The last couple of weekends we have looked at the possibility of either using a trailer or RV as a foundation for a Tiny house. This could be part of a temporary plan to hold us over until we build a full fledged Tiny House, or it could turn out to be the end goal. Since we have never owned an RV or trailer before we decided to take a look and start to educate ourselves. We have some friends who restore and rebuild travel trailers as a hobby. Their take on the subject is that it is much better than building a standard Tiny house on a heavy duty trailer because a travel trailer is more portable and therefore offers more practical use. Also that it is much cheaper than what people are paying for 13 foot tall Tiny houses. The one obvious thing that a Tiny house has going for it, is that it looks like a house, and doesn't have the stigma of "White Trash".
So we went and looked at our closest trailer dealership, and learned quite a bit. First thing was that they can be much more affordable even for a brand new one then we thought. We saw that for the most part that these things were not designed to be lived in full time. This was evident that most of them lacked a general living area, that resembled a family room. Some had a couch, but they were dominated by a kitchen and dining area. This makes total sense if you are going camping and plan on being on the lake paddling your kayak, but not very good for a rainy day, reading a book or watching TV. We both agreed that the models with a separate bedroom was a giant waste of space. Very happy to learn that we don't need to buy a big rig to tow one of these things around.
In the end the idea of taking an old trailer and taking it apart and making it more of a living space, using some of the Tiny House multi-use ideas and concepts may end up being part of the plan.
So we went and looked at our closest trailer dealership, and learned quite a bit. First thing was that they can be much more affordable even for a brand new one then we thought. We saw that for the most part that these things were not designed to be lived in full time. This was evident that most of them lacked a general living area, that resembled a family room. Some had a couch, but they were dominated by a kitchen and dining area. This makes total sense if you are going camping and plan on being on the lake paddling your kayak, but not very good for a rainy day, reading a book or watching TV. We both agreed that the models with a separate bedroom was a giant waste of space. Very happy to learn that we don't need to buy a big rig to tow one of these things around.
In the end the idea of taking an old trailer and taking it apart and making it more of a living space, using some of the Tiny House multi-use ideas and concepts may end up being part of the plan.