Let's start the MICRO HOUSE movement!!

[offroad]

Well it looks like TINY HOUSE are here to stay. With more people getting creative with how to spend $20,000 to $30,000 to get something small to live in.

Time to take the next step. MICRO HOUSE. Take a van or a commercial trailer and make it livable space. There should be any industry. Separate from the RV community.

 

[corky52]

I'd think MLE (Mobile Living Environment) would work better here.  Most people here move often and that's a big part of what sets us apart from the Tiny House people.

Corky

 

[offroad]

Trying to ride the TINY HOUSE coat tails. Of course there are better acronyms.

 

[IGBT]

Trying to ride the TINY HOUSE coat tails. Of course there are better acronyms.

Then someone is going to come along and make a living space in a smart car and call it NANO HOUSE.

 

[kyonu]

Next thing you know, they'll make bike's that fold down into a covered bed, and it will be called SUPER NANO HOUSE.

 

[mockturtle]

My tiny house is on wheels, just the way I like it. 

 

[offroad]

here are the costs

http://tinyhousetalk.com/cost-to-build-tiny-house/

 

[akrvbob]

I just posted an article on a super cheap micro house in Dawson City Yukon, Territories:

http://www.cheaprvliving.com/blog/extreme-vandwelling-winter-yukon-straw-bale-covered-van/

He already had the van, my guess is that the hay, plastic, tape and rope cost less than $200

 

[RVTravel]

Wonder what the bugs would be like in that hay? Are they attracted to it making them more likely to get in the van.

 

[offroad]

Rvtravel - Yukon. Bugs frozen solid. Nightly. Likely.

 

[RVTravel]

lol..oops..forgot the part where its winter. Summer would be my question then.

 

[Stargazer]

Oh, wow...

1. One good spark from the flue and bye bye! Of course, with a good snowfall, probably not quite as worrisome.
2. Those bales weigh about 40-50 pounds each (dry). My van has a roof weight limit of 100# (per the manufacturer). Add a foot or two of snow and I think I'd be a little bit paranoid.
3. The bugs/vermin may not freeze -- the hay would provide a great shelter for them.

Interesting setup, though. I think I'd pass.

 

[offroad]

Strawbale construction has been around for a while. All these issues have been addressed. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw-bale_construction

 

[Stargazer]

Thank you for that link. Interesting info!