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Attention all aspiring ski bums: Your dream house

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Canuker
Posts: 4730 - Karma: 165
Alot like the tiny house except you'll be able to buy them. Awesome.

http://globalnews.ca/news/932674/vancouver-company-hopes-to-kickstart-micro-home-revolution-with-25000-units/

Id imbed the video but its too hard from my iphone.
Oct 30 2013 9:31PM
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wzrdtrx
Posts: 276 - Karma: 211
That is sick I would definitely live in that. I am all about that life.
Oct 30 2013 9:38PM
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Hammyslapwagon
Posts: 1261 - Karma: 1,409
Shit I'd just take a month and build it myself
Oct 30 2013 9:40PM
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FuckAllOfYou
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 2,518
ah yes, the inevitable "we've got it made but we just need the money... we promise?" schtick
Oct 30 2013 9:48PM
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Triple_Strum
Posts: 6384 - Karma: 953
Absolutely fascinating. The only issue is that the expense of a house is only partly the house - people want land and it be hard to convince someone to spend $50,000 on a lot to put a $30,000 house down. I actually love the concept - the execution will just be really hard.
Oct 30 2013 9:49PM
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life_is_hood
Posts: 502 - Karma: 1,972
The real potential for this (from a ski bum mindset anyways) is having like 5 ski bum friends pool to buy a lot and then each buy one of these. Then you got 5 buds living on one lot for way less than the cost of a shitty house big enough for all 5 of you
Oct 30 2013 9:54PM
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last_tango
Posts: 2635 - Karma: 2,665
Makes me want to buy a acre of land and put this to one side of the land and when I want to step up to a bigger house with a family the old small house could be rented out.
Oct 30 2013 10:21PM
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e.will
Posts: 1981 - Karma: 967
it's really sick, and well designed except for one thing: there's no freakin' shower, just a toilet and sink.

Maybe it needs to be 120 sq. feet.

here's another writeup about it:

http://tinyhousetalk.com/nomad-micro-home/
Oct 30 2013 10:50PM
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Nddski
Posts: 75 - Karma: 501
that on the top of a mountain
Oct 30 2013 10:58PM
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JAHpow
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That would be such a sick ski bum shack
Oct 31 2013 12:01AM
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wzrdtrx
Posts: 276 - Karma: 211
I do like that idea. I really kind of just want to buy one of these houses. It would be prime.

$28000 for a perfectly fitted place to live? Shit. That sounds perfect for me, I don't plan on having kids, and I only want a girlfriend who would live in this house with me, so yes, it's viable.
Oct 31 2013 1:01AM
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McLS
Posts: 1985 - Karma: 6,454
alright the inside looks pretty nice, but you could probably build one yourself for 15k with the help f a few friends...
Oct 31 2013 6:38AM
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ABalls
Posts: 2091 - Karma: 3,754
Ya but the house has heating, plumbing, and electricity plus it's really nice inside judging from the video.
Oct 31 2013 1:54PM
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Mama.
Posts: 3066 - Karma: 2,607
This is what y'all need. Can't embed cause I'm on my phone doe. http://youtu.be/hfhbVzXXFeM
Oct 31 2013 2:08PM
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howlongcanausern
Posts: 4982 - Karma: 1,737
GL getting financing/insurance on a "house" w/ no foundation

Oct 31 2013 2:29PM
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Static
Posts: 8553 - Karma: 4,089
lol, finance a 30k house with a traditional mortgage
Oct 31 2013 2:37PM
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Daoust
Posts: 487 - Karma: 103
Whoever buys that is really really dumb. You can get like a 30' trailer at minimum for that cost, even bigger going used and you would be able to travel around with it.

Not even close to the ideal ski bum house. Have fun living in a box.
Oct 31 2013 4:22PM
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humpty
Posts: 1190 - Karma: 3,162
i actually would live in that, it would be so fun to hot box
Oct 31 2013 4:30PM
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