Tiny Homes are Frugal in that it is easier to clean/maintain them. A great site below with tiny homes.
http://www.tinyhomes.com/THouse-examples.html
http://tinyurl.com/47m3x
Tiny Homes are Frugal in that it is easier to clean/maintain them. A great site below with tiny homes.
http://www.tinyhomes.com/THouse-examples.html
http://tinyurl.com/47m3x
Cute, I'll say that much, all the site needs now is a tiny URL = http://tinyurl.com (which evidently you already know about as displayed by your homepage sig).
.......No sarcasm meant...... Very fitting/ very frugal (nothing wrong with that essentially)......BUT... Do you really see yourself living in one or is this just a whim or prospective idealism of some sort?
I not knooow nuh-thing. NnnnO ThinG ~Manwell. (from Fawlty Towers)
my house (yes, house, not apartment) us well under 500 sf. that would be super fine if i had designed it but the design sucks and it's very ahrd to keep clean because all our things have nowhere to live. as in there is 1, count them, 1 drawer in the whole kitchen. i love my house though...
"The personal is the political is drunk angry women sketching plans for the revolution on cocktail napkins."
Just considering cleaning alone. Small houses are easier to maintain. Frugal people are finding joy in small, simple things.
Vijay
http://tinyurl.com/47m3x
the place I'm moving to (as we speak) is about 220 square feet...
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In the area I live, small cabins are the norm. A decent size place for 2 people might be 16' x 20', many/most without running water. Years ago I spent one winter living in an 8' x 12' cabin with just enough room for a chair, bed and wood stove. It was 'cozy'.
Cleaning is actually a pain. Living in a place this small requires lots more discipline to keep clean and organized. A mess that would hardly be noticed in a large house becomes the center of attention in a small one.Originally Posted by rvijay
Cleaning a bigger place takes longer.. I wouldn't say it's harder. It takes longer to vacuum, there are more bathrooms to clean, etc etc. But it's easier to keep a larger home looking tidy. Especially if you have kids.
Check... it out.
Agreed with the kids factor. However, if one has a large home cleans it say every weekend or so, has a large property tax/insurance, then cleaning vehicles, cooking, pruchasing groceries maintenance time adds up seriously. Hence, keeping all these things as small as possible is frugal. This freesup time to do other things in life.
Here is a great book to read in this regard:
The Simple Living Guide by Janet Luhrs.
Vijay
http://tinyurl.com/47m3x
That's the problem with a small place - there's no back room where you can just dump stuff on a few minutes notice and shut the door. OTOH - if all your friends and neighbors also live in small places, they cut you alot of slack.
Living in a small place is pretty much like living on a boat, except that boats are usually designed with all kinds of hidey-holes.
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