An artist and a photographer on an alternative journey to home ownership
Office by Alex Penny
Recession Proof your Life with a Tiny House?
To me that’s what tiny houses are all about.
Because a tiny home provides shelter at it’s most…
We have been building our house since November 2012 and since then we have had several set backs. You have to factor these in when you build anything, especially when you are paying as you go.
In December my car decided to break on us and it was an expensive fix. So we did nothing in that month. Then in January and February we had a LOT of rain so we had to work around the weather.
Now we are waiting to get power to our house. Our electrician can only help us on Sunday. I’m not complaining though because he is helping us for free. He has been busy. For the past couple of weeks we have been very busy editing wedding photos. So for now, everything is on hold.
I have no words
Our bead board is going up! It looks awesome. We will be using corrugated metal for our ceiling. We will probably be using cedar trim. We hope to get power to our house in about a week so we install our lighting fixtures and outlets. It will finally be somewhat livable besides the plumbing.
Q: How much does a tiny house cost?
Q: Where Can I Buy a Tiny House?
Q: Where Can I Buy Plans to Build a Tiny House?
Q: Where Can I Park or Build a Tiny House?
Q: Do I Need Building Permits to Build a Tiny House?
Here’s a fantastic idea for all you tiny house designers. Make a life sized floor plan of your tiny house using tape!
We’re moving right along! Our house is wired. No power yet though. Our house is next to a bookcase shop. We will be connected to it’s main service box. We have to bury a service line about 100 ft. to the house. We will also have a grounding rod. I am so thankful to have an electrician helping us. It made things go by much faster and without all the mistakes we could make on our own. We can start putting up our bead board for the walls. Here’s what we have: 3 outlets for the kitchen, 3 outlets for the “office”, 12/24 circuit breaker box with 3 20 amp breakers and 2 15 amp breakers, an outlet for the AC, an outlet for the loft, a three way switch for the lights in the loft, a GFCI outlet for bathroom, and one outlet for outside. And of course all our lights and bathroom fan.
