As you can see from this post, Tiny house = affordable house « view from the greg, some communities place a lower limit as to how small a place you can put on property in that district. If your dream is to build a tiny home likes the ones featured at tinyhousedesign.com in such a district, you might find your dreams and reality don’t match up. So please investigate further before you sink your money into a place.
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$8000 for something smaller than my university dorm room? are you insane? even with a monthly income of $2000 and 5% down will get you a mortgage large enough to buy a lovely ocean front property on the east coast of Canada. The West Coast is highly overrated.