The idea of the "Tiny House" is getting around, for example:
- Tiny House Blog - Living Simply in Small Spaces
- http://rowdykittens.com/our-tiny-house/
- https://www.facebook.com/TinyHouseCalgary
- http://www.resourcesforlife.com/small-house-society
Photo Credit: RowdyKittens |
I find this a very interesting take on the idea of fulltiming, and how fulltiming in an RV can be an environmentally friendly choice.
A tiny house is usually built on a trailer frame, because in almost all jurisdictions the building codes prohibit construction of permanent dwellings below a certain size. Therefore Tiny House advocates usually need to build their homes on wheels to circumvent the building codes. So a Tiny House is usually a type of RV.
Photo Credit: RowdyKittens |
While there is significant overlap, the main difference (IMHO) between the Fulltiming movement and the Tiny House movement seems to be as follows: tiny houses are not intended to move around a lot, where fulltimers (living in a conventional RV) tend to be more mobile - therefore (sometimes) burning a lot more fuel. But it isn't necessarily so, and there are lots of RV fulltimers who are fervent environmentalists. An example of green fulltimers would be http://www.greenrvlife.com/.
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1 comment:
I think the whole concept is pretty neat. Especially the idea of getting around building codes by essentially building a trailer.
Only thing is though, I have to say I think I'd go bonkers. Eventually anyway.
Which is not to say that I don't think we have too much cr*p in our lives, because we do. The cr*p I can do without, but having a bit of domestic space works for me too.
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