{"id":1112,"date":"2020-10-24T17:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T17:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/?page_id=1112"},"modified":"2020-10-24T17:55:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T17:55:24","slug":"house61","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/house61","title":{"rendered":"A different way to build a house #61 \u2013 Building a house for $3,500"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This technique uses Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This video describes a very interesting project &#8211; it is a house built for less than $3,500. Obviously such a house will be relatively small (128 square feet). Not so obviously it is built on a trailer frame so it can legally be that small. And a great deal of the material used to build the house is recycled from prior structures, keeping the cost at $3,500:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DIY vintage tiny home for less than $3500: meet Jenine Alexander\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UB-MhZkYVo8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More info on this type of house is seen in this second-gen version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonoma County tiny homes on wheels&#039; pioneers: Forge Ahead\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BFvTmemGL4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely not $3,500 however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the original house does have innovative features, like a roof that opens, the lack of things like modern restroom facilities may be a deal breaker. Here is a house-on-wheels that is just a little larger and solves that problem: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Little house on a trailer: 12 feet wide is not a tiny home\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RzGYnMgu-YM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Buying an older RV trailer might be a way around this problem, as it has a sewage tank. See <a href=\"\/house57\">Using an RV as a home<\/a> for ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He notes the difference between this house and a tiny house is that this house is 12 feet wide. Tiny house are usually more like 8 feet wide. Here is an example in that size range:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thoreau&#039;s cabin redux: Jay Shafer on tiny homes and happiness\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qaE4EvM-UF4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See also<br>&#8211; <a href=\"\/house35\">A different way to build a house #35 \u2013 Tiny houses<\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"\/house49\">A tiny apartment with moving walls becomes 24 different spaces<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This technique uses Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs): This video describes a very interesting project &#8211; it is a house built for less than $3,500. Obviously such a house will be relatively small (128 square feet). Not so obviously it is built on a trailer frame so it can legally be that small. And a great &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/house61\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A different way to build a house #61 \u2013 Building a house for $3,500<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1117,"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1112\/revisions\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}