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Tiny Cottage

In my neighborhood, there are a few grandfathered-in tiny cottages that I’ve found.

Almost all of them are guest houses to a much larger home, on the same lot.

And usually, if you keep looking, you can find that they become available for rent once in a while.

A lot of times the only way to find these are to literally walk in front of them and see that there’s a for rent sign.

So we caught this one when it became available for rent but unfortunately, they didn’t allow us to have dogs so we couldn’t move in.

But at least I got to take some pictures of it with my wide angle lens and an iPhone. Hope you enjoy.

And yup – my photos of this tiny cottage were featured on Tiny House Swoon just the other day. Go check that out!

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Tiny Cottage

And yup – my photos of this tiny cottage were featured on Tiny House Swoon just the other day.

 

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Toledo Museum of Arts Tumbleweed XS Tiny House designed by Jay Shafer

A few days ago I received this email about the Itty Bitty House Company’s tiny house on a trailer post.

The insanely livable tiny house is almost $300/sq/ft.  In my region, that’s insanely expensive ;-).  My insurance company tags my stick-built ‘big’ house at $100/sqft replacement.

And for the most part, that statement is true, wouldn’t you think? But why? There has to be a reason for that, right? Big houses, when looked at from the perspective of cost per square feet, are cheaper. But what about maintenance costs?

It turns out that square footage is relatively cheap to make more of in a home. Especially with ‘big’ houses since materials like drywall and inexpensive flooring are used.

The real big costs are in windows, appliances, heat/cooling, plumbing, and electrical wiring if you don’t know how to do those last two yourself.

A perfect example of this is seen in Tumbleweed’s lineup of tiny houses. Their XS-House, at 65-square feet, would cost you $16,000 in materials to build it yourself. But If you purchased it ready made from Tumbleweed it would cost you $38,997 because you’re paying for someone else to do ALL of the labor.

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Toledo Museum of Arts Tumbleweed XS Tiny House designed by Jay Shafer [continue reading…]

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Tiny House Talk Store

Today I published a collection of tiny house books, plans, and workshops all in one place.

It’s the Tiny House Talk Store. You’ll see I added a link to it in the menu, too.

I did this so it’s easy for you to see what’s out there all in one place.

By the end of this week I’ll also be adding more to it, so please let me know if you have any suggestions on what would be helpful.

I’m planning on adding links to other products that are helpful for people who live in small spaces.

Things like compact appliances, alternatives, and other useful gadgets.

Click on the screenshot below to go and check it out and then let me know if you have any helpful ideas.

Tiny House Talk Store

Click on the picture above to go check out our store then leave your helpful suggestions/ideas below in the comments. Thanks!

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