Best Alternatives to Tiny Homes
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- In this weekly post, I am on site to show you one of my best approaches to build smaller without a big cost. I talk about my three best ideas that are better than tiny homes. I also walk you through a build job I completed that is a print shop for a small business with a loft apartment above. It is 1,600 sq ft built for under $90,000, not including the land. It swerves as a greater starter for the person who has a business at home. For more help, see howtobuildyourownhome.com
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Really cool ideas. I like to watch videos about tiny houses when people have little homemade off-grid cabins and stuff but some of these people spend like $200,000 for something on wheels that they can't necessarily even park anywhere! Crazy. Your ideas are much more practical for most people.
Thanks Keith for ALL the helpful information. I have always wondered why my great grandfather (who built his own home in Burley, Idaho) had a kitchen in the basement... now I know.
Thanks I will keep it up
I love tiny homes!, add a guest space, luxury dog home, whatever you want to use it for
Great ideas. Especially the basement idea.
Yeah i agree that’s what I’m going to do
How have I missed this channel. Great job!
Glad to have you on board.
what a great idea - build the garage first, then the residence
Thanks for your comment and watching.
Thank you! I like the suite above the garage idea in particular...but all good ideas. Cheers!
Glad you liked it!
I LOVE the idea of living above my business!
Me too
THANK YOU! How this channel doesn't have more views I don't know. I'm doing a carpentry apprenticeship (in 2nd yr) to then build my own home. Your information is priceless.!
I will keep it up. Been on UA-cam just about a year.
I love the loft!!!!
I am glad you like it.
I like the basement idea! 😮 especially since i live in Arizona. It would help keep things cool and give me privacy as well as safety.
I'm thinking a garage loft - garage to keep my boat with rentable loft for visitors wanting to spend time on the lake - I take them out on the lake wake surfing, etc - live in the garage while building primary residence - then convert garage space into couple weekend lake rental
That's a great idea. Make sure you have all the right plumbing in the right place. See howtobuildyourownhome.com for help.
In florida we can't build a basement. So people build pole barns which are permitted in rural areas.😊
Yep! Great thought! That's exactly what I'm thinking about doing, too. Incorporating his loft apartment idea into it makes it even better.
Thank you, for sharing your knowledge freely. 🙏
I will keep it up
Just ran into this. Questions though: Granted tiny houses are grossly overpriced for what they are, but if someone were to build their own and not go for premium materials (as so many do) that would be much less expensive. But my question: how is this house equivalent to a tiny house? This house would surely be much more expensive. Also, the person in the market for a tiny house would not need nearly this much house. Aren't we talking apples and oranges here? What am I missing?
The size of the foundation is where all the value is. If there is no foundation, and if the home is tiny and on stilts or wheels, it loses value fast. No matter how small, make sure there is a permanent foundation on land you own.
Thank you for this video! It definitely got me thinking!
I was looking into tiny houses because I love the idea of just paying for what you need! But the two main problems are that they depreciate in value and you have to pay rent for land anyways because of all of the zoning restrictions.
Does the garage with a loft count as a permanent residence? If so, what would you estimate the cost is to have it built. I am not skilled in carpentry, electrical, or anything else needed to build a house.
What would you estimate the cost is for just a basement?
If I lived in a casita, Legally I would have to build another larger house right?
Anything with a permanent foundation is what you want to preserve value. I would start as small as possible and plan to grow out as I can afford with saved cash.
@@HowToBuildYourOwnHome So would a tiny house on a foundation keep its value?
I am SO enjoying your videos! TY! I'm buying 5 acres in SE Oklahoma. The property has a clause the home be 1800 sq ft of heated space w/a brick exterior. I'd like to build a garage apt as you suggested, pay it off, and possibly add on, or just build an 1800 sq ft home. Is it possible to build a brick garage apt and scale/add on later? Or should I just rent and build the house in one shebang? TY!
I would build the garage/loft first, move into that and then build the second main home. This would require two permits and approval from the HOA if there is one. The whole thing at once is not bad either if you can mange it. the local building official may require the two buildings be attached.
This is a great video - thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Yay made my day! Thank you 👍👍👍
Glad I made your day.
Hey Keith, looking to be an owner/builder and I've been going crazy trying to figure out what I can build myself without running into too many county regulations. You gave me so much hope when you mentioned that most counties don't bother much if its a small build in the 400 to 600 square feet range. Are these smaller type of builds not regulated as much? And if so, why would that be?
I'm renting in Los Angeles County right now, paid 17k in rent this past year, and I'm trying everything possible to get out of that hell hole situation
It is not the small build, it is the county verses the city. Counties are less regulated typically than cities. Size is not the issue. Best of luck
with that project. You can do it. The more your study, prepare and plan the better. See howtobuildyourownhome.com for help.
Not fair
Thank you so much for this video. It helped a lot.
I will keep it up. Thanks
does any any of this address if places only want the main house first? I don't think they allow casita/ guest house built first before main house in main cities of florida
The more rural the better chance you have of building something small first.
So around how much does it cost. I’m thinking of building a garage and loft style barbershop. I want to go 36” W x 22” D. Just trying to get an estimate of around how much that would cost. Sq ft is 792, but I don’t understand how the pricing works for a garage vs a house
It depends on where you build and zoning if they approve of the build. I personally built a garage for my son to use for his graphics company and then after we got a certificate of occupancy from the city we put the loft apartment above. It cost us about 150,000 for a 26X35 garage with a 700+ sq foot apartment above.
@@HowToBuildYourOwnHome yes I’m in Louisiana, an they approving zoning for loft garages right now by the masses. due to the loose soil and hurricanes we have here, tiny homes were being destroyed way to easy, which cost millions in repairs & renovations. Many people opted out for some more sturdy, and the garage loft became popular, but as a new owner builder I had no clue of their cost or value or how they differ as far as zoning and qualifying for one. I just heard their a much better alternative. I’ll be starting the owner builder course in March. If you can, please make a module that covers the cost of the different types of alternative tiny builds, and how they differ from home builds as far as building one and cost and zoning differences. And thank you for your time, and passing on your knowledge so someone like me can better understand and know how to build our own homes.
@@IamTonioP I will add this to the hopper of videos to do. The garage loft idea will become a more popular idea. I built my son's garage loft for about 160K, but this was a 40X25 garage with a large apartment above, not including the land. I think you could get into something like that for under 250,000 with the land. Just guessing now. Labor costs are higher in some areas, and I am one of those areas.
At first I understood the title as "22 Best Alternatives to Tiny House" but the video is your Top 3 Alternatives. That's really what the title should be. Anyway this is a great video, thanks for sharing.
Hi thanks for posting! What’s the price range to build the garage w/loft?
Depends. Not including land, between $140,00 - $200,000
capping a basement sounds awesome what would that be called how would i go about researching it more
There is a think corrugated metal product that is placed over the foundation and then concrete is poured on top, much like a commercial product.
I would like to see the floor plans as I do like this. I can’t find it on your website. Has it been posted yet?
It has not been posted. I need to do that.
Hey Keith thanks for the tips. You mentioned permanent foundations - do you have anything you could share on ground screws/helical piers as foundations? Would love to hear your thoughts
Not much of a fan for piers, although they are required from time to time. Ground screws do not always work, especially with hard pan rock. Geotech determines a lot. Solid concrete foundation is the best.
@@HowToBuildYourOwnHome thank you!
Amazing
Glad it helps you.
No disrespect ..but there is nothing tiny about this place! I am 64, don't have much money, what about a Lowes shed and then sister the studs?
That could work. My main concern with tiny builds is that all the money or little money put in does not maintain the same value. Mostly because there is no foundation. It is the solid concrete or other foundation that gives a home its value preservation.
I didn't find the plans on the website. Can you give me a link?
Message me with your email and I can send them.
How do you cap the basement?
With regular floor joists toped with a sub-floor and then decking material, like any deck.
@@HowToBuildYourOwnHome thanks so much.
How can i get the plan ?
I hope to have something available in time at howtobuildyourownhome.com
thank you Sir
wtf is a casita ? ! check with county for minimum sq feet required for living area, check your building restrictions if that neighborhood has any..
I didn't know either. My online search led me to believe it is the equivalent of a guest house. So...small house, but with a foundation.
Why not? can you explain please?
Tiny homes lose value with no permanent foundation. They are treated like RV trailers, losing value every year.
Need land.
Land is the best purchase.
Thank you! Tiny homes have always struck me as gimmicky. You have a healthy, able-bodied single young person bragging about how small their house's footprint is... while they're living in the backyard of a friend who lets them use their bathroom and laundry facilities. That's not really a workable solution to the affordable housing problem for most people, just for a few nimble people who can afford the time and money to build and/or buy one of these eco-chic structures.
Just cis u dnt like it
you talk too slow
It's called conceptual and relational thinking. Linear thinkers talk fast but they miss a lot of context. Thanks for the comment.
@@HowToBuildYourOwnHome You talk just fine! I loved the pace, easy to digest the information.