could you live permanently in a 'tiny home'?

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...binge watching tiny house nation.

great for a holiday. but to live like that permanently - it just seems like a lot of faff.

I think a 20-something with no hope of getting on the housing ladder could happily live in a tinyhome erected in their parents' back garden - so could use laundry and other facilities in the main house when needed.

I couldnt at the moment.
I have too much outdoor kit to store I have 4 bikes, 1 canoe, climbing and camping equipment etc! Then theres my baking stuff, my work resources, my books and maps. There would be no room for me!!

It’s doable, and actually very pleasant if the space is well-designed and you are a naturally disciplined person: I think both are key. When I was saving for a house deposit I lived for eighteen months in a tiny studio - basically one of those “home office” cabins people put in their gardens, except mine had been converted to be a home - and because it had been specifically designed as a tiny home the layout was good (kitchen on one wall concealed behind a set of bi-fold doors, partition so the bed was out of main view) and there was adequate storage. I learned to think carefully about what I needed to keep hold of and what I didn’t, so to really consider what’s “necessary.” Also I’m naturally tidy: I imagine it’s less pleasant if you’re a bit of a hoarder and prone to not picking up after yourself or not religiously putting your laundry away once it’s dry etc.

Basically, you adapt. And if you’re also quite an outdoorsy type, as I think many permanent tiny home dwellers are, then you don’t necessarily see the indoors as the be all and end all, it’s just a small part of your overall way of life.

Oh I could.

I'd love to have no clutter and 'stuff'. Fewer clothes makes it easy to decide what to wear. Less cleaning.. 😂

We used to have a caravan and I really liked that there was just enough space in all the clever little cupboards for things we needed, and it all had to be tidied away.

Don't know how hoarders DH and DS would cope though.

I am in a small 2 bed flat with 4 kids (5, 2, 3 months, 3 months). If we had a garden, this would be perfectly fine.

So yes, I could, but I'd need outdoor space.

We are very particular about what we have in the home - only toys and clothes which are regularly used etc. For example, me and DH only have half of one rail of wardrobe space, plus a small 2 drawer bedside table for all our clothes, and it's plenty.

If I was starting over again I'd love to but now I have too much clutter

our kitchen alone has the floor print of a trailer tiny house. our family can barely get in there all at once!

we had a 'cabin in the woods' holiday a few years back. that was like the 'garden studio' comtesse describes. bathroom was a separate hut that housed shower & toilet.

was great for a holiday.

I could if I was single. But not with DC. Would also need my tiny home to have lots of outdoor space around it, which is difficult in the UK but easier in places like the US where land is cheaper.

I would love to. But I have too much crap. Actually, if I got rid of DH and his crap, I probably could manage quite well. But I don’t know how families manage to do it.

I dont think i could. I mean if i had to i would have to - but i would feel it was less than ideal and find it stressful.

I would find it better if it had very good outside space with a shed for things like bikes and you could eat outside when warm and dry.

I loved that series and some of the outdoor bits made them lovely.

Yes, absolutely if it was just me and DH. BUT it would have to be a luxe one, one of those nicer proper built ones not just a loft bed in a horse float ifykwim. Even at mid 30s I'm to old for that!
I'm actually hoping we will do this on a bushblock (Aus) in the future. A smaller strawbail house, but with large decking and gardens. Either this or a houseboat on the major river nearby.....
Would never do it with kids willingly but happily with lovely (minimalist) DH & dog.

I live in a tiny house - not like the ones on the show but very small by everyone else's standards.

Just googled - turns out our house is much smaller than many on teh show!

I love the idea and would welcome it if single with no kids. Maybe when they’ve all moved out.

I could of I lived alone.
I couldn't with other people under my feet.

Yes, if just me and the cat. Heaven

Alone yes. With my family no. There’s some excellent tiny house channels on YouTube OP. My particular favourite is ‘Living big in a tiny house’.

interesting fuckin

question (if you don't mind) what do you do about laundry on a rainy day?

I would love to but the COVID crisis has made me re-think how realistically possible it would be - maybe would have to be a tiny house in a huge garden

Probably, we live in a fairly small flat.

We’re very outdoorsy so normally the flat is no more than somewhere to eat/sleep.

I think I could in a normal situation as I'm out a lot, but I couldn't stand it in this lockdown.

I imagine having an injury and not able to climb up into the sleeping area. in most the downstairs area would be too small to bed down comfortably without being in the way of absolutely everything.

If it had outdoor space then definitely. No garden would be like living in a cell.

My home is teeny weeny and love it.
Couldn’t cope without a garden though ( garden also small).
Also it wouldn’t have worked with small/ growing children.😟

I could possibly, but only if I lived somewhere warm, where I could comfortably spend a lot of time outdoors.