Various reasons that Tiny Houses annoy me...
- If Tiny Houses weren't cute they'd be called shacks.
- Tiny Houses are way over priced. When I see companies selling built houses they are much too expensive for what you get. Or you see stories of someone who built it themselves for a more reasonable $10,000 level cost... with 100's of hours of labor and discount products, etc.
- Someone invented this idea a long time ago and they called it mobile homes. Look into it.
- You know you can
buy a used trailer or RV for a mere fraction of the cost of a new Tiny House in most cases? If you really wanna save money then live in a trailer. Sorry the press won't cover your story about living in a van down by the river cause its not a cute Tiny House but you'll save a lot more money.
- Where ya gonna put that Tiny House? On someone elses land? On your own buildable lot? When housing is expensive the largest factor there is really the land. If you've got free land to park a Tiny House on then you're getting subsidy from someone or mooching off free land. What about zoning? Does your city allow trailers parked on someone elses lawn? If you've got a buildable lot to put a Tiny House on then you should just sell that valuable land. The cost of the land that a Tiny House sits on is a huge factor in housing costs and is generally ignored entirely when touting the benefit of a Tiny House.
- Being Tiny doesn't really save much at all versus simply being small. Seriously, why live in 200 sq ft when you can get 600 sq ft for a little more?
- The whole concept is an extreme over reaction. People go from over spending to living in a shack. Why not just cut back in a reasonable manner?
- Lastly, you know if you can't afford housing where you live then one option is to move somewhere more affordable. I'm not saying the entire state of CA needs to pack up a U-haul and head off to Texas here either. But if you really can't afford to live where you are then there are cheaper places.
http://www.freeby50.com/2014/06/tiny-houses-are-stupid-idea.html
Mike