality living.
a cat toilet underneath your clothes? seriously? also i really don't understand why you would bring a cat into the woods... poor birds... i hate when people put so much effort into living an eco-friendly life and then they let their cat go wild on anything outside the house.
Patrick Rodgers domestic cats would actually not exist... hence why there are no wild species of small felines in the US. Domestic cats are actually quite destructive to native bird species. She has a valid point..
Miss Minka You have been sadly misinformed, bobcats are native to at least part of the US, and they are quite small compared to the larger cats such as tigers or lions.
Miss Minka Tons of feral cats live in the U.S.. In addition to Cougars,(Puma and Mountain lion) Jaguar, Bob cats, Ocelot, and Lynx. They are a part of the ecosystem and have a purpose even feral cats.
IMHO, the addition of feral cats to the mix of naturally occurring predators puts tremendous pressure on the prey species as they aren't equipped to handle the additional predation. Also there is the possibility of new diseases being introduced into the wild population. At any rate, having a pet of any species involves responsibility on the part of the owner, and part of that is proper care and feeding, not leaving that job up to the woods and wild or city surroundings.
johnyboy6405 Wood is renewable, doesn't use nearly as much energy to produce than alternatives and tiny houses don't use much of it! So yep, it can be ecofriendly if sourced appropriately. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building_and_wood
johnyboy6405 yes mr. obvious, people use timber for wooden houses, and it is made of dead trees. But if you wanna really eco friendly house, it is possible to reuse materials, use a fast growing renewable material like hemp or straws.
It's probably really difficult to embrace tiny living when the 'loft' is so constricted. Tumbleweed original designs always 'look' warm, but live super constricted & extreme. It's on a foundation, so why not rip off that roof and build a little more wiggle & romp room? I'm all for scaling back, but ya know, just my humble opinion....
gettinnapkins Why? Of all the tiny houses I've seen on UA-cam, easily half of them have something from Ikea in it- either the tiny sink for a bathroom, extendable circle mirror, the drop down tables, the double leaf table with the sliding storage drawers or kitchen organizers.
It is a fact that house cats kill birds and small mammals. It has been demostrated in several studies. If you are scared of the truth, you do not have to be insolent.
Oscar E. Quirós since rodents live in those settings and try to move into cabins and houses, something to kill and eat rodents is a good thing...and not many endangered bird species in NC, so probably not an issue in the least...
Don't large predator birds, like hawks, eagles, falcons, etc... do the same??? Why single out a house cat that is useful in keeping rodents out of the house and garden?
+ Daniel Tranchida. I have heard of people doing this, but I always wondered how practical it really is. I always think of the danger of bears-a reality in Wisconsin so I am sure in Michigan as well. Don't the animals smell the food in the coolers even if it is buried and try to get at it??
I can understand living in a small footprint and wanting to save money. However, if you know that you're not going to move the home as in this case I would incorporate a wrap around covered porch to extend the living and entertaining space. A 12 to 20 foot wrap around porch would do wonders for storage as well as increased livability.
+ JCAR. Did you not see that they did build a big deck?? It was not attached to the house, but set down the hill a bit-I am guessing so they could take advantage of the beautiful. mountain views.
This gave me a lot of great ideas. I never thought of downsizing even further going from a hot water tank and pump to just a sprayer in the shower. What a great idea! That must save so much water. Using a futon also saves so much space. This is just a great looking place.
This is a great example of a tiny house. When I saw your set up for the shower I thought, "why didn't I think of that?", it is a simple solution for novice builders with small budgets. The entire house is very straight forward and I like that because some of these tiny homes are becoming like over-engineered stick built RVs. This is a very pure example of tiny housing that is accessible to newbies.
With Ryan's ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!
These people are living my dream. I love Tiny Houses, and I love Asheville.
I like it. Looks cozy inside. Amazing how 120 square feet looks larger inside!
This TH stood out for me as something I would like as a week(end)long wilderness retreat. Being from the NorthEast I would add a small wood burning stove for heat and cooking. Regarding no fridge, my camp cooler can keep ice for five day, but yeah this would take some adjusting to get used to as an only residence! Thanks!
Pretty house, I'd probably dig a root cellar for some cool storage. I hope they have a carbon monoxide detector with that propane heater in a small space.
Love the house. I plan to have mine be both on the grid and off grid livable. My only issue I had was the solar panels work better if you keep them clear. But they did say that the snow came just the other night and it unusual for the area. Outside that I am loving it.
I would enclose that foundation to make it a mini storage basement.
I came to the comments to say this exact thing. Yuck. Cat litter box smell is the worst too.
It looks really peaceful and serene 🌈. I have to say I had a wee heart attack as no one took off their shoes when they entered the house😳. I know in the states that is not a custom, but being from Canada it's drilled in all our heads to remove shoes. I saw all the wet snow on her floor and cringed, 😒anyways, enough about shoes. Wonderful little hamlet💖
I love this tiny house and it's location! Thanks for the tour! :)
Very nice design, I like the hidden litter box:)
You really have to love each other to make something like this work.
If it was me it would be The Shining" in two weeks
+MrGenedancingmachine - "It puts the lotion on the skin- ..." Oh, wait. Wrong movie. ... Well! Still applies! :P
I bet sex is awkward
actually smaller spaces "forces" you to solve issues instead of pushing away and each hiding in each your room, with "issues" going on for weeks-months-years
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing. A lot of tiny house people do not have foundations or wind breaks around their homes. The cold winds will sweep underneath these houses and cause cold drafts.
These tiny houses remind me of little house on the prairie
Dude you tracked snow into the house !
Ronald Carrender yup thought the exact same thing!!! 😳
Ronald Carrender
The WHOLE house....
You could see the lady's face as she looked down at the snow on the floor when they first walked in. I know that look!
Beautiful, basic living at its best!
I just realized the t.v show little house on the Prairie was the original growing up in a tiny house show . it was a tiny home the barn was bigger unlike the Waltons who had an over size family living in a farm home
I loved the shower system :D thank you for the videoooo!!!!!
Replace the garden sprayer shower with a military-style 5 gallon water jug, preferably a dark color like black that you can leave in the sun to heat up and a USB shower pump for camping. That will be more like a real shower. You can even pour boiling water into the military water jugs without melting them, just make sure to mix it with cold water obviously.
Shed living. Here is an update, when they made this video, neither Laura or Matt lived in the house. They were living in a regular home in Asheville city limits. Laura and Matt only lived in the shed for 1 year. Laura has made a career about her 1 year living in this shed. Good for her, but the video was dishonest in that it presented that she was currently living there.
Yeah. It was more like a "grad" project for her. Totally dishonest impression is left with this video. They live in a stylish bungalow in Asheville. This property is not in Asheville but is West of Asheville. The location is not a big deal but the general impression that she is living off grid is dishonest. She even speaks in present tense when describing the tiny home, like she lived there when the video was made.
Hi Steve. I just read her blog, that's where I found that information. Also I agree with you on the tool reviews on UA-cam.
Wow. with those facts out in the open now, I'm feeling a little like a Bernie Madoff moment. A tiny deception is still a deception. Not cool.
christschool I knew something was off when she said they hardly ever need heat. I lived in the warmer part of NC and you definitely need heat in winter.
She was being honest with that one, she was hardly ever there so the heater was virtually never used.
Cat pan in the closet? Bet those clothes stink!
Imagine two of these with a giant deck connecting. Same views same direction just 10-15 feet in between. Great job for 120sf
Asheville, I once lived there but could not keep up the cost. beautiful area!!!
Yikes. My clothes just over the fuming cat litter box? Not for me.
ditto
+bloodandwinearered I so agree not for me
+bloodandwinearered - Yeah, I pictured that conversation: "He's your cat, the box goes in your closet!"
+bloodandwinearered I thought the same thing.
Hahahahaha, word!
its very cozy and comfortable
Umm. Why not use a 4 wheeler and small trailer to haul things up?
no refrigeration? How does one live in a home without at fridge? Beautiful home!
Alli H it's really not all that difficult
ice chests for what you "need" to keep cold
and mostly just living off more..fresh products
fridges are rather modern creations not coming about until about 1920 (not exact ofc)
prior to that ice harvesting was fairly common (iceboxes)
there's also the option of things like salting to keep stuff fresh
ultimately though...this idea that food "needs" be cold is rather new to civilization
most of human history it really wasn't an issue
alot of what we consider important now are rather new items to human history
Alli H
Before ice box
We used the earth cold temp in form of root cellar, spring house etc
Alli H need a flat screen tv for entertainment
You dig a cellar, or find a cave, both will keep the items, at or below the temperature of a refrigerator.
I am very confused. If thee is no refrigerator-what do they eat?? Ramen Noodles in a Cup every day?? I am seriously perplexed-do they use an igloo cooler? Even if you had a garden and grew your veggies-surely you would need to refrigerate some food items??
they said something about 'non-traditional' refrigeration -- not sure if that meant propane powered or a heavily insulated box running with minimum draw from their solar storage system.
I know, right? If you don't have a frig/freezer, then all food is processed or dried. i dint see a food dehydrator. Or storage for dried food. Lots of questions the vid dint cover.
I would have liked more than just the brief visuals of the solar panel and the mechanical systems between the footings under the cabin.
kazoosc It looked liked they have a small 12 volt fridge under the house. You can see it at 9:15
It's pretty cold outdoors half the year there...
I don't really feel like using propane appliances goes with the "off the grid" modo. Perhaps electric appliances powered by solar would be more appropriate. Or even wood burning stove for cooking.
Please do a tour of the purple house in Savannah!
absolutely amazing great respect
Very nice setup.
This is really nice! Much nicer than some of the shell models I reviewed on my channel!
Liked and subscribed thank you!
One of my least fave tiny houses. Spend thousands of dollars to build a house and no running water..I could see camping like that, but hauling of your water by hand all year round for the rest of you life.
They seem to be happy about it, however.
To each their own! We think this is one of our favorites just because of location and simplicity! But I can see how the water situation can be an issue... Or a workout ;)
***** Couldn't have said it better!
***** Have you never heard of water pumps run on solar?
"There is more OF life WITH convenience."...
There, I fixed it.
per sebra It all depends... Not making it easy to get water makes you appreciate its value a little more. You could chose not to have a water pump by choice... Just like not having a microwave makes us cook a little different (and hopefully better), by choice.
Tiny House Giant Journey Makes you wonder. ppl lived for thousands of years without running water. If i lived like this, I'd not mind having to haul water up to the house on a daily basis. Id rather do that than be concerned about water pipes freezing. but ppl today have gotten " soft" so to speak about doing chores like our ancestors have done in this country. Just something .. to me .. that needs to be done, so just do it.
Yeah...I live in the same area. We have many, many days and nights below freezing, and several with single digits and a few below zero. That Berkey would freeze and burst in my kitchen. Fakey McFakerson.
Love it all!
Simple living love it
Cool simple off grid solutions
I'd like to see a tiny house capable of fitting a family, and being able to transition the child's room/loft as the child grows. That would be incredibly cool.
Emily McEnulty how would you like to live in one for a year, and afterwards, have the money, and the skills and knowledge, of how to live completely off the grid???
So I am assuming that in this county whatever county it is the ordinances for these type of houses are allowed. Right?
Neat bathroom idea
Hey I live in Virginia. I can't believe that you don't use that heater more often, like every day. It's cold here.
It's been really warm here in the Carolina's and I've only used my heat maybe 3 times this winter so far. It's been in the 70's for the last few days.
Can anyone do a video on some of the jobs off grid tiny home owners do?
Please
+Larson Shook she has a website selling stuff on this and doing workshops. Be creative anything. Lots seem to go into cities to do jobs that are not regular. It makes this better instead of having to pay rent every month when some months you don't work.
Thank you! I plan to make money street performing once I'm on the road with my off grid bus.
Seriously too minimal... Hand pumping up a pesticide sprayer for a shower, no sink, hiking everything in, filtering all water. This is not freedom it's spending all of your time on mundane activities. Sigh... to each their own.
I agree!
I agree.
She also has different spots too lay on
people as close to most people as 1 generation of grandparents did not have in home refridgerators. You can make it without it, just have to utilizer other methods of storage. Canning, curing, smoking, root cellars, dehydrating and eating what you cook daily instead of refrigerating. This was common practice honestly as little as 60 years ago. There are also other ways of refridgerating without Freon but way to complicated for me to explain in a post, do some research its not as hard as you would expect.
A cat and a stinky litter box in a tiny house??
I'm always curious about getting internet to rural areas. My husband works from home so we would need a good provider at least for that. Any suggestions or reference to a blog post?
Nice one!
Just asking because i am thinking about this if this is allowed in this area.
Find it very strange to build a house onto foundation using house plans that were intended to go down a road on a trailer. The house could be so much space savvy if it were 10 feet wide.
S Ga Thoreau’s house was 11 by 15. With modern dimensional lumber, 12 by 16 makes sense, and is larger than what they have; it would make ceiling height in loft higher with same pitch as well....
I own two pieces of land in Alaska, plan on putting something similar to Thoreau’s cabin on one of them this summer, but probably use 2x6 walls for more insulation.
I love the shower idea.
A cyclone fence would be good addition - Just for security of some extent..
What form of refrigeration do you use?
Great room lol
Nice place
. .. looks like not spacious but , it spacious and , i like they use wood . Cool .
Do they wash their dishes in the creak 1800's style?
How large is the property and how much did it cost you?
That's funny she said you don't need heat in the south, without a doubt she doesn't live there through the winter!
Just perfect!
How far out in the boon docks do you need to go to get where the local government will leave you alone and let you do whatever you want ?
John Davis jax fl
What I do if I have 4 cats and 2 dogs?
How do they wash dishes? Or do laundry?
You can wash dishes by hand. Laura used to work for a a cool laundromat where they served food, beer and had a library. So I can only assume she'd go there for that.
Love it.
This is actually Madison NC not Asheville
Carbon monoxide alarms would be going off, had she any.
Propane heater in a tiny enclosed space...
Build a chimney and put in a boat heater.
Very liveable
I like the idea of living in the wilderness. But as an introvert, I fear a transformation into a Ted Kaczynski wild-eyed crazy child in one-week flat. :|
(I would have to write a blog--to keep from composing a manifesto!)
ya don't get crazy just because ya live tiny out in nature ;-) ya actually get more in touch with yaself AND nature
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My rural pieces of land (1.25 and 4.5 acres respectively) each have neighbors... my tiny cabin build site (not done yet) has neighbors, the closest is a brown bear
Cool
Hola... bonito el video. Si fuera posible colocarse subtitulo en español, seria genial. Saludos
4th dimension? lol
Bart Beek I'd worry about the 4th the dimension the most. Over time, winter frost heaves might move the foundation of that house! Hope not. :)
@@cminmd0041 If they did that concrete posts footers right, meaning below the frost level they will have no problem. Not sure what their frost level is there but here it goes down to 18" in the ground so the concrete footer is supposed to go down to 24".
4th dimension is time :+)
I don't think they actually live in it..probably rent it out.
My dream
If they lived there for a year with no refridgerator and climbing up a mountain , ugh not for me:
I remember you...IN THE MOUNTAINS.
bed upstairs - most inconvenient in all the possible matters...
How do you make windows exactly proportional to the house? I agree that the windows really do seem to fit the house. But I don't understand the math behind this. Any suggestions?
They followed tumbleweed plans (so did we) in which the size of the windows is proportionate to the house. There are many articles online that talk about that. Mostly it's a rule of thirds and golden ratios.
+Tiny House Giant Journey Thank you!
Haha I thought her her light in the great room was a port hole window.
+ari sprauer. Don't feel bad-I did too. It wasn't until Jenna started talking about LED lights that I realized it wasn't.
*Heavy breathing*
128 sq. ft.
no sink no fridge bad showering system i think it is useless they could've done better job.
Naw. Not feeling it.
very jealous.
Well, I see this whole movement as nothing more than an acceptance of reduced expectations. Why two adults would willingly share 120 square feet of living space for any reason comes down to economics. If they could afford more they would have more. I don't argue with a choice, but I think a lot of this reflects a choice of necessity. I don't think there is anything morally wrong with having a big house and plenty of room. Adversely, I see no virtue in and of itself by living in a broom closet without running water and electricity.
Well... Jenna and I could've kept our jobs and live in our 2,500 sq ft and 1,000 places (respectively) in Los Angeles. We could afford it, we could keep up with the bills. We still quit our jobs because we weren't satisfied and both moved into 125 sq ft, with our dog! It was life changing and we will never go back to a big house, no matter how much money we make. If we settle somewhere and buy land, we're planning on building a 400 sq ft house or so, but nothing larger. Most large houses hurt people financially, use lots of energy to maintain, lots of materials to build and are often poorly designed for the people living in them. They suck people's time and energy, whether it's for cleaning, maintenance, mortgage payments, etc. Not being tied to your house is an amazing feeling!
Not everybody will have the same opinion obviously, but that's what we truly believe in. And every single person we met living a similar lifestyle has proven to be so much happier than all the people we know living in larger houses. They have that "I'm free" mentality, I can have more time and savings to do the things I want.
Basically they are camping in the woods. In reality 2 people plus their pets living in such a tiny space, is completely impractical. They would have to be extreme minimalists, with no jobs, no Hobbies, no social life because there's no room for close or tools or toys of any kind in that house. They're certainly not having friends or family over for the weekend. LOL
Even for a single introverted person, that's just too small of a space for Quality living.
One idea for the litter box, create a door for the kitty to go outside. The interviewer looks very uncomfortable.
Good idea.don’t like set up litter box with closet together.
a cat toilet underneath your clothes? seriously? also i really don't understand why you would bring a cat into the woods... poor birds... i hate when people put so much effort into living an eco-friendly life and then they let their cat go wild on anything outside the house.
LOL
Patrick Rodgers domestic cats would actually not exist... hence why there are no wild species of small felines in the US. Domestic cats are actually quite destructive to native bird species. She has a valid point..
Miss Minka You have been sadly misinformed, bobcats are native to at least part of the US, and they are quite small compared to the larger cats such as tigers or lions.
Miss Minka Tons of feral cats live in the U.S.. In addition to Cougars,(Puma and Mountain lion) Jaguar, Bob cats, Ocelot, and Lynx. They are a part of the ecosystem and have a purpose even feral cats.
IMHO, the addition of feral cats to the mix of naturally occurring predators puts tremendous pressure on the prey species as they aren't equipped to handle the additional predation. Also there is the possibility of new diseases being introduced into the wild population. At any rate, having a pet of any species involves responsibility on the part of the owner, and part of that is proper care and feeding, not leaving that job up to the woods and wild or city surroundings.
👎👎👎 Cat litter where you clothes hang, junk under the sofa clearly visible, clostrophobic loft, it has the potential to be lovely, but it needs work.
Arent wood houses the oposite of ecofriendly? They are made of wood..
johnyboy6405 Wood is renewable, doesn't use nearly as much energy to produce than alternatives and tiny houses don't use much of it! So yep, it can be ecofriendly if sourced appropriately. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building_and_wood
Tiny House Giant Journey But it's needed to cut trees?
johnyboy6405 yes mr. obvious, people use timber for wooden houses, and it is made of dead trees. But if you wanna really eco friendly house, it is possible to reuse materials, use a fast growing renewable material like hemp or straws.
Indeed. But you can replant them and as they grow, they fight carbon emissions.
Tiny House Giant Journey Ok, thanks. I will search for other ways of building. Cheers
It's probably really difficult to embrace tiny living when the 'loft' is so constricted. Tumbleweed original designs always 'look' warm, but live super constricted & extreme. It's on a foundation, so why not rip off that roof and build a little more wiggle & romp room? I'm all for scaling back, but ya know, just my humble opinion....
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If I had to live in 124 square feet,,,,,, I'd probably pick a smaller GF. just sayin
yeah, the second she said "ikea" i had to stop.
gettinnapkins Why? Of all the tiny houses I've seen on UA-cam, easily half of them have something from Ikea in it- either the tiny sink for a bathroom, extendable circle mirror, the drop down tables, the double leaf table with the sliding storage drawers or kitchen organizers.
cminmd0041 because i'm a real builder, not some panty-waisted diy-er.
dwelling reminds hostess and it's not a compliment
Beautiful house in the country, but too sad they have a cat, since cats kill lots of the wildlife.
really. do fuck off
It is a fact that house cats kill birds and small mammals. It has been demostrated in several studies. If you are scared of the truth, you do not have to be insolent.
Oscar E. Quirós since rodents live in those settings and try to move into cabins and houses, something to kill and eat rodents is a good thing...and not many endangered bird species in NC, so probably not an issue in the least...
Don't large predator birds, like hawks, eagles, falcons, etc... do the same??? Why single out a house cat that is useful in keeping rodents out of the house and garden?
Nope, don't like it. The junk underneath it from the outside turned me off even before seeing the inside.
I have a relative who lives up north in Michigan. Keeps a number of chest freezers buried in the ground. Even summer time keeps his food frozen...
+ Daniel Tranchida. I have heard of people doing this, but I always wondered how practical it really is. I always think of the danger of bears-a reality in Wisconsin so I am sure in Michigan as well. Don't the animals smell the food in the coolers even if it is buried and try to get at it??
+Geny R. yes but he has more guns and freezers to put the meat
Does frozen food have an odor?
I can understand living in a small footprint and wanting to save money. However, if you know that you're not going to move the home as in this case I would incorporate a wrap around covered porch to extend the living and entertaining space. A 12 to 20 foot wrap around porch would do wonders for storage as well as increased livability.
+ JCAR. Did you not see that they did build a big deck?? It was not attached to the house, but set down the hill a bit-I am guessing so they could take advantage of the beautiful. mountain views.
This gave me a lot of great ideas. I never thought of downsizing even further going from a hot water tank and pump to just a sprayer in the shower. What a great idea! That must save so much water. Using a futon also saves so much space. This is just a great looking place.