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| Here's a really adorable new 404 sf house in North Carolina. (Although I think I would have skipped the orange and blue color scheme for the kitchen, myself.)
If you click on the word Harbinger on the page, the link takes you to a slideshow with more photos: |
Here is a link that might be useful: tumbleweed harbinger
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| It is cute, but it also looks like the person who built that one enlarged it a bit, adding on a few feet on the back, and it also looks like they changed at least one of the loft areas. I think the Tumbleweed Homes are great, well-thought out, and practical for low income or even a retirement home. |
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- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Mon, Nov 28, 11 at 14:21
| That's the alternate plan. It's 300 sf without the back room (they call it bedroom on the plan) and 400 with it, if you look at both available floor plans. |
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- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Mon, Nov 28, 11 at 14:22
| My main problem with them for a retirement home is that I wouldn't like having to climb up and down that ladder now. I doubt I'd like it any better when I'm 80. :) |
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- Posted by schoolhouse (My Page) on Mon, Nov 28, 11 at 15:47
| Yeah, the ladder thing would be something to think about. Plus, those tiny houses come with such a huge price tag. Very cute though and practical (except for the ladder). |
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- Posted by moccasinlanding (My Page) on Mon, Nov 28, 11 at 19:41
| Really nice! I agree about the ladder being a problem. You just never know when you'll hurt some body part and it stops working like it should. I think a ramp is a fine thing, and having an alternate way of getting to your bed is a big plus. The old "chamber pots" used when the outhouse was outside and a walk in the dark was out of the question, it is a lot less expensive than increasing the size of your house to add such a feature near the sleeping area. And, I also think a nice composting toilet is a good idea. Yeah, I know, I seem to be thinking about the john more than I should, but please excuse it. Anyway, I copied the photo of the housefront. It has a solution for the two gables at the front of the house, and how it works together would be important to what I plan to do with our kitchen remodel. The back porch presently has a low shed roof, and I'll be wanting it changed to a second gable nesting a little lower than the existing main house gable to which it is attached. Hmmmm, and I could even think about adding loft storage space there too. But we'll see. |
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| Thanks writersblock, I thought that was the bedroom at the back. No, that ladder wouldn't work at all for anyone retirement age, or probably even over 50. I lost my footing coming down the attic pull down stairway the other day. Good thing I was almost at the bottom. |
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