The Dog House movement - the reality of the Tiny House craze

I did not coin the phrase, I heard it from an acute observer in the construction business.

But the mortgage payments are a lot lower.

They sure are!
buy a tiny house and live in it on a lot.... your 5 acres... and build a real house. over years as money allows if you need it.

that would be the best use of the tiny house. As anything long term, it is a constricting force.

an RV would be better, not that that life is one I want.

Last Edited by beeches on 09/30/2017 08:59 AM

It could be ok for one person in a warm climate where you can be outside a lot.

The Tiny house craze is being pushed intensely by multiple media.

I remember my introduction to it here, and then in an article about a girl whose father had died. In memory of him, she wanted to do something great. A challenge to her.

she chose building a tiny house.


she chose it because it is being pushed into our awareness, and her story itself became part of the narrative.

I think she had a wonderful dad and did a good thing.... but it could have been anything else, like creating a forest walk or providing a home for animals...

the tiny house movement is simply in the air.

People lived in these odd conical dwellings for thousands of years.

And when they got tired of living in one place, they packed them up, and moved to another place.

Very strange!

yep, true!

like the caravans of the gypsies

I foresee the NWO pushing tent cities too.

some people like myself are tired of being a slave to a mortgage
you spend most of your life working a job you don't really like but you need the money , putting up with shit from idiots who control your life because you can't quit and lose your home
then most of your free time is spent on upkeep or cleaning , the bigger the home the more time is required. less time to actually enjoy life, or give back to your community, exercise, further your education
i lived in an RV for five years straight traveling the country, you stay highly organized, there is no room for clutter, almost all of your time is spent outdoors, you don't worry about material things as much

i think the title of your post is way off base, it is more about freedom and breaking the chains from banks,corporations, and the government

Wake me up when rich liberal elitists like Algore are moving into Tiny Houses.

until then, they are mental preparation for the sardine can future they envision for us.

that is what they want you to think.

title your own thread the way you like, it is one of the perks of starting one!

Last Edited by beeches on 09/30/2017 09:21 AM

Real independence does not come from house size.

it comes from owning land.


a tiny house in a Walmart parking lot is nothing compared to an acre of land you can plant and have chickens on.

There was no "New World Order" in those days.

Just in case you were wondering.

great post. i am in my 50's and wish i'd come to this realization 20 years ago. we've become slaves to mortgages and credit cards....just like 'they' planned.

they want us to be in debt for everything, including food. it used to be hard for people to get credit cards but anyone can get one now. and since 'they' also control the credit rating companies, they get to decide what interest rate they want to charge.

a new, basic pickup that cost $25k 10 years ago is $40k+ now but our wages have stayed the same. how can they do that? they sell cars based on what monthly payment people can afford....and they stretch them out 7-10 years....for a depreciating asset.

folks need to educate themselves about economics and finance because whatever the banks tell us if for THEIR benefit...not ours.

Last Edited by BRYinTX on 09/30/2017 09:25 AM

i live in a tiny house..

Here's how this is going to play out for Mr. Millennial and his liberal wife:

Liberal wifey wants a solar powered and sustainable housing. Cuck hubby agrees, gets an acre or two, and builds the Tiny House.

Wife gets pregnant and her evolutionary programming kicks in. She now desires a much larger house with line power and copious amounts of water.

Whipped hubby submits, gets a real job, builds the normal home over the tiny house, and a mortgage. Thus begins their journey to normalcy.

Remember that Hippies turned to Yuppies with BMWs in their garage.

do you work for a mortgage company/bank?


10+ years ago i was actually one of the leading posters here, takes a lot of time and energy. and beer, lol. so yeah, i know the drill, thank you

LOL
anyone can shop around and get a modular or mobile w/way more sq footage and set it up either on a slab or if it's this other LATEST CRAZE bs as in an ABSOLUTE MUSTm to drag it around,
get a single wide and reinforce the axles,customize , etc.

these tiny houses shown are not cheap and in reality i'd say they COST WAY MORE= the same as the bs on buy and flip: costs for permits, renovations,materials on and on are under estimates given to the public.

Who put a gun to your head and forced you to take out a loan you can't afford?

Who put a gun to your head and said, "hey motherfucker, you better buy a house you can't afford and a lot of money on credit cards or else I'll kill ya!"?

Well said!
The elitists live as they please while programming the dumb
masses to live without air conditioning, ride bicycles, forego
all ambition of achievement, and live in crammed ghettos of
dog houses, listening to cRAP "music".
All according to plan....

and no internet
and no cell phones
and no computers
and no workbenches and tools
and no kitchens
and no guitars and violins
and no wheel
no printing presses

nothing for the Indians except their movable tiny houses. No horses either, until the Europeans brought them.


if you hate modern life, become Amish. it would suit you well. Their model is far superior to isolated snowflakes banging around in their tiny mobile homes.

try raising your children in one.

of course, the NWO does not want us to have families

Most Americans over the age of 40 grew up in what someone like you would call a "tiny house" actually.

no one. do you speak to people like this to their face? i imagine you get the shit beat out of you A LOT.

Levitown houses are easily ten times the size of dog tiny house.

they served well for families and would be great nowadays too depending on the neighborhood and zoning.

Those are NOT the tiny houses being addressed here.
(snip)
"The typical American home is around 2,600 square feet, whereas the typical small or tiny house is between 100 and 400 square feet."

[link to thetinylife.com]


Last Edited by Trained Noticer on 09/30/2017 10:04 AM

some things do have an expiration date, it seems....

for anyone with a native american heritage, or even a gypsy heritage from europe you have NOMADIC blood in your veins. you werent meant to be stationary - that is an ENGLISH construct. case in point My grandparents on my mothers side were BOTH native American heritage, though they had both Native American and European in their ancestry so they both had the nomadic gene and in their later years loved to wander the united states sometimes taking my parents and me and my sister with them on vacations. the tiny house movement would suit me just fine - its something that I on my meager income that is relatively non existant as far as the IRS is concerned could OWN and be fine. in fact right before my husband and i became homeless for the first time I was getting into the movement and researching. but my husband is a large man and swears up and down HE WOULDNT FIT in one nor would the lifestyle suit him - hes not big on travel. he did however compromise that we could do this in our retirement. so i have something to look forward to in my golden years. its not for everyone, but for couples and singles its great as long as both partners love travel or want to downsize.

This too shall pass. Not many places where you can legally live in one due to building codes, covenants, zoning, etc. That is why you see so many being built on tandem axle flatbed trailers so as to get around these regulations. Even then when treated as an RV because it is on wheels there are many areas where you are given a prescribed amount of time to build an approved construction building. Beyond that time frame you are no longer allowed to dwell in it. Way too much control in our lives.