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Originally Posted by rowan
Probably depends on the local laws, some of which you can work around. I saw a TV show where the host's land zoning specifically prohibited building a dwelling, but because his house was mounted on a truck chassis (even though the wheels ended up hidden in a hole, with the house at ground level), and he had no services connected, it was exempt.
I have a small 8m2 'house' in my back yard. I put 'house' in quotes because it's not internally fitted out as a dwelling, but the structure is basically a miniature version of a house, with weatherboard cladding, iron roofing, guttering, fibreglass insulation, ceiling space, raised carpeted floor etc. It's fine as a workshop, but it would drive me mad trying to live in a space that small. I do still plan to sleep in it one night, just to try it out.  |
This.. It's not really a one size fits all here in the US.. In cities and towns building regulations are much more strict as they want to keep property values high and not have a bunch of dangerous dwellings.. However in more rural areas you can get away with much, much more. Some areas you can still build a home with logs like 1800's cabins with no electric or water if you wanted to..
It really just depends where you are.. You go to FL and they are crazy as hell with building codes, but go to rural CT, MA, NH or places like NM ect..ect.. And you can easily get away with building storage container homes or these tiny houses..
Hell another guy who used to live in a van like mine he did the "Home is where you park it book" built a freaking tree house up in Oregon as his home.. LoL