TINY HOUSE THOUGHTS

SidecarFlip wrote:

rjxj wrote:
They are an excellent idea as a tiny house but not as an RV. I bet their feet stay warm and burn far less propane unlike a poorly built RV. Just like many RV issues it's not one size fits all. Most are over priced but that's a supply and demand issue and pertains to any product. The person with a rotted out 3 or 4 year old RV probably realizes just how pricey they are too.

In every case I've come across with a 3-4 year old 'rotted out' RV, the root cause of that was a ignorant owner that never took care of proper maintenance.

Tiny houses need maintained as well.

The real issue with a tiny house lies in the end use not the dwelling itself. Communities look at tiny houses as freeloading squatters that pay no taxes but still use community services and that don't bode well with communities in general plus, most aren't even built to BOCA standards for electrical , plumbing or anything else.

Many of the rigs that are damaged in the first few years were leaking on the dealers lot. My house shingles are 23 years old. A metal roof which is easily good for 50 years is common on tiny houses because of moving it.

A sq ft is a sq ft. If you have a lot vs a little it's more maintenance. Would you rather wash and wax your RV or your house?

It's very common for people/communities to be prejudiced to others that are different. Some even kill over it or make others lives miserable. There is no difference between a person sitting in an RV box or a small house box when it comes to infrastructure costs. They may not be paying a property tax but you can be assured that the park owner or other property owner is paying. If you find an area where a person can park anything without tax let me know.

You really aren't saying that RV's are something to praise as far as plumbing, electrical, are you? A small house with romex stapled to the studs along with a real electrical panel and a frig that doesn't burn it to the ground could be a plus. Tiny house is probably using PEX with connectors that dont blow off which is common in an RV.

It's certainly not all about ultra small tiny houses but there are more and more people looking for very small houses. If so many people are happy to live in an RV which is 200 to 300 sq ft how can they knock someone who chooses to do the same but has 2x4's and a real frig? I haven't seen any tiny houses with water intrusion, fires, bad wiring connections, cracked frames or tanks falling out like RV's.

Even the mobile homes after 1986 are nothing to brag about no matter what sticker is on it. Believe it or not some people also actually care about their carbon footprint. I guess that goes along with it being obvious that no RV'er who can think at all buys into the global warming stuff.