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Old 12-28-2015, 11:11 AM
 
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What's up Houston?

Looking at area's just outside of the city limit to build a Tiny House. 300 - 600 square feet.

Has anyone built and or looked into building a Tiny House outside the city limits of Houston and if so where?
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Old 12-28-2015, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Houston
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A tiny house in Houston sounds like a bad idea. With the extreme weather we get here (hurricanes, flooding, damaging winds) I would not want a tiny house here. Maybe like on the west coast but not in a place that gets frequent storms with damaging winds. Plus building a house here is really cheap so it just seems worth it to build something that is capable of holding up well against our weather.

But if you just have to have a tiny house I'd build in west Montgomery County.
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Old 12-28-2015, 07:50 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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What about Magnolia?

If you are in a regular subdivision - most have size requirements.
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Old 12-29-2015, 02:09 AM
 
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A tiny house in Houston sounds like a bad idea. With the extreme weather we get here (hurricanes, flooding, damaging winds) I would not want a tiny house here. Maybe like on the west coast but not in a place that gets frequent storms with damaging winds. Plus building a house here is really cheap so it just seems worth it to build something that is capable of holding up well against our weather.

But if you just have to have a tiny house I'd build in west Montgomery County.
Tiny house build does not equal cheaply made. They can be just as sturdy, or even more so than a traditional house. For example...a shipping container type of house is very solidly built. Same style of home as a mobile home, yet we all know how those fair in a bad storm. Shipping container type of house doesn't have shingles that would fly off, etc. we depend on shipping containers to get our goods, furniture, automobiles, etc across oceans every day. They hold up to bad weather.

And if you really stop and think about tiny houses and cabins, they have been around forever in harsh climates...mountain getaways that have lots of snow and ice, beach get aways that have sand and wind and tropic storms.

Not everyone wants to live in "more space".

ETA: There are all types of tiny house construction. Shipping containers was just an example I used.

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Old 12-29-2015, 11:44 AM
 
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Tiny house build does not equal cheaply made. They can be just as sturdy, or even more so than a traditional house. For example...a shipping container type of house is very solidly built. Same style of home as a mobile home, yet we all know how those fair in a bad storm. Shipping container type of house doesn't have shingles that would fly off, etc. we depend on shipping containers to get our goods, furniture, automobiles, etc across oceans every day. They hold up to bad weather.

And if you really stop and think about tiny houses and cabins, they have been around forever in harsh climates...mountain getaways that have lots of snow and ice, beach get aways that have sand and wind and tropic storms.

Not everyone wants to live in "more space".

ETA: There are all types of tiny house construction. Shipping containers was just an example I used.
Great post.

The problem with tiny house construction is that most cities have minimum size requirements so that too many houses weren't put into a space. They also wanted to prevent tenements.

Your best bet is often to build the tiny house as a moveable construction either on a flat trailer or something else with wheels so it can be parked or made permanent but gets around the minimum square footage requirements.

Or find an area that doesn't have prohibitive laws.
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Old 12-29-2015, 02:12 PM
 
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Small on a house on small trailer like you see on tv shows is a bad idea here when you get the first 80mhp wind gust from a tornado or a hurricane your tiny house will be rubble
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Old 12-29-2015, 02:21 PM
 
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Why a tiny house?
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Old 12-29-2015, 05:34 PM
 
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Why a tiny house?
What Is The Tiny House Movement? – The Tiny Life

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For some, the tiny house movement has become a way of life, adjusting to a smaller space and fewer possessions, with a goal of saving money and focusing on relationships and experiences.
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Old 12-29-2015, 05:46 PM
 
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There are older houses inside the Loop that are very small. It might be cheaper to find one and update it.
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Old 12-30-2015, 02:17 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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There are older houses inside the Loop that are very small. It might be cheaper to find one and update it.
Agree, check out near Northside. 1200 sqft isnt tiny but its quaint. Used to be the house that young couples would live when first married. Once they saved up enough it was off to the suburbs to make babies.
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