What are your thoughts on the oversized pillars in the front porch? I think it gives it a lot of charm.
This tiny house is located in New York and is currently available for purchase at an asking price of $32,000 which I believe is fair for a completed tiny home like this.
The trailer with tongue is 24′ long and the actual home is approximately 20′ x 8′. It’s got an upstairs sleeping loft and an open living area.
It also has a bathroom, kitchen and all the features and appliances that you’d want in a cabin or home. If you want to learn more about this cottage on wheels you can get more details and photos here at the original listing.
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These tiny home prices are getting crazy.
I agree.
“These tiny home prices are getting crazy.”
This is the understatement of the decade! I think it should be framed and placed above the door of this tiny house, as a reminder of human greed (on the seller’s side) and stupidity (on the buyer’s side).
It’s the exact same situation with the electric and hybrid cars, with the solar and wind energy-producing systems. And no, it is not the law of supply and demand, the equilibrium price and all that stuff from Econonics 101. It’s plain and simple pure greed, overcharging the buyer just as the large house builders do – even more, if you calculate the price per sq.ft. The financial burden is the same, but people have a tendency to forget and forgive, without making a simple analogy: 136 sq.ft. for $32,000 sounds OK, but paying $320,000 for 1360 sq.ft. would seem preposterous.
I believe the main reason for this situation is the almost unanimous perception regarding the tiny houses: they are perceived as some fancy gadgets, the “hip” garden accessories that make your barbecue buddies’ faces turn green of envy, instead of being regarded as what they are or should be: houses, fulfilling a basic human need (from the base of Maslow’s pyramid of needs).
I have read at least a dozen of articles about ordinary people that have built a tiny house at costs far below $10,000. Why would anyone pay a premium price if they know the real cost? I know the answer: it’s like going to a restaurant for a steak instead of having a barbecue at home; it may make sense for a dinner, but for a tiny house, the bill seems to be a little too big (pun intended!).
All the best to all of you, tiny (house) fellows!
I would like to see tiny houses for less money to get inspired. I’ve seen some of these ending up around $300-$400 sq. ft and that’s just not encouraging. I understand compared to places where average houses cost $500K and up that a tiny house for $50K-$70K is reasonable but where I live in Texas, that’s just too much. I’m buying some land and want to put a few small (less than 400 sq ft) houses on it for friends and family but i want to be able to build for less than $10K each. Closer to $5K would be ideal. Is that even possible? I’m not counting getting utilities installed and septic in that price, just the interior/exterior doing the work myself with friends.
As a personal choice I would not select these over sized pillars. Like door and window choices, they must be scaled to size for aesthetic reasons on s tony home. If not, as Nil a notes above, they better be functional! On a tiny trailer they are taking valuable real estate, so to speak. I vote nay on the curb appeal here.
To each his/her own!
Doc
Have to agree with Margot. The prices for some of these tiny homes are way way out of line with the whole idea of tiny housing. of course they have also moved away from the use of recycled and reclaimed lumber for many of these “govt spending projects”.
Sorry, but they make me think of thick ankles! There could be a really useful porch in place of them
Excellent remark, Mary! I couldn’t put it better! It is a definite turn off, you look at it and say: “What were they thinking?”
I must disagree with the above negative comments. This is a spectacular price for this little gem. Owning your own home outright for 32K what could be better than that! The freedom of living in a small space without the ability to accumulate a bunch of useless stuff. I also love the pillars. It gives this tiny house a unique charm. LOVELY, LOVELY LOVELY!
I totally love the way you think, Ann! Your positive attitude makes me wish I were the seller of this house – I would sell it to you in a New York minute (as the house is located in New York)! You said: “I also love the pillars. It gives this tiny house a unique charm. LOVELY, LOVELY LOVELY!” You sound like the Princess from “Enchanted” (which is good! … even the thick ankles should have their fans …)
I totally love the way you think, Ann! Your positive attitude makes me wish I were the seller of this house – I would sell it to you in a New York minute (as the house is located in New York)! You said: “I also love the pillars. It gives this tiny house a unique charm. LOVELY, LOVELY LOVELY!” You sound like the Princess from “Enchanted” (which is good! … even the thick ankles should have their fans …)
Now seriously, I think we all should regard the tiny houses as any other item we buy: either as something that satisfies a certain need, or as a status symbol! It should be the same for our clothes, cars, food – some of us buy them for fulfilling their needs, while others buy them for being “in line” with the ones considered “cool”, they want to be in trend; eventually they need extra closet space for the second hundred pairs of shoes, for the newest designer dresses/shirts/ties, a fourth car – the newest and greenest hybrid, of course! All this useless stuff will go into storage, eventually being auctioned and sold in thrift stores and second-hand dealerships! (A just punishment, if you ask me!) Fortunately, even the “designer-built”, high-end tiny homes – ment to be used as guest houses, offices, cigar lounges, man-caves a.s.o. – will be useful when the crisis strikes and downsizing sounds better and better. We have to keep in mind, though, the initial idea of the tiny house movement: a house that you can build by yourself, with low costs, a house where you may live mortgage-free, with low utility bills, with freedom of movement, and with you being in control of your life! (At least that’s what I’ve understood from Jay Shafer – feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)