One of the barriers to owning a small home is regional legislation against houses under a certain size. If you want to build it yourself, or live in a place that isn’t exactly conventionally constructed, then your options can be even more limited. Worry not, because the Tiny House Blog is here to help you find the right locale for you.
First, if an earthship style house is right up your alley, then a good resource for you then The Earthship Academy has put together a helpful infographic to narrow down your search for locations to choose from. In any of the counties marked green, prior earthship owners have done the necessary legwork to determine whether a tiny house of that particular style can be built there or not.
Second, if you want to hedge your bets, you can opt for a tiny house on wheels. As long as it’s roadworthy, your tiny house will be treated like a mobile home and fall under the same regulations as recreational vehicles. A DIY job is considerably tougher in the context, so I would definitely recommend hiring the experts to do this for you.
Finally, you can try to find a piece of land in an unincorporated rural area where you can build a tiny house and not have to jump through thousands of hoops. Every county will be different, and before you break ground, you’ll definitely want to touch base with government officials in your area to verify that you’ve got a green light to go ahead.
My favorite place to build a tiny house would be Scotland County Missouri, in an existing village of dozens of tiny houses. The village is about twenty years old and home to some fifty people of all ages. We live in homes of varying sizes and made of varying materials, from straw bales and clay to OSB and blown cellulose. Because there are no building codes in our county, we are able to live in environmentally friendly houses of our own design, often times built by our own hands. There are also two builders who live locally and can help you negotiate the procedure for building a tiny home in the area, and are available to be contracted by anyone who does want to do all the work themselves. For more information check out our website.
i am interested in any information about tint communities
in Ontario Canada… thank you!!
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Thanks for the information. Doing research right now on tiny houses and this is something else to add into the mix. Where actually can I put it and it looks like a qualified builder would be best for the build.
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I love what Dancing Rabbit is, but I am an elder orphan, and I am looking for other elder orphans to start a community in the desert of AZ. If a couple only one needs to be an elder orphan.
Get in touch if you or someone you know is interested!
Any tiny house communities in or around the Austin area- Buda, Kyle, etc?
Thanks for your website.
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I want to know where I can get a small enough piece of land and for less than 5,000 dollars. and how much does a tiny house usually cost
“Let’s get small”.
This boils down to a cultural conflict between those who want to live free as minimalists, and those who want to protect the property value of their home as capitalists. The International Residential Code (IRC) is an archaic, outdated, limited manual which has become the book of standards most regional building authorities subscribe to. This manual to Alternative Builders is the equivalent of Mein Kampf to Jews…a reviled biography of a demented tormentor; the blueprint to disastrous social control. I am currently at war with building authorities in Pueblo County, Colorado over the Earthship I am building. I’m even considering invoking religious protections for the “Temple” I am building by creating a religion with the State of Colorado.
The only way through this nightmare is to organize on a National Basis and FIGHT BACK against those who would codify the world for their own power hungry, capitalist purposes. Call me if you are serious about breaking free. 10,000 acres of Canadian Wilderness may be the only way for any of us to live the lives we truly want.
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Peter – are you serious? You are comparing building codes to a document that led to the slaughter of millions of people? You don’t seem to be able to connect the dots very well and maybe it’s best if you don’t get your permit to build your “Earthship” or “Temple” or whatever you want to call it. You don’t seem to understand how what you do effects others and you can’t just do what you want, even if it’s your land.
“You don’t seem to understand how what you do effects others and you can’t just do what you want, even if it’s your land.”…exactly the mindset put forth by home owners associations everywhere!! Which is why I’ll NEVER own land or buy a house governed by one! Outside of doing so, yes, I should be able to build my home however I want without having to meet requirements set forth to sustain the neighbors property values based on collective curb appeal, and the ONLY thing that the government should be concerning themselves with is whether or not the construction is safe for human habitation.