More Reading About Tiny Houses

I am reading yet another book about building a tiny house. Not because I am necessarily planning on building one of those tiny houses on wheels, aka a woke trailer or one of those cute mini-houses that show in magazines – the grandmother cottages and accessory deweling buildings. So much is about so-called beauty of vinyl and other no-maintaince until landfill time materials.

But I’m not interested in any of those things, but I am still interested in learning all about the building process for houses and the benefits and pros and cons of various building materials from a sustainability and livability perspective. Despite all my reading, I find myself incredibly uneducated about what makes up buildings, and what really matters and what is woke glossy crap they show in the magazines.

Truth is not only am I not interested in your typical suburbanite vinyl house, even one that smells like cow shit out in country, but also don’t really care for cute. I want a place that keeps me dry and warm in the winter, and not much then that. Smaller is cheaper to heat and maintain. I much rather spend my money on land, then a roof to protect myself during inclement weather.

Building from the ground up seems awful wasteful and expensive. Indeed, probably what interests me the most is taking over somebody’s else’s failed dream, as long as I know what I am getting into. There are definately run-down hunting cabins and off-grid homesteads that are abandoned or sold for one reason or another. It would be fun to rip out rot, have big bonfires, and restore it to a functional if not beautiful structure. I don’t really care that much about beauty or even shitting in a bucket and showering outdoors, but it’s important to stay warm and dry in winter.