For reference, I include the Tumbleweed builders. These guys are kind of the gold-standard for the mobile tiny house movement. Much pricier than I am willing to bite off, but there are a lot of good ideas tied to these that we can utilize. I’m super curious how the impending law change will affect the wheeled market. I suspect they will branch out into larger units.
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Here’s a short video of the interior of one (unfinished). A Home Depot model to compare.
That being said, I can totally see how she could set herself up for retirement in that thing. It’s densely livable. The sort of thing my mother would have adored, herself.
A full version of the handbook is available online in PDF format if you want to check it out. I bought a physical copy at Amazon as well. Just added Randy as an editor here. Welcome to the project! 🙂
This!
OK, I have a few books inbound now, and need to stop and digest, but this one looked like it was right up our alley as we try to determine how to buy a parcel of land. Everyone raves about it, and it was published in 2014, so it’s not years out of date. I’ll report back once I get a chance to dig into it! This is just a random post I ran across, but some of his points are very good ones, and are food for thought as we move ahead. I’ll reproduce the entire text here for reference, since this looks like a personal site that could easily vanish. |
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Lowe’s sells a ton of various wood-frame sheds and gardening houses that are ripe for conversion to a country shack. I’d love to tear into one of these and wire, plumb, insulate and panel it as a first project. Relatively cheap way to get immediate shelter at a property, letting you focus on interior finishing during the rains. A 12′ x 16′ (192′ sq) or 12′ x 20′ (240′ sq) would be quite a lot of space to play with.
Though 
The definitive authority on making composting toilets and running a very easy composting process that results in amazing garden compost over a 2-year cycle, and eliminates the need for sewers or septic tanks on the property.
Interestingly, a quick search on Amazon turns up a number of these sorts of 
Or, something like it. Worth considering. About $650. Electric, not gas. Neat.
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