But, after a bit of looking around , we successfully secured a small commercial space to build our tiny house.
Our cottage will require roughly 10 feet wide by 20 feet long as it is being built. We'll need a roughly equal size to frame walls. Then we'll also need space for storage and tools. And pizza. :-)
The space we've rented is 20 feet wide and 50 feet deep. Plenty of space. The door is a 12 foot roll-up door. Now, a few folks will note that our cottage is planned to be a few inches over 13 feet tall... but we have a plan for that discrepancy, which I'll leave for a future entry.
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ReplyDeleteJust wondering if you could elaborate a bit on the "commercial space" that you are using.
It sort of looks like a storage space, but not really. I'm curious as to what the neighbors are like there. How did you find it?
I ask because I live in NYC and I'm wondering if this could be a solution for people here who wanted to go small.
-jeff in nyc
Hi!
ReplyDeleteSure. This is actually a warehouse space. Our neighbors are wood workers, a steel shop, and other industrial companies.
Our build space probably wouldn't be a great place to live, but I know sometimes folks do live in such accommodations.
Hope that helps.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the response.
I didn't mean to live, although now that I re-read what I wrote I can see how it could have been taken than way.
But in NYC I can't imagine how I could build one of these things, on the weekends, evenings, etc.
I'd have to park it out on the street during construction, which probably wouldn't work out so well.
I'll have to see what I can find out here. Maybe there's something.
Thanks again.
-jeff in nyc
Got it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we live in a city near San Francisco - paved jungle. Building on the street or in our apartment complex wouldn't be feasible - where would we store materials and tools and such.
We do have friends that would let us build it at their place, but they live over an hour away. That would make getting there to work on it a barrier. So renting space made sense. Cost for us is 75 cents a square foot, which is cheaper than our apartment.
I would recommend shopping around a bit. Think ahead. When picking a place make sure you can get your trailer in and out with your unit fully built on it. This means you need height as well as enough space to pull your trailer out.