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NaturalHome.com: A Hobbit House

2009-02-28T17:51:09Z

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A Hobbit House <[link]>
With a historical base, Gary Zuker built his hobbit house with a clay and straw mix.

Join the new tiny house village group

2009-02-26T16:47:45Z

Hi Marganne (and everyone),
Logan just told me about your Google Group and I joined this morning, though
it seems like much of the dialogue was happening last summer. Sorry I missed
it! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Hillary and I've been blogging
about my trailer project over at [link].

Re: [LCCH] Mobile Home Park investments

2009-02-25T21:05:43Z

This predicted mobile home park bubble is mostly a creation of zoning.
When the next wave of adjustable rate mortgage resets hit in
April/May, I expect zoning will start to get ignored because the
formerly non-marginal middle class will not be willing to live in
their cars. If you wait six months, the zoning bans on affordability

Re: Mobile Home Park investments

2009-02-26T16:25:04Z

Hi Marganne! :)

Thanks for sharing the article! Not having a community where a tiny
house on wheels can park has been our biggest obstacle for
transitioning. We can buy the home but with no place to park/live in
the area it would just go into storage :(. We have checked out RV
parks in the area but the asthetics leave much to be desired...the cal-

Re: Mobile Home Park investments

2009-02-26T06:35:04Z

I'm certain the market is very different today but I still think
buying a mobile home park and inviting people who want to live in tiny
houses is a great way to build a tiny house community without much
permit trouble at all, especially if you kept the houses on wheels.

For example right now on [link] there are

Mobile Home Park investments

2009-02-25T20:13:54Z

Hello Everyone!
I just read a very interesting article about the Mobile Home Park
Investment Boom. (It was published in August 2007, so adjust for
economy.)
[link]
Although I didn't understand all the ins and outs, I thought the

Re: [LCCH] Is this list still active?

2008-11-11T19:46:38Z

Yes, it is still active ... depending on your definition of active.
;-) I'd still like to find somewhere to live that provides as close
to a cohousing environment as I can get, but is low-cost or
affordable.
Most support earlier seemed to be for purchasing property already
zoned for multiple units. Unfortunately, that doesn't meet the

Re: [LCCH] Is this list still active?

2008-11-10T21:00:37Z

Must be the fall doldrums. I know I have it bad. Plus, I'm using any spare
time I have to do the transcription for the cohousing and economic crisis
phone conversation from a couple weeks ago. Also spent 16 hours at the
Green Festival in DC this past weekend. Anyone out near San Fran should
really go -- I'm still sorting out my impressions and coming back down to

Re: [LCCH] Is this list still active?

2008-11-10T19:40:40Z

I think so Charles.
Bill Kastrinos
[link]

Is this list still active?

2008-11-10T19:05:57Z

Just wondering . . . haven't heard anything in a long time.

Charles
Utah Valley Commons
[link]

Re: [LCCH] Re: Affordable Housing

2008-10-02T14:10:53Z

Here is a guy building legally on the cheap:
[link]
-Michael
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Sharon Villines

Re: [LCCH] Re: Affordable Housing

2008-10-02T12:50:46Z

I'm not in the market to move -- unless the economy tanks completely.
I'm "retired" meaning I have lots to do but little of it is income
generating. At 55 I traded income for free time. So I'm living off my
401k fund, and not looking at it's rapidly diminishing value right now.
I live in Takoma Village Cohousing and write on sociocracy, cohousing,

Re: [LCCH] Affordable Housing

2008-10-02T00:51:04Z

Sharon,
If cost is your bottom line, I have someone who is trying to get us to move
our operation to Nebraska. He states houses go for $25,000. You cannot build
anything for $25,000. It may not be a good investment, but if you are on a
fixed income, it is one way to beat the game.
Set aside some money for down jackets, generators, and down comforter though

Re: [LCCH] Has anything changed?

2008-10-02T00:47:56Z

Margaine,
Did you see my post a couple days ago about the Buddist group who built a
little community?
Bill

Affordable Housing

2008-10-01T23:05:18Z

I read somewhere recently that the reason that housing has become so
expensive is that land is so expensive.
I haven't had time to check figures and adjust them for inflation, but
it makes sense. There is much less of it because there are so many
more people, and cars. And some people are building houses that are so