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with tiny houses. I have seen so many designs that just amaze me, and it seems to me that we in the West could learn A LOT about sustainable living and the amount of space we actually [I]need[/I] to take up.
There is probably much criticism that could be levelled against it, but I continue to look on with great interest and admiration.
Ok, so get rid of all your stuff then. All those books and bikes can go first 🙂
Well, there is that. 🙁
Seen a few been developed for a really good price, just need somewhere to park them!!
Currently sat in a Studio flat as I was short on time and funds when I got back from Oz, for solo living it's about right, could really do with some of those clever storage tricks and fold out/away bits though to make more use of the space
about sustainable living and the amount of space we actually need to take up.
Said the man who sired a football team ..... 😁
But you're right. There are some awesome ideas and I've saved a load of them on Instagram.
It's something I plan to do at some point. Just need the land and location.
I've always said that I don't need a big house, but rather land. I envisage having a few huts connected by covered walkways.
Cheaper to heat, less cleaning and more adaptable.
Ok, so get rid of all your stuff then. All those books and bikes can go first
Kindle + Brompton.
Easy win.
Having lived in the student-type accommodation of Swindon hospital for six months as an adult I can confirm I need more space than that!
Thankfully there was garage space for the three bikes I had with me and the night-duty bloke was quite happy for me to bring them into the shared area to work on them. Otherwise I'd have been ****ed 😀
We need space to keep all the things we need to do hobbies.
I’ve always said that I don’t need a big house, but rather land. I envisage having a few huts connected by covered walkways.
So you're basically an ewok?
Great things when they are optional, standalone, free of adjoined neighbours and you live in it of your own choosing. Hell on earth if they become mainstream, social housing, stacked 6 high and 10 wide. I'd be wary of seeing their popularity grow and council planning and building control departments giving more and more of them the go ahead as permanent dwellings. Developers will soon jump on board.
The link below ought to be right up your street!
We need space to keep all the things we need to do hobbies.
We as in you or we as in the population of the UK?
if your hobby is football then it;s a pair of boots and a ball, if it's gaming then it's a tv and a console etc.
if your hobby is football then it;s a scarf and a rattle
FTFY
We live in a tiny house, still plenty of room for several bikes 😆
We as in you or we as in the population of the UK?
We as in the inhabitants Chez Grips. My wife likes weaving and a whole load of other crafts that require supplies and space. We could convert the garage, but oh look, it's full of bikes.
I could live in a tiny house.
The shed would be massive though.
It's bullshit sprouted by those who live in big houses, fantasize about/eyeing up a luxury summer house in their garden, who don't have to put up with it themselves!
Aren't they innovative these shoeboxes, ooo isn't that clever folding everything up and sliding it away, ooo I can sell a shed for the price of house! for someone else to tolerate.
A bit like everyone rents in Europe trope, coming from the same bullshitters mouths who own their house, correctly call renting dead money, have a BTL and holiday homes.
Lets call it what it is.
Love to see your research there chester 😉
rent vs buy depends on how you do your maths
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-12/young-australians-better-off-renting-than-buying/8439396
We have a completely dysfunctional housing market at the moment, we need solutions that are different that can get people living in places they need to and being more mobile at the same time. The housing market as we know it is still just a baby, with people still pushing it around, the UK has gone one direction Europe another, the lack of lower end investment could kill the UK one especially if governments stop subsidising or restricting it.
Locally seeing a shift to developer owned apartments for rental only, other buildings being created with a sense of community and being owner occupied as part of the deal, some stuff is changing, and it's still a market that needs to work itself out.
If you want to know who the bullshitters are it's those who can't afford the market to drop.
Some of the research I have done is publicly available, if you know where to look 😉 Can't imagine anyone would bother, even for academic/piss taking purposes. TBH It's pretty boring reading and a bit out of date now.
Tiny houses look lovely, but imagine having to fold your bed away each morning, and then get it out again at night; trying to read while someone's cooking; schlepping all your dirty laundry to the launderette... When you read "tiny house" think "caravan".
It's possible to live a sustainable, simple, minimal life in a three bed semi. Easier, even.
Much of city centre Helsinki is made of apartments that size. Basically it's ok if you have hardly any stuff - if you're fresh out of uni with the things you brought from your house share. Doesn't take long to tidy and clean. But there are a lot of things you simply can't do if you haven't got any space. So the question is whether or not you want to do them - what do you want to do with your free time?
When you read “tiny house” think “caravan”.
Yep! We tried a caravan once and it was shit. We drove back the second night rather than put the bastarding bed up again. Those tiny houses are very clever and that but you can really only have the basics because moving stuff around to do other stuff is just a mahoosive pain in the arse.
You don't need space for stuff, you need space for people.
A tiny house is a way of life much like veganism.
If people want to live that way fair play but it’s not for me.
all the examples people seem to show are for a small house on a larger plot of land so there is space all around. can imagine housing blocks built up where all people can afford is that it could end up being miserable.
We drove back the second night rather than put the bastarding bed up again.
You can get them with fixed beds...
Not the point, but I see your point 🙂
rebuild half of the houses that are in disrepair. stop btl, flood the housing market and vastly lower prices.