Tiny home development

[Danny Day]

Has anyone taken interest in "Tiny Homes", less than 500 sq ft homes.

I've been reading up on these, and it looks like people are building them ground up for less than $15k. Some people are claiming to live here for 10-15 years happily.

In my opinion, it seems like this could be an up and coming trend in real estate.

There are certain areas where property values are very high, and people choose to live in tiny home.

Has anyone considered developing a community of 25-50 tiny homes? Based on my calculations, you could fit 50 tiny homes at 500 sq ft each on a 1 acre plot, with enough room for landscape, sidewalks, etc.

These are the guys who started it all (I believe): http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

Opinions?

:cool:

Danny

[Danny Day]

My vision would be a close knit community living a "greener" life than most.

I would incorporate a community garden, lots of landscape design, and individual front porches. I would stay with color schemes that are loud and visual.

I feel it might work near a university, metro station, or close to an urban environment. I've got some places picked out in Houston. Obviously there are good and bad spots for this.

Ideally I would like to create an open environment, where neighbors can hang out with each other, enjoy the company of each other with the same ideals and living standards.

There are other ways to incorporate the "green" side of things, such as a rain water collection system, or solar panels on each house for power...

Parking would be an issue. Most likely you might have to build a 2 story parking garage, or asphalt a lot for enough cars.

Some of these units have washer dryer combos. It might be feasible to build them in with the over/under idea.. or it might work better for a washateria.

Thinking outside the box as much as possible on this one.

Danny