Comments on: More Extreme Frugal Housing Options

By: Buying a House for Four Figures

Buying a House for Four Figures — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:21:26 +0000

[...] 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

Andy Hough — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:30:13 +0000

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

Chris — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:13:34 +0000

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

Kevin W — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:05:33 +0000

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.