Small World: The Tiny House Trend

Re:Small World: The Tiny House Trend by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:29AM (#19086815)

Do you have a family? And you must have a shed the size of your house to hold the lawnmower you'll need for all that.

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Re:Small World: The Tiny House Trend by galfarragem on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:39AM (#19086911)

This house will have only a small bedroom, a wc and a living/kitchen/dining room. However I'll assure the possibility of easily extending 1 or 2 small bedrooms and a garage if/when I get kids. For now I just plan to use it on weekends and holydays.

And no lawns. Maybe a vegetable garden.

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Re:Small World: The Tiny House Trend by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:45AM (#19086974)

Is the expansion a matter of tearing the connecting walls down to the studs and building back up? The idea of a truly modular home, where you can expand or shrink it with relatively little effort (I'm thinking requiring no contractors - hookups are all plug and play) really intrigues me.

Of course, that's a nightmare when considering any sort of centralized heat source or utility, but that's a really fun idea.

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Re:Small World: The Tiny House Trend by galfarragem on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:58AM (#19087129)

Is the expansion a matter of tearing the connecting walls down to the studs and building back up?

Making it as a 'lego' would require a lot of research. That would only pay if I would open a business based on that. So, for now, I'm only making the main entrance near a corner. This door will connect with the second module (if I ever build it). The heat source will be near this corner also.

I'm slowly making the project and planning to build it myself as much as possible. It helps that I'm originally an architect (buildings not IT) and used to help my father on trades.

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