Comments on: The Tiny House Movement is Growing…

By: Margo

Margo — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:08:11 +0000

So glad I stumbled over this site as living simply, frugally with a small footprint in small spaces has been my personal philosophy for some time. I will follow the postings with interest!!

By: Hillary

Hillary — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:31:10 +0000

Hi Deb, 600sf sounds reasonable for a “handicapped friendly” home. I definitely think sharing property will be a growing trend, and it sounds like a good arrangement for your family.

By: Deb Wilber

Deb Wilber — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:09:46 +0000

I have been obsessed with tiny homes for decades! Ever since getting my hands on the “ROLLING HOMES” book by Jane Lidz, I have wanted to convert an old bus or RV. Then came the “Tiny Tiny House” book, and my obsession grew. When Jay came out with his small house designs, I was a goner! These amazing little dwellings had STYLE! I could SO live in one of these, but during the years spent raising my family, it wasn’t really practical.
I’ve always designed the homes we’ve lived in, and they’ve gotten progressively smaller, with our current home at about 1300sf… NOW I’ve designed what I hope is our final house! It’s a bit bigger than these little houses, but as an older person, I thought it best to give up on trying to sleep in a loft This house is about 600sf, plus an enclosed sun room for my hydrotherapy tub. I created the interior space to be “handicapped friendly”, which added to the necessity of more square footage, but we’ll be prepared for our senior years… We plan to move into the “little house”, and give the “big house” to our daughter and her family of five.
She has MS, and can no longer work, and her husband works his tail off, but they have no hope of getting ahead in this economy. So we are going “old school” and sharing the property. I think this is a trend we might also see more of in the future!

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:43:08 +0000

You know I love invitations like that. We may have to take you up on that offer.

By: clickclackgorilla

clickclackgorilla — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:15:19 +0000

Always nice to stop by your blog for a bit of small space inspiration, Hillary! And oo, slow traveling Europe soon?! If you are going to come through Germany get in touch for sure! You and your husband are welcome to stay at our community of mini dwellings if you do!

By: Hillary

Hillary — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:27:12 +0000

Jeanne, great to hear from you! Michael & I are getting ready to slow travel through Europe sometime soon. Building a house with your kid sounds like an excellent learning experience. Be well!

By: Jeanne @soultravelers3

Jeanne @soultravelers3 — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:35:24 +0000

So happy to see this movement growing! We’ve been living in a “tiny green house” as a family since 2006..only the mobile kind..which has allowed us to see much of Europe on just $23/day over the last 5 years. ( We are in Barcelona now).

We are traveling the world for now, but one day we might settle down and build our own off-the-grid tiny house..perhaps a cob house. Besides being monolinguals raising a fluent trilingual ( Mandarin/Spanish/English) and multi-cultural kid who KNOWS the world, we think learning to build a house totally on your own should be part of childhood, so will learn that together with our child when she is a bit older.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:04:37 +0000

Wow, Stephanie, it feels great to have somehow helped in your decision-making process. Welcome to the movement and wishing you best of luck in your downsizing journey.

By: Stephanie Graham

Stephanie Graham — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:34:48 +0000

Hi Hillary. My husband and I have put our 2200 sf home on the market last month with the goal of significantly downsizing and changing our lifestyle on many levels. However, with the economy we haven’t been successful at selling our place. Last night, I was up all night going back and forth on whether we should do a price reduction (we are already taking a huge hit on the house). When I woke up and saw this on tinyhouseblog, I called my realtor right away and told him to proceed with the price reduction. I was proud to consider myself part of category three: the idealists! There are things more important than money and living a life less burdened with material “things” is definitely one of them. Thank you! Much love…

By: Hillary

Hillary — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:49:16 +0000

Thank you all! I’m sure there are many more trailblazers out there. April, I remember seeing pictures of your house more than a year ago and I was very impressed. Thanks for checking in. Keep in touch!