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November 25, 2009 at 9:00 AM #487446November 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM #486633
UCGal
ParticipantI like the small house movement.
But then again – we just went through building a 696 sf, 1br, detached companion unit. It’s got PLENTY of space for 2 people (my in-laws) and takes into consideration my father-in-law’s wheelchair. (Can’t have narrow doors or small bathroom if you’re accomodating a wheelchair.
We regularly have dinners with 6 people (my in laws, my kids, hubby and I.) Lots of room, don’t feel cramped. The bedroom is big enough to accomodate a motorized bed (and room around it) as well as all the other typical furniture (dressers, chair, etc.)
I can’t address the issue of whether wheels gets you out of the permit process… But I can see where these houses COULD be built to code and permited.
Like I said – we built a small (by most people’s standards) 1 br house that is MORE than spacious enough. If it didn’t have to accomodate the wheelchair we could have easily stripped out a lot more space and still been livable and not cramped. We could have stripped a lot of space from the bedroom and bathroom if we didn’t need to accomodate the wheelchair.
November 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM #486800ParticipantI like the small house movement.
But then again – we just went through building a 696 sf, 1br, detached companion unit. It’s got PLENTY of space for 2 people (my in-laws) and takes into consideration my father-in-law’s wheelchair. (Can’t have narrow doors or small bathroom if you’re accomodating a wheelchair.
We regularly have dinners with 6 people (my in laws, my kids, hubby and I.) Lots of room, don’t feel cramped. The bedroom is big enough to accomodate a motorized bed (and room around it) as well as all the other typical furniture (dressers, chair, etc.)
I can’t address the issue of whether wheels gets you out of the permit process… But I can see where these houses COULD be built to code and permited.
Like I said – we built a small (by most people’s standards) 1 br house that is MORE than spacious enough. If it didn’t have to accomodate the wheelchair we could have easily stripped out a lot more space and still been livable and not cramped. We could have stripped a lot of space from the bedroom and bathroom if we didn’t need to accomodate the wheelchair.
November 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM #487179ParticipantI like the small house movement.
But then again – we just went through building a 696 sf, 1br, detached companion unit. It’s got PLENTY of space for 2 people (my in-laws) and takes into consideration my father-in-law’s wheelchair. (Can’t have narrow doors or small bathroom if you’re accomodating a wheelchair.
We regularly have dinners with 6 people (my in laws, my kids, hubby and I.) Lots of room, don’t feel cramped. The bedroom is big enough to accomodate a motorized bed (and room around it) as well as all the other typical furniture (dressers, chair, etc.)
I can’t address the issue of whether wheels gets you out of the permit process… But I can see where these houses COULD be built to code and permited.
Like I said – we built a small (by most people’s standards) 1 br house that is MORE than spacious enough. If it didn’t have to accomodate the wheelchair we could have easily stripped out a lot more space and still been livable and not cramped. We could have stripped a lot of space from the bedroom and bathroom if we didn’t need to accomodate the wheelchair.
November 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM #487266ParticipantI like the small house movement.
But then again – we just went through building a 696 sf, 1br, detached companion unit. It’s got PLENTY of space for 2 people (my in-laws) and takes into consideration my father-in-law’s wheelchair. (Can’t have narrow doors or small bathroom if you’re accomodating a wheelchair.
We regularly have dinners with 6 people (my in laws, my kids, hubby and I.) Lots of room, don’t feel cramped. The bedroom is big enough to accomodate a motorized bed (and room around it) as well as all the other typical furniture (dressers, chair, etc.)
I can’t address the issue of whether wheels gets you out of the permit process… But I can see where these houses COULD be built to code and permited.
Like I said – we built a small (by most people’s standards) 1 br house that is MORE than spacious enough. If it didn’t have to accomodate the wheelchair we could have easily stripped out a lot more space and still been livable and not cramped. We could have stripped a lot of space from the bedroom and bathroom if we didn’t need to accomodate the wheelchair.
November 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM #487497ParticipantI like the small house movement.
But then again – we just went through building a 696 sf, 1br, detached companion unit. It’s got PLENTY of space for 2 people (my in-laws) and takes into consideration my father-in-law’s wheelchair. (Can’t have narrow doors or small bathroom if you’re accomodating a wheelchair.
We regularly have dinners with 6 people (my in laws, my kids, hubby and I.) Lots of room, don’t feel cramped. The bedroom is big enough to accomodate a motorized bed (and room around it) as well as all the other typical furniture (dressers, chair, etc.)
I can’t address the issue of whether wheels gets you out of the permit process… But I can see where these houses COULD be built to code and permited.
Like I said – we built a small (by most people’s standards) 1 br house that is MORE than spacious enough. If it didn’t have to accomodate the wheelchair we could have easily stripped out a lot more space and still been livable and not cramped. We could have stripped a lot of space from the bedroom and bathroom if we didn’t need to accomodate the wheelchair.
November 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM #486713sdduuuude
ParticipantThat’s pretty interesting. Seems like it would help with the high cost of housing for younger people. I’m a fan of small house/big lot, especially in San Diego where the weather allows more time outdoors.
If the economy flounders for many years, these could become popular.
Can you imagine what this would do to the median house price in San Diego ?
They had some houses in there that were designed to meet the international building code.
November 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM #486880ParticipantThat’s pretty interesting. Seems like it would help with the high cost of housing for younger people. I’m a fan of small house/big lot, especially in San Diego where the weather allows more time outdoors.
If the economy flounders for many years, these could become popular.
Can you imagine what this would do to the median house price in San Diego ?
They had some houses in there that were designed to meet the international building code.
November 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM #487259ParticipantThat’s pretty interesting. Seems like it would help with the high cost of housing for younger people. I’m a fan of small house/big lot, especially in San Diego where the weather allows more time outdoors.
If the economy flounders for many years, these could become popular.
Can you imagine what this would do to the median house price in San Diego ?
They had some houses in there that were designed to meet the international building code.
November 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM #487346ParticipantThat’s pretty interesting. Seems like it would help with the high cost of housing for younger people. I’m a fan of small house/big lot, especially in San Diego where the weather allows more time outdoors.
If the economy flounders for many years, these could become popular.
Can you imagine what this would do to the median house price in San Diego ?
They had some houses in there that were designed to meet the international building code.
November 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM #487576ParticipantThat’s pretty interesting. Seems like it would help with the high cost of housing for younger people. I’m a fan of small house/big lot, especially in San Diego where the weather allows more time outdoors.
If the economy flounders for many years, these could become popular.
Can you imagine what this would do to the median house price in San Diego ?
They had some houses in there that were designed to meet the international building code.
November 25, 2009 at 2:54 PM #486763NotCranky
ParticipantUCGal, Here is the same man as in the original link writing about the legality issues of the tiny ones. I am not saying you can’t build something with approved plans in the area of 450-500sqft and bigger. Things could change, but right now it is going to be very hard or impossible to do one of the tiny ones as a stand alone, permanent dwelling with permits and is too risky to do without IMO.
http://thistinyhouse.com/2009/5-ways-to-get-around-minimum-size-standards/
November 25, 2009 at 2:54 PM #486930ParticipantUCGal, Here is the same man as in the original link writing about the legality issues of the tiny ones. I am not saying you can’t build something with approved plans in the area of 450-500sqft and bigger. Things could change, but right now it is going to be very hard or impossible to do one of the tiny ones as a stand alone, permanent dwelling with permits and is too risky to do without IMO.
http://thistinyhouse.com/2009/5-ways-to-get-around-minimum-size-standards/
November 25, 2009 at 2:54 PM #487310ParticipantUCGal, Here is the same man as in the original link writing about the legality issues of the tiny ones. I am not saying you can’t build something with approved plans in the area of 450-500sqft and bigger. Things could change, but right now it is going to be very hard or impossible to do one of the tiny ones as a stand alone, permanent dwelling with permits and is too risky to do without IMO.
http://thistinyhouse.com/2009/5-ways-to-get-around-minimum-size-standards/
November 25, 2009 at 2:54 PM #487397ParticipantUCGal, Here is the same man as in the original link writing about the legality issues of the tiny ones. I am not saying you can’t build something with approved plans in the area of 450-500sqft and bigger. Things could change, but right now it is going to be very hard or impossible to do one of the tiny ones as a stand alone, permanent dwelling with permits and is too risky to do without IMO.
http://thistinyhouse.com/2009/5-ways-to-get-around-minimum-size-standards/
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