Grow your house?

Oh no they didn’t.

http://www.gizmag.com/mushroom-tiny-house/28248/ “The mushroom part of the Mushroom Tiny House mostly refers to its insulation, which is based on mycelium (or mushroom root). This insulation is inserted between standard wooden panels, and is both fire resistant and green, containing no harmful toxins (unlike, say, Styrofoam). The company explained via email that the […]

Welcome Teresa

Just added Teresa to the users here so she can post links and generally follow along. She and her husband Jim are serious homesteaders, and are generously advising us on a lot of fronts.

Couple Links

this is a good one to look at : http://tinyhouseblog.com/

and, sparingly updated: http://livinginatinyhouse.blogspot.com/

New Bill Could Legitimize Tiny Houses Around Washington

It sounds like the need for tiny houses to be on wheels may be about to go away…

The digest:

Prohibits certain local governments from regulating or restricting the minimum gross floor area for single-family detached dwellings.

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Tiny House builders in the area

So far I’ve only spotted one, but if more bubble up, I’ll update this post.

If you want to simply purchase a pre-built Tiny House (on a trailer) and drop it on a site, these some options:

Seattle Tiny Homes

Kit houses

Another category of houses in the “tiny house” genre seems to be owner-built “kit houses” (search “kit homes washington state”). One example of is : Shelter Kit, who will sell you a kit that you assemble yourself. Supposedly takes two people a few weeks with no crane required. Sounds like it might be an interesting […]

Some regional maps

Teresa was kind enough to pass along some state/county mapping links for reference:

Snohomish County Permit, Planning, and Zoning Map Interactive Maps of Snohomish County

Rural loan calculator

Just as a fast back-o-th-envelope sort of thing. This.

YouTube video playlist

So as I delve into YouTube, I’m creating a list of reference videos. Thought I’d share the link here in case anyone else is interested.

Tiny House Videos

Some books relating to tiny houses

An article that Snow pinned called “My Top 7 Tiny House Books for 2013” had a link to a set of interesting books, including wiring and zoning issues: http://thetinylife.com/store/ – might be something to investigate later.