[ShepherdsDog]

http://www.goodshomedesign.com/420-squa ... d-cottage/

[Jabberwalker]

Used to call those Wendy houses.

Actually, a small building like that appeals to me.

[wildrosegirl]

We lived in a house not much bigger than that.

Loved it too.

[Thanos]

And only mortgaging for $400K in Calgary. Or $500K in Ft McMeth. Or $750K in Vancouver! Low civic taxes of only $300 per month in most municipalities too!

(and that's only half-joking )

[andyt]

Guess they make sense for "laneway" houses as a way to get more housing onto the same lot. Just break down and allow town/row houses to be built, which are fiercely resisted by homeowners in Vancouver.

Basically that just looks like an upscale cabin in the woods.

[Regina]

Would make the perfect guest house. Or a great shed if you finished it as a shell.

[Regina]

........or an ice fishing hut. Guys are doing crazy shit for those things now.

[Thanos]

I actually find this to be an eminently intelligent idea, especially the small print that said it had solar panels as well. Life being life though there's no way that every asshole, from the local city government to the utilities to whatever condo board-sort of thing ends up managing a development full of these things, won't do their very best to malignantly fuck it up for whoever buys one.

[Jabberwalker]

Our local codes wouldn't allow it. A few years back, I was involved in the design phase of a couple of these nice, little houses for Habitat of Humanity. They came in at something like 1700 square feet ... which was about 200 sq. ft. below code minimum. We added that little deck on the side to make up the difference and cheated them through (town officials were helpful) Anyway, they are perfectly fine little family houses, both occupied right away and who that hell needs French Chateaus everywhere, anyway? Nothing exceeds like excess and the Daddy Warbucks types writing the codes (the same ones who ban clothes lines around here) need a good shake.

[wildrosegirl]

1700?

That's not little.

[Jabberwalker]

No shit. That's what I said.

In fairness to the city engineers, they helped us get it through. They didn't write that music.

[Delwin]

I sell quonset style buildings and get at least one inquiry a week about using them as residence. Customers sometimes send me pictures back and they can do some pretty cool things with them and you can get a decent sized building (1500 sq ft) for around 15k depending on the options. I have attached a customers picture. And no, this is not a pitch.

[Unsound]

wildrosegirl wildrosegirl:

1700?

That's not little.

Jeez, the house I'm thinking about bidding on for my family of 5 is only about 1300 sq feet.

Where is this place that has a minimiun of 1700 as part of the code?

[Jabberwalker]

Ever been to Oakville?

That is a single family, private residence called Chelster Hall, built by the CEO of Interbrew.

BTW, it's about a kilometer from where the pointy headed morons at Ontario Power Generation wanted to build a gas fired power plant.

Duuuh.

[wildrosegirl]

Huh. Kind of a shame. They could build a lot more homes if they could build smaller ones, and get a lot more people off the streets. I'm working folk and have never lived in a house that big.