Small houses

 The photo above shows a small house built from hand made bricks by my sister in law in Tasmania. These were fired on the property and laid by G Thomas.

Smaller again is my gypsy wagon under construction. These types of building can be built for small costs by the home owner builder. Building on wheels gets away from regulations and if the structure is not part of the trailer then lower road registration fees apply. From the photo above all above in yellow is the load and not the trailer. Caravans of this size get registered for 250 to 300 dollars a year.
In the case of my trailer the registration fees are 55 dollars a year and the caravan is only the load.
If I were to do this again I would keep it all square as the work involved is 50 times more as everything is angled and round.

Why I was pushed into this.

The down turn in the housing market and the general deterioration of society in the working class areas. Stealing of bank deposits in Cyprus. Then there is the insurance of houses and the non payment of claims as can be read about in nrma.blogspot.com.au Times have changed and one must change with the times.
Having possessions makes you a target for criminals. Having nothing worth stealing the criminals will just smash the place up a bit and leave hopefully.
What do I really need live comfortably is the real question.
Thoughts turn to where to live and how. Gypsy wagons seem to be a good start as you can try out an area before you buy into it. Food for thought!

The reasons for building a tiny house

The reasons for building a tiny house are many and the first to come to mind is money, or the lack of it.
Small houses can be built for a couple of grand if you are prepared to do the work your self.
The foundations seem to be the expensive bit but this doesn't have to be so. You are already outside the box by wanting to build small so why not continue with this thought. In the 1800s the people built themselves or lived in the open. Wooden piers were the starting point, as that was all they had was wood set straight into the ground but the surfaces below the ground were chard over an open fire. Today steel is plentiful and relatively cheap if it is sourced secondhand.
I have seen where in this modern day a Jehovah Witness hall was built on steel angle iron on steel piers above the ground and then the walls were bricked up on these angle iron. There was no trenches and the proverbial mountain of concrete in the footings as in regular build.
Set in concrete steel piers are a good starting point. I am a steel worker and steel is only natural to me.
The sizes of steel required is way less than timber because of its higher strength. My Gypsy wagon is made from 20x20x2.5 square steel.