Post by vanillacourage on Jul 7, 2015 14:35:57 GMT -5
It's apparently a spin off of HH where people are only looking at tiny houses. The one last night was a couple with 4 kids (14 and 11 y/o girls and boy/girl 2 y/o twins). They had a 2500 sq ft house in LA and had a goal to be mortgage free. So they were moving to Cushing, NY and looking at places 600 sq ft or less, for 6 people. All 1BR/1 BA.
One of the places, that the husband loved, had an outhouse instead of a working toilet and everyone would have slept in a single loft bedroom accessed by pull-down wooden stairs in the main room. The 14 y/o girl was not excited, lol.
WDYT about this? It was very clear that the couple could theoretically afford more that would give them at least the privacy of not all sharing the same room. And, they repeatedly talked about putting in an "art studio" for the dad in the backyard. :/
We need to watch this because I spent years listening to H bitch about HH and broke-ass people affording monster houses. I can't wait to hear his drama queen reaction to this.
Nope not cool, sorry when you have teenagers and you can afford it you should give them some degree of privacy. Plus personally I need a place to escape to and get a break at times, I couldn't handle being squeezed in with 5 other people (especially 2 2 yr olds) all the time.
I had it on, but it was more for background noise. I don't think that's the one I saw, though. I saw a couple and the woman was saying that she specifically didn't want indoor plumbing. One of the places she looked at was a yurt. People can do what they want, but I don't want an outhouse...and an outhouse as a teenage girl sounds like the worst. Also, I have never seen/heard my parents having sex or seen them nude. I like this aspect of my life lol. People can do what they want, obviously, but why the hell would you go and have 4 kids if you want to live in a one bedroom? I don't think every kid needs his/her own bedroom or anything like that but when you can afford better and choose to make your kids live without indoor plumbing, that strikes me as selfish.
Post by melodramatic26 on Jul 7, 2015 14:51:26 GMT -5
They've had a couple of these HH Tiny House episodes that I've seen. Every time they say they want a tiny house on wheels so they can move it-- I don't understand the difference between a "tiny" house and a trailer. IT'S A DAMN CAMPER.
Sometimes I dream about having a tiny house in our back yard. Ya know so that when my husband & kids are driving me nuts I can spend the weekend in quiet & cleanliness.
Post by vanillacourage on Jul 7, 2015 15:01:21 GMT -5
The mom also nixed the outhouse one. It was set off about 100 ft from the house. Can you imagine PT'ing two toddlers in farmland NY winter, having to walk them to an outhouse each time?!
This really pisses me off. Like, I'm sure they had some 5 bedroom monstrosity where each kid got their own room, blah blah. And they could easily downsize to a 3 br - older girls share, twins share until oldest girl moves out, then move girl twin in with 11 year old, etc. Logical thinking, space planning, etc. It's not TINY, but certainly you could find a home around 1200 sq ft that fits their needs.
But NOooooooo. These chucklefucks had to look at a 1 bedroom with a goddamned OUTHOUSE. In CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE! YOU HAVE FUCKING SNOW THERE! GONNA USE THE OUTHOUSE IN WINTER, ARE YOU?! Fucking hippie selfish ass parents.
Did anyone tell this family that there are, you know, a lot of houses out there between 600 and 2500 sq ft?
Exactly like 2curlydogs said downsize to a 3 bedroom and have the kids share. it does not have to be one extreme or the other you can find some nice COMFORTABLE middle ground here.
This sounds like unnecessary torturous hell for all involved. I'm having flashbacks to sharing a small Prowler trailer with my family while camping, and basically not sleeping for two weeks every summer because my mom, dad, and grandma all snored like chainsaws. (Once, we stayed at a campground near a freeway, which for some reason kept the three of them awake, and I slept like a log that night; the only time I ever slept so well while camping.)
I think that every one of these kids (except for maybe the odd duck who just turns out abnormal & strange) would want to live with grandparents &/or relatives/friends. And to me that equals the opposite of successful parenting
I find 1200-1500 about perfect for the 2 of us, depending on layout. We've done less, but I need my own space. I've always been like that. No way would anyone survive my living with 5 others in that tiny amount of space.
And no to outhouses. Too cold in winter, too stinky in summer. The school where my cousins grew up and where I spent every summer only had an outhouse. Blegh