Boise, ID - woman's tiny house

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[Mark W.]

Neat my mom lives in a real nice medium sized 5th wheel about the same size. Why is this news?

 

[3MTA3]

Its a growing urban trend. One of the local talking heads at KATU did a piece on them last year. I think I'd opt for the 5th wheel, myself. At least I could change the scenery when I wanted.

 

[BillM]

That's a house? It's got WHEELS on it. I'll bet under that little porch is a
trailer hitch. Around here that would be a trailer, and require a license plate.

 

[jbett98]

It looks like it's built on a 5th wheel frame.

 

[FZRider]

Reminds me of a Jeff Foxworthy joke. If your house has wheels and your car doesn't...you might be a redneck.


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[deen_ad]

I'll take our 41' motorhome with three slides thank you!


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[jim97701]

That's a house? It's got WHEELS on it. I'll bet under that little porch is a
trailer hitch. Around here that would be a trailer, and require a license plate.

Look at the last few pictures, the 5th wheel hitch is clearly visible. No need to look under the porch.

 

[Fast Eddie]

I would have opted for one when I was young. My first place was an acre I purchased in Eastern Washington for $7,500 and a 3 bedroom 14x72 that I bought for $9,500, back in the late 80's. With power and septic I was in it $23,500 when it was finished.

 

[BillM]

Look at the last few pictures, the 5th wheel hitch is clearly visible. No need to look under the porch.

Thanks. I didn't scroll all the way through the pictures.
SO---it's got wheels, a hitch and tail-lights. It's sitting up on concrete blocks. I'm pretty sure that
DOES NOT qualify as a house anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon line.

 

[trainsktg]

Meh. Its a rebuilt 5th wheel. Construction workers live for years on the road in rigs just like this. I did. If I could do it all over again, I probably never would have bought a house, rented a $300/month space instead and saved my money. Low maintenance, change your scenery or state whenever it suited you, etc.

Keith

 

[evltwn]

So...where's the gun safe??

 

[mrblond]

So...where's the gun safe??

and the reloading bench...

 

[CamoDeafie]

the reason these homes are often built on 5th wheel frames and have wheels, is to get around a lot of the legalese pertaining permanent dwellings in a lot of the counties where they are...as well as getting around HOAs....In fact, for part of Idaho, the requirement for a permanent dwelling is that it be a minimum of 1200 SQ FT, if it is to be built on a lot and built as a permanent home. It's all about the money for most of the minimum size requirements, as that means more taxes (higher property values=higher property taxes), and additional taxes and revenues from the incomes of the contractors who are hired to do the work, along with the water/sewer/power/gas systems. I do not believe Oregon has any such requirements, not from what I could see.....(I live in a 425sq ft studio apartment...and I've see a great many houses in Salem and Albany that are under 1,000 SQ ft, though most of them have lofts and are rentals)

 

[Scott F]

I moved from a 12X18 wall tent we lived in for two and a half years to a 420 sq ft cabin. It's more room than we need.

 

[Stomper]

That right there is the "vision" our government "masters" have for us, except stacking them 20 or 30 high and side by side 20 or 30 wide.

 

[Grunwald]

What they didn't show you is the second trailer that is twice the size that she uses to keep her shoes.