You can live in the most beautiful place you've ever seen, but your house would be ... not so great and tiny. Do you think it is worth the trade-off?
Yes, absolutely, without hesitation. I don't need much space, to be honest, so this is a win/win.
I would live in a leisure suit if I could live in an absolutely beautiful place! A 400 sq. foot dwelling would be ideal. My dog only weighs 5 pounds.
One can live in beautiful places with even less. It can be as little as a backpack and tent or even a room shared with one or more others in remote resorts seasonally. A dwelling furnishes needs like shelter for showers, rest, vegetating and stuff. The most beautiful parts of the world and adventure for me are outside.
Exactly! My retirement home will be a van.
@Untamedshrew Tension and charge are inside related. Discharge and relaxation are primarily outside functions.
Yes!!
It would also mean my parents would be less inclined to invade my space when they're in the country. And it'd be perfect, because I never leave my room anyway.
If it is warm enough sure, but hells bells not in Ohio. Extended indoor living is a neccessity at times here. My final frontier needs space.
agreed! Not in Colorado either!
Let me design it and decorate... large balcony, patio, jaccuzzi and pool required outside of the 400's and a garden fir the lady, that is what beautiful be to me... beachfront mind you... and just me... my partner will need her space and time away from me.
Absolutely YES, I intend to live in a 30 sq. ft. space.... for at least a year..... maybe more if it seems like I’m not done with my travels yet, and I have been living in a 400 sq. ft. Studio for 5 years and it’s been great..... here is a pic of the house I built for traveling....and I can park it on the north rim of the Grand Canyon or by a lake in upstate New York.... the views will be awesome I think....
Yes, As long as I had a king size bed.
won't fit-queen is largest on shows I've seen.
@silvereyes I guess I'd have to live with it. And all company I guess would have to share the bed with me. Not a bad scenario.
Yes. Spent the seven years of primary school with no house at all. It's an abosultely fantastic way to raise pre-teens. You've got to civilise them a bit once high school starts though.
I am someone who can be satisfied with very little so yeah I could do it. Just as long as I can fit my bed in there.
Its all relative... I have my house in the city and its kind of my dream house ( to long story, out of what we are discussing here). Because of a new job, I started driving a crazy commute of 70 miles (one way) on daily basis (doable but still crazy), so I found a very small apartment half a mile from my new job. Its small and borderline decent and yet I am loving it !!! Why????... No one can tell me a thing about anything. I like to keep it neat and tidy because I want to, not because I may be yelled at. Is it the nicest place, no? Is it my place for my own time? Heck yes !! (I have discussed loneliness in other postings... That's a different question)
Yes, and no, depending on the layout, because the "beautiful place" extends your home. (At least if you have windows and spend a great deal of time outdoors.)
Pretty sure some of the places I've lived have been 400 sq ft or less, but I was living by myself and it was before I acquired junk, which I now keep in storage. Those were temporary places. Gotta say, I'm happier in my current home.
I currently live in an exquisite setting, in a 690 sq ft condo, but with a lanai. I spend a lot of time indoors, mostly at my computer, but I have a huge window looking out directly to the ocean, so I may be in a small place, but I'm not claustrophobic because of the opportunity to look out, or go out into the big wide world anytime I wish.
Trying to think if I lost the bedroom and a few feet off my living room, if I'd be happy... I don't use the extra space, but I like that it's there. I suppose if my current home was reduced to 400 sq ft, I'd make a sleeping loft above my computer, and put my books in storage to make room for my wardrobe, and would be fine, if I could stay right here, with my view.
Location means a lot to me. The first house I owned was 500 sq. ft. and it was fine at the time. But now I have "stuff" that I enjoy having/using so my current 1,000 sq. ft. is feeling cramped. I like large, old houses in tattered condition, on scenic acreage. I have all of that now except the "large".
First thing I would investigate is the weather. If it was warm most of the year, yes because the entire world could be your living room. If cold...not a chance. Nothing about 'cabin fever' is attractive to me with 15hrs of darkness per day in the frigidity of late fall to spring. Don't know how prospector types did it without scratching their eyes out.