Comments on: More Extreme Frugal Housing Options http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/02/21/more-extreme-frugal-housing-options/ Extreme Frugality - How to Live Well on Very Little Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lizzy B http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/02/21/more-extreme-frugal-housing-options/comment-page-1/#comment-48751 Lizzy B Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:46:49 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=910#comment-48751 Another option is to self build a small house one that is within your budget and add onto it as you can afford to kind of like a lego house I guess you can call it. You can build a diymortgagefreehousebuilder.com shows you how to build like this. 1300.00 isn't to bad of a price for a 12 x 16 foot, 192 square feet room to start. Very inexpensive to build a house yourself and just about anyone can do it even if you had no experience. Another option is to self build a small house one that is within your budget and add onto it as you can afford to kind of like a lego house I guess you can call it. You can build a diymortgagefreehousebuilder.com shows you how to build like this. 1300.00 isn’t to bad of a price for a 12 x 16 foot, 192 square feet room to start.
Very inexpensive to build a house yourself and just about anyone can do it even if you had no experience.

]]> By: Buying a House for Four Figures http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/02/21/more-extreme-frugal-housing-options/comment-page-1/#comment-41711 Buying a House for Four Figures Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:21:26 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=910#comment-41711 [...] been reading this blog long then you probably already know that I am interested in the subject of cheap housing. Thus this Money magazine article about a $6900 home in Detroit caught my attention. The article [...] [...] been reading this blog long then you probably already know that I am interested in the subject of cheap housing. Thus this Money magazine article about a $6900 home in Detroit caught my attention. The article [...]

]]> By: Andy Hough http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/02/21/more-extreme-frugal-housing-options/comment-page-1/#comment-26923 Andy Hough Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:30:13 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=910#comment-26923 Kevin- I stayed in a Yurt once and liked it. Not sure if I'd want it for a house. There are a plenty of alternative house building methods to consider. Chris- I've heard of workamper and it sounds good. I'm not quite at the stage of using it though. Kevin- I stayed in a Yurt once and liked it. Not sure if I’d want it for a house. There are a plenty of alternative house building methods to consider.

Chris- I’ve heard of workamper and it sounds good. I’m not quite at the stage of using it though.

]]> By: Chris http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/02/21/more-extreme-frugal-housing-options/comment-page-1/#comment-26871 Chris Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:13:34 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=910#comment-26871 You could go with the RV, but be a workamper. workamping.com That way you would almost always get your site free as well as full-hookups and sometimes other perks such as free laundry, cable TV, etc. You'd need to work about 20 hours a week for that site/hookups, but you'd usually be paid everything over that. Sometimes you can find a job where you'll be paid for ALL hours worked as well as get your site, hookups, etc. You could go with the RV, but be a workamper. workamping.com That way you would almost always get your site free as well as full-hookups and sometimes other perks such as free laundry, cable TV, etc. You’d need to work about 20 hours a week for that site/hookups, but you’d usually be paid everything over that. Sometimes you can find a job where you’ll be paid for ALL hours worked as well as get your site, hookups, etc.

]]> By: Kevin W http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/02/21/more-extreme-frugal-housing-options/comment-page-1/#comment-26868 Kevin W Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:05:33 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=910#comment-26868 There's also semi-portable houses, for example Yurts. It's a compromise between a completely portable RV, and completely immobile structure. Along the lines of the cabin you mentioned in your previous post, another option is to build a house using alternative methods. E.g. a log cabin, cob, adobe, drystacked concrete, slipform stone, or Earthship. There’s also semi-portable houses, for example Yurts. It’s a compromise between a completely portable RV, and completely immobile structure.

Along the lines of the cabin you mentioned in your previous post, another option is to build a house using alternative methods. E.g. a log cabin, cob, adobe, drystacked concrete, slipform stone, or Earthship.

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