What's the smallest house you could possibly live in ??

Question

Sometimes I think I would like to live in a 10 room ..... 3 bath mansion .....

Other times .... with energy costs .... taxes ..... upkeep ... etc.... I think I could just live in a small bungalow ..... perhaps with 1 bedroom, 1 bath ...... and attic ... a basement .....

What would be the smallest dwelling you could possibly live in ? Funny thing is ... I believe in my area .... new homes have a minimum square footage. Are there any areas that allow or encourage small dwellings ??

Answer 1

1000 sq ft but people live in smaller ones----

it is a new trend for the reasons you mention.

Answer 2

My last home had one bedroom and you had to walk thru it to get to the bathroom. The kitchen was to small for a table and then there was a living room. It didnt even have a back door. Man that was crazy. I only miss it once in a while. It only had 5 windows so it didnt take long to clean them or the house. This is in northeast kansas so the house was old and the bills were not that bad. The house I'm in now take for ever to clean and has turned me into a huge packrat. Not the best answer. But it's all I've got.

Answer 3

I feel the same way too. But the older I get the less I want to mow the lawn, tend the gardens, clean the drapes, wax the floors, etc. Small sounds good to me. One bedroon, one bath condo and have a service do the landscaping and painting. Check online about small spaces to live, for example, Japan, China, etc. I believe there are hotels in Japan that have rooms the size of a jail cell and you sleep in an opening in the wall.

Answer 4

I don't think any area particularly encourages small houses... ? techinically, you can buy a square mm. of land and try to live on it (although an ant is really the only person who could live there, and without much space. As long as you own the land you can build whatever size house you want. The gov't can't regulate that. If the gov't owns the land they'll always sell it in reasonable sized plots, because what idiot is going to by a square mm. of land, and what idiot is going to sell that little. the gov't may also build certain sized houses on the land before they are sold. That way they can sell it for more, and try to maintain a certain house size in a neighborhood unless the buyer wants to actually knock down the knew house, buy plots of land around it, knock down those houses, and rebuild a new, huge house

but i digress. i short, you absoutely can live in whatever size house you can fit in. No one can stop you, as long as you own the land. the onlt time the gov't can put local restrictions on buildings is to make sure they aren't to huge, for safety reasons. in washington d.c they don't want a huge skyline so they won't let buildings be taller than the washington monument. they can't stop you from living in any size house unless

a) you don't own it
b) they can claim its a safety
C) or they can claim its a unsightly, disturbing, eyesore (such as huge skylines can be to some in wash. d.c)

and I doubt they do that. that would be wierd to try to claim that stuff... ?

well good luck finding the perfect house! hope I helped :)

Answer 5

should you ever decide to purchase that mansion. PRay you make lots of money, legally.
having live in a pick up camper for 2 yrs,
a 24 ft sailboat for 2 yrs, a 34 ft Rv for 1yr, i personally am comportable at 1100sq ft.
unfortunatly my wife and kids would be living in the back yard then. so we live comfortably in 1900 sq ft. we send time out side in good and bad weather. we cook outside when we can. we don't spend extra cash being house poor or taxed. we spend it traveling and living. we will spend enough when we are old and senile.
just enough so we aren't slaves to a house.
visit the bookstore and look for books on small house living. it is much easier.

Answer 6

I'd try a one room cottage, if I was flying solo. But with the wife and kid I'm about as small as I want to go. 3 bed, 1 1/2 bath, 1100 finished sq. ft. w/ about 75% of that to be finished in basement.

Answer 7

If you have friends or family that will visit and stay over 2 bdrm 1.5 baths (900-1,000 sq ft). You could make do with 1 bdrm, 1 bath and a sleeper sofa (600 sq ft).

I have lived in less, but never had stay over visitors then.

Answer 8

OMG, you would be amazed at how you can 'make do' when needed.

A few years back I moved to the Chicago are and to save money got a less expensive apartment. it was 700 sf Townhouse ... so 2 levels ... 350 sf per floor. OMG, that place was SOO small but I made do.

Answer 9

I have a wife and two daughters. That means I'll need at least six bathrooms. I presently have three and it isn't enough.

Answer 10

doll house