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Troubles. You have to get hookups for utilities. Worry about construction quality. Durability in a storm. Architecture. Will the house fall down? Material
by bioemerl 4y ago
Troubles.
You have to get hookups for utilities.
Worry about construction quality. Durability in a storm.
Architecture. Will the house fall down?
Material quality. Is the wood good?
Electrical wiring. Is it up to code? Will it burn the house down?
Plumbing. A leak can destroy a home.
Mold. Moisture ingress. Bugs. Termites.
Foundational stability. Water drainage.
You can get it all apparently right only to find your home is worthless or can't be lived in after a decade.
All of this is before the regulatory issues, permits, taxes, insurance, and so on.
It's nowhere near as simple as picking up a nail gun.
- yakak 4y agoA shed with a compost toilet is immune to pretty much all of this and low risk if you are wrong on something. The problem is of course the Nimbys in houses that exhibit all the problems you described.
- bioemerl 4y agoThe average person should not live in a shed with a compost toilet.
- yakak 4y agoWhen I and many people I know wanted to live this way or other simple ways we ended up with mandatory 3 bedroom apartments and the decision of whether to navigate roommates or leave a lot of space vacant to get a single accommodation. Those apartments would be available in the market to people that need them, so we were prevented from living how we wanted to keep those prices up.