Tiny House TV shows

[JB in so cal]

I've watched a few episodes. They want to "downsize" and get back to the basics. The real world is too focused on "material" items....every one of them when asked where the "tiny house" will be?....someone else's property; a parent, a friend, a in law....

So what is this?

Replace tiny house with van.

Hippies with expensive flop houses...lol

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

I've watched a few episodes. They want to "downsize" and get back to the basics. The real world is too focused on "material" items....every one of them when asked where the "tiny house" will be?....someone else's property; a parent, a friend, a in law....

So what is this?

Replace tiny house with van.

Hippies with expensive flop houses...lol

They are all a bunch of flipping idiots. I saw one and the price was almost $500/Sq foot. [emoji23]

 

[Joker]

I would buy one in a heartbeat as long as it was located in a spot where I wouldn't need to move it. 90% of us could live with 1/2 of the crap we have.

 

[pronstar]

Those shows make me angry LOL

Seriously, buy a fucking RV already.

 

[JB in so cal]

I'm sure a pretty small % of them dont have a spot they own to place them. It's always...."my moms" or" a friends".

Electric? Sewer?

I'd love to see a follow up after a year living "at a friends property" lol

 

[mjc]

i don't need much more than that as long as it is sitting next to a really big garage.

 

[Flying_Lavey]

Those shows make me angry LOL

Seriously, buy a fucking RV already.

Exactly! A nice RV is cheaper, more comfortable, easier to move, and the resale value in 5 years will much better when this fad dies and all these fucktard millennials realize they pissed away 10's of thousands of $$.

 

[Cole Trickle]

Yep...Most are morons.

We don't want a mortgage or have a mortgage but almost everyone on the show is trying to place there shitty trailer on the far corner of someone's property for free. There was one where they were going to park it on a friends ranch and 3 months later when they followed up they were in a trailer park...haha

 

[termiteguy]

I would need two of them one to live in and one the wife's shoes and clothes :grumble:

 

[JB in so cal]

Freeloaders...lol

 

[Singleton]

Most don't realize no holding tanks for fresh, grey and black water, so you need hookups to use them. My mom manages a couple RV parks in northern Wisconsin and rules change 01-01-2017 to not allow them in the parks. I guess the few that came in this year are being moved straight to the dump since the owners walked away when told they had to leave.

 

[pronstar]

Tiny house.
Tiny brain.

At least Walmart lets you overnight RV's for free.

 

[Old Texan]

I've watched bits and pieces of a couple shows. Pretty stupid concept overall in my opinion. Makes little sense and an unrealistic way to live. Why not just buy a decent used RV for a fraction of the cost?:rolleyes

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Those shows make me angry LOL

Seriously, buy a fucking RV already.

I like how the hipsters think they have figured something out. People have been living in trailers and RVs for decades.

 

[X-rated]

Fukn hipster's!!

 

[RitcheyRch]

we've watched a few episodes and both agree that a RV would be better and more economical.

 

[River Lynchmob]

They are all a bunch of flipping idiots. I saw one and the price was almost $500/Sq foot. [emoji23]

That's a deal...they are only like 12 square feet.

 

[JB in so cal]

Sonofabitch...

I turned it on again. Kids got a degree. Plans to keep it on parents property. Dad seems stoked to teach his kid some life lessons. Oh, you broker the window frame pounding a nail? Out of your pocket... Lol

We're DOOOOOOOMED.:yikes

 

[slowride]

So they don't build any equity or appreciation and want to use the money they "save" to enrich their lives? Might make sense if they saved the difference for retirement, but you know there won't be anything in the retirement account after traveling and "enriching" their lives.

 

[AzGeo]

and when we get HOME it's not there and all our 'precious shit is gone' and we won't know where .

I agree with others here; "tiny houses for tiny minds" .

"It's not a camper, it's a tiny house" .

"No lady, it's a little shitbox and you are an idiot" ...............

 

[pronstar]

Living in a playhouse in your parent's backyard, is even worse than living in your grandmas' basement.

 

[AzGeo]

Living in a playhouse in your parent's backyard, is even worse than living in your grandmas' basement.

"I have heard that living in a playhouse in your parent's backyard .............

 

[Flying_Lavey]

What about the fact that the entire shit box is built like a standard house and there appears to be almost zero provisions for keeping it together while towing it down the road.

 

[Dansblown73Nordic]

Im really glad to see im not the only one that watches these shows and goes WTF!!! The prices of those things are NUTS!!!! GET THE RV STUPID!!!!

 

[SJP]

I have never seen the show. After reading this thread I have learned enough.

 

[BHC Vic]

Never seen the show but my parents are talking about downsizing. They are getting old. We are looking for houses w a back house right now.

 

[hallett21]

In the midst of doing a container conversion right now. It will be a guest house.

 

[max930]

I can see why young people are thinking this way. Our housing costs in good neighborhoods are getting insane here.

example: http://www.rew.ca/properties/search...ly_open_house]=0&property_search[query]=Delta

Anything under $600k here is a small condo with zero amenities. So to get some property and privacy can see why people are willing to do the small house thing. But as a lifestyle downsize deal when they can afford bigger. I don't see the point in suffering to live simpler.

 

[Chipster27]

I'm going to start a reality series called..."Then what..?" It will be a follow up to all the bachelor/bachelorette shows, tiny house shows, build a house in a week and give it away shows, dream backyard shows...every show where you always wonder WTF happened to them 6 months, 12 months, 24 months down the road.

I speculate all those that were given a house by Ty Pennington lost the house, sold it and took the money, have trashed it, or because it was built in a week it's fallen apart. And for the rest of them, it probably never worked out like they thought...

"Then what?" will be sold to the same networks that air Cops and most of the day time crap on TV. Any investors want in on the ground floor of this lucrative TV offering?

 

[RitcheyRch]

Also the build a car or bike in a week or two shows. I know I've read before that some of the vehicles that have appeared on overhaulin have been sold and were not that great.

I'm going to start a reality series called..."Then what..?" It will be a follow up to all the bachelor/bachelorette shows, tiny house shows, build a house in a week and give it away shows, dream backyard shows...every show where you always wonder WTF happened to them 6 months, 12 months, 24 months down the road.

I speculate all those that were given a house by Ty Pennington lost the house, sold it and took the money, have trashed it, or because it was built in a week it's fallen apart. And for the rest of them, it probably never worked out like they thought...

"Then what?" will be sold to the same networks that air Cops and most of the day time crap on TV. Any investors want in on the ground floor of this lucrative TV offering?

 

[Cole Trickle]

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If I had a price of property off the grid I think it would be cool to build something like that as a weekend get away or cabin. Think compound with several family members around the property.

I think the small house deal away from people. Ext to a creek would be cool I just don't want to live in one full time...lol

 

[hallett21]

If I had a price of property off the grid I think it would be cool to build something like that as a weekend get away or cabin. Think compound with several family members around the property.

I think the small house deal away from people. Ext to a creek would be cool I just don't want to live in one full time...lol

Exactly. If you could get lake front property etc. and drop one so you had a crash pad it totally works. This one is on the property with a two bed two bath house. It's basically an extra bed and bathroom for when company comes over.

 

[hallett21]

I'm going to start a reality series called..."Then what..?" It will be a follow up to all the bachelor/bachelorette shows, tiny house shows, build a house in a week and give it away shows, dream backyard shows...every show where you always wonder WTF happened to them 6 months, 12 months, 24 months down the road.

I speculate all those that were given a house by Ty Pennington lost the house, sold it and took the money, have trashed it, or because it was built in a week it's fallen apart. And for the rest of them, it probably never worked out like they thought...

"Then what?" will be sold to the same networks that air Cops and most of the day time crap on TV. Any investors want in on the ground floor of this lucrative TV offering?

You're probably on to something lol.

 

[Gelcoater]

I'm going to start a reality series called..."Then what..?" It will be a follow up to all the bachelor/bachelorette shows, tiny house shows, build a house in a week and give it away shows, dream backyard shows...every show where you always wonder WTF happened to them 6 months, 12 months, 24 months down the road.

I speculate all those that were given a house by Ty Pennington lost the house, sold it and took the money, have trashed it, or because it was built in a week it's fallen apart. And for the rest of them, it probably never worked out like they thought...

"Then what?" will be sold to the same networks that air Cops and most of the day time crap on TV. Any investors want in on the ground floor of this lucrative TV offering?

I'm in.:thumbsup

Now, we're going to need someone as a host. Needs to be someone who can really turn on being a dick when they need to, like Howard Stern or the Dice man.