75 Square Foot Homes?

I had a small camp for a few years that was an 8x10 metal portable building.

Yes, you can live in that small space. Helps a lot to have an awning on one side to do a bit of cooking under, or to store a few things out of the rain that won't fit inside.

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I think i could live in it for a little while .does it have an outhouse or potty?

I wouldn't call it "living" if I had to take up residence in that size of a structure. Survival mode at best.

No...I could NOT! My books alone take up more space than that.

My dream was always to have a loft...all that open space and enough room to roller skate and shoot baskets. I think the homestead equivalent would be one of those giant metal buildings, and I would live in part of it, and have the rest open for my chickens, or whatever.

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THat would about the size of the early hometeaders

Just finished building a 14x36 home to be used as the model. It suppose to be built and sold in campgrounds. Marketed toward the traveling types. Lots of windows and a loft make it seem bigger than it is.

I lived in 64 sq ft for a year. Would like to see the floor plan of this place.

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he has the floor plans on the web site, and if you want - they can be built by him or he sells the plans.

Why don't you post about your cabin.. Sounds neat also.

Angie

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Every summer for about 9 years my ex and I would move into a very old cabin that belongs to a beautifull victorian home. The cabin used to be servants quarters (ans still was, as we were summer care takers). At 10 x 12 (120 sf) we had a lovely living room and a loft lined with bookshelves. Behind the cabin was a very old Airstream for a kitchen, bath and extra sleeping area when we had guests. The bathroom cracked me up to no end, I coud be sitting on the toilet, brushing my teeth and taking a shower all at the same time - quite a use of space.

I have to say, keeping the house clean was no problem, and because we had a beautifull spacious yard, we hosted many parties. The first year, I just had to get over the mindste that these quarters were SMALL!!! Ex stood about six foot four, so he was no small man, and he loved it. I am only 5 foot two, so I really don't take up that much space.

It was and adventure every summer and we definitely spent a lot more time outside than we would have!

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I looked seriously at these homes - they are beautiful and I think they are a great deal. I thought if I built the 600 sq ft one over a full unfinished basement with plumbing for the washer/dryer and furnace and water heater, there would be tons of room.

I did find contractors in the area who would've helped build these for less than $100/sq ft. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any land!!!

So I ended up buying a 750 sq ft house on a full unfinished basement on a 0.25 acre. But next time around...

Also, if you guys want to check out other teensy houses look at www.weehomes.com. They are way more modern and beautiful in a very different way.

Angie
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I have plans for a 16x36. One for a house and one for a shop. 16ft uses material with less waste. I will try and get a copy and put them on here.

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Not a bad idea if you're single and spend very little time at home. I think the less space you have, the more efficiently you use that space.

I'd be worried about fire.

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The bungalow on the site would be a nice little place, but it's 500 sq. ft. I have too many indoor pets for anything smaller. Too much hostility between the three to keep them confined in such a small space.

We lived with 5 kids in a 12'x60 singlewide (turned the livingroom into a hall and 2 additional bedrooms). It wasn't bad and really fast to clean. As the kids got bigger, though, we decided we needed a livingroom, so added another trailer (12'x50) That gave us 2 more bedrooms (making a total of 6) and another bathroom (thank God!).

To answer your original question, I could live in a house that small, but not with all these young'uns. I would need to be single to make it work. But, if I had two or three of them, then I could keep the kids.

Thanks for the site, love it. Husband I have been looking for a new camping trailer, That also works as a guest house. I learn so many things hanging out on this site. So thanks for this post and thanks for the web site.

If I had the money there are a few of them shown that would be great for visiting guests, so that they can come and go as they please and not worry about disturbing the household.

there are still many others shown that I think my chickens would feel right pleased to call home.

Lowes has a really nice "shed" with loft that we have drooled over for a few years..it is like $6000 without windows or assembly.

The link didn't seem to work for me. Is it correct?

doohap

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Here's another website

http://www.tinyhomes.com/HousePlansForSale.html

or two...

http://www.tinyhouses.net/

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Here are two sets of plans I drew up

16 x36 house We added 4ft to the height of theoutside walls in the kitchen/bath area to create a loft. That makes a 12-12 pitch on both sides of those walls and a 6/12 where the loft would be.



This is just a shop I layed out. Thinking if I ever ended up in something that small I would want it to work for me. There are 35 years in this layout. Not bragging just FYI

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Nice on the cabin layout. I especially appreciate the L kitchen shape as this mobile home has one long line, and no workspace. Also like the windows - do you envision the loft having windows?

the workshop, is a little harder to understand, but looks as if you have workstation area and room to move around each area.

Angie

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The loft in the plan has 3 windows on each side 3'x3'

Dave

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I've lived in spaces that small and I can't say I enjoyed it at all. Marginally better than living in my car.

One of the smallest places I lived in was barely big enough for a queen size bed. You had just enough room to stand up at one side. I had it crammed full. I had a TV, VCR, DVD and surround sound system along with a couple of computers and a microwave and dorm sized fridge. You couldn't really stand anywhere so you basically lived on the bed. It did have 10 ft ceilings so I had shelves above me where I could store stuff. The bathroom was about the size of a broom closet. A toilet and a shower and sink in but you pretty much had to sit on the toilet to use the sink. One nice thing about it was that it didn't cost much to heat. Unless it was really cold the heat from my electronic gear would heat the place to a very toasty level. Not too hard to cool with a small a/c unit either.

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