re: Dear people who live in tiny houses

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What? Anything built on a tandem axle utility trailer is incredibly flimsy, no matter what it's built out of.

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Whoever built mine built it on the type of flatbed trailer that an 18 wheeler pulls (but shorter). Solid dang house and has weathered quite a few big hurricanes including Gustav which slammed my area when it went thru.

I got the back story on my little house and they built it as a portable home to move to the hunting cam but to be able to move when the spring waters came. It has a solid wood frame and solid plywood (not that particle board) inner and outer walls with insulation in between the them.

Family who built it have built heir own homes so it is solidly made. For $1200 it was a steal. I have people trying to buy it all the time.

I think I will end up using it as a schoolhouse for the grandbaby. I will create a small private one room school for her and about 4 other kiddies her age and we will spend most of our time roaming the wilderness around us, learning about everything.

Wife and I lived in a small cabin, probably 15x25' a few summers ago and loved it. I could easily make that move.

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I think I will end up using it as a schoolhouse for the grandbaby. I will create a small private one room school for her and about 4 other kiddies her age and we will spend most of our time roaming the wilderness around us, learning about everything.

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How Branch Davidian of you.

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I think I will end up using it as a schoolhouse for the grandbaby. I will create a small private one room school for her and about 4 other kiddies her age and we will spend most of our time roaming the wilderness around us, learning about everything.

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How Branch Davidian of you

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No at all. I am far from having any radical religious views and care less what religion beliefs a person has, much less try to impose mine upon them. As long as you treat people well, then we shall get along fine.

Unfortunately, we are in a rural area with horrible public schools. Private schools are over 30 miles away. So this calls for an other option.

I have my B.A. degree in Elementary Education. I taught public and private schools for a great many years. I have the experience needed and know-how to run a small private school ( which our school will likely be). I also home-schooled children for wealthy families.

I home-schooled my child when he was young. When I put him in first grade in a public school, he tested as 99.9 percentile and was reading on a 6th grade level. ( I put him in public school then because it was a good school and I took a job teaching in the next parish over.)

Therefore, I feel it would be silly to send the grandchild to an inferior school or to a private school far away when I can create a superior learning experience for her on my own.

She will have friends in her "class" because I feel socialization is important ( and we have friends and family who love my ideas and know I am great with kids). We will go on field trips and do other activities as well.

The children will be expected to take standardized tests and to excel on those. I will ensure that they are taught everything the Dept of Education expects of each grade level and for my students to exceed those standards.

I love teaching and this is a perfect opportunity for me, my granddaughter and the other children who will make up our small school.

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I would love to live in a cabin in Alaska. I lived there quite a few years wayyy back and loved it. It is so gorgeous up there and the summers are so breathtaking. Cool weather, endless daylight, amazing fishing, abundant wildlife etc.

I would go back there in a heartbeat and am trying to convince my husband that we need to go there for an extended visit!

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The summer has been incredible. Been outside so much I came home last night and crashed. I'm actually looking forward to darker nights.

The closest cabin here in Streetview is where we lived for a summer. It's not winterized, so staying wasn't an option. Wanted to come back to Juneau for the winter anyway. It was new, clean, just had a sleeping area with a small kitchen, a bathroom and a small loft.

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Hey now, shipping container homes and metal barn homes are the shite

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This is what I'm planning now. I'm thinking at least 4 containers.

im thinking about just getting a pickup with a camper shell and living in the bed there... i mean who wants the hassle of a house anyways.

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This is what I'm planning now. I'm thinking at least 4 containers.

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I love the creativity of the shipping containers. To me they are like the giant live-in lego blocks that you can stack or arrange any way that you like.

To me, the "tiny house" movement is about creativity and about following dreams. The tiny house that cost as much as a larger house are ridiculous and totally defeat the purpose of the tiny house movement. The people who exemplify the tiny house nation and the benefits of a tiny house are people like these people.

The college kids who build a tiny house to save money so they can focus on getting their degree like the ones listed below:
2 college kids build a tiny house for $489 Texas student builds tiny house so he can graduate debt free. Law student build tiny house to live in at college

Then there are young couples who build a tiny house to save money to pursue other dreams:
Couple liveing paycheck to paycheck builds tiny house and save up $24,000 in 18 months
How a tiny house can help you retire early
Tiny house allows family to live mortgage free

There are tiny houses to help the homeless.
Organizations helps homeless people build tiny homes and create a tiny house village for them

Tiny homes are not for everyone. Raising children in one would likely take some planning. But for young people, childless couples, retiring couples, those with limited income, those who wish to save up money, etc, they are a great option.

Yeah there can be issues with space but that's when creativity comes into play.