The small house tsunami gathers momentum

[considerations]

Another startup, interesting uses of space, beautiful exteriors

http://greenpodus.blogspot.com/p/models.html

[hpinson]

I like the one-floor designs.  One thing that bugs me about many of the "tiny" house designs is the crammed in loft sleeping area.  As I get older I cringe at nightly trips up and down some steep ladder, to say nothing of trying to change bed linens in such a tiny space.

[John Raabe]

Most Tiny houses are not for older folks, or families. Even a couple will have to be VERY compatible. As I get older I find I really don't like ANYBODY enough that I want to bump into them every time I turn around.  

For a younger single person tiny homes are great - and an inexpensive way to get a place of your own.

[MountainDon]

Amen to both the above.     Hence a one story, no loft cabin for us, and one that is larger than we started out thinking would work.

[Danfish]

Our family of four use to spend summers in a small cabin with a loft sleeping area.  Everyone in the family fell down the loft ladder at least once.  After a few years we took to sleeping on the porch and never used the loft.  I can recall how small that cabin got when it rained for a week!

[considerations]

I lived in a small 5th wheel for a long time.  The ritual of changing the bed linens was something I would never have wanted anyone to witness.  Even in private I dreaded it.