They include a floor plan in the article.

If you are not familiar with the term, "flat pack" describes how all of those build-it-yourself furniture pieces are made, to fit into a flattened cardboard box for shipping. RTA kitchen cupboards and Ikea furniture are "flat pack".

I am stretching my brain this early. I think in our city the house has to be at least 320 SQ FT. Will look it up toda. Curious now.

Thanks for the link Very interesting.

First off, such a 'flat pack' house would have to meet local code. That is one big problem in many parts of the US. Someone who is not wealthy enough to influence the city government would be less likely to get such permission, than a big developer who wants to put up such dwellings close together and be a slum landlord. The situation then would be the provision of municipal services such as water, sewer, power, phone. Population density is a consideration, like we cannot have anyone living in our 450 sq foot Teahouse, because of population density, and then subdivision rules in various neighborhoods do not allow homes of more or less square footage on their areas.

We are always shooting ourselves in the foot, it seems. We want to allow folks to get smaller homes, but then make it hard for them to find a place to build. If they picked the top school district for their home, you bet someone would scream if they were not "just like us."

So all other things being equal, it is nice to see that some places in the world are thinking small is beautiful.

Of c ourse, we might consider breeding smaller people to make less of an impact on the earth's resources one day. Miniature horses don't need as much pasture land or food. Just an example.

Oh yeah. My power just came back on about an hour ago. Been off since last Thursday I think. Time flies when you're having fun. :)

With a loft that is 8 x 20
So hmmmm, why not get one of those used highway vans, move several together, and build a house too? The raceways for piping and electrical can be run outside the containers or between two of them, so you can walk into the utility spaces, and service things there. If you have the space, or the land, you can add on any time. Like the lowly oyster keeps building on to its shell.

Great idea. Just very small small small. A short term option or a single person option. I love sheds, and of course this would qualify as one.

I'm there already! Too bad I live with a giant.

I am glad to find someone else who watched HGTV. House Hunters International is a good check for Americans to see how other nations live.