Price, like anything, depends on how it is made... Houses, regardless of size, are not all built the same or offer all the same features and amenities. Like, if you want to live off-grid that typically adds 25-30% to the final cost of the house vs a house that only needs to be on-grid but in so doing it means the off-grid house doesn't have to pay monthly utility bills and over time that can mean spending far less. Every design and feature has a trade off and it depends what you want as to whether any of it is worth it to you or not but that can be very different for different people with different needs... Even RV's can go into the millions when it comes to custom and adding features and amenities, and they're only intended for recreational usages... While custom large houses also go into the millions... It's not just about size...
@@ZeoCyberG yeah i get that. The trailer alone maybe 10 grand but custom house built on it at most should be no more than 50 grand tops. If youre spending 74000 on a tiny house, just buy a damn double wide for half that. It makes no sense. A double wide is about 45 grand on the high end. Tiny houses shoud never cost more.
Sorry but that's incorrect... First, they're not directly comparable... It's like comparing a truck to a van. You'd have to ignore all the things that make them different to say they should cost the same. Manufactured houses are built on assembly lines at a factory. Production scale allows the manufacturer to buy large quantities of materials at lower cost than can be done for single custom builds. But the trade off is they tend to be mainly standardized models and they can only be modified by the factory without violating the HUD certification. While Tiny Houses can be built by the owner and can be fully custom, with no two ever needing to be the same... While a manufactured house is movable, they're not intended to be moved for long distances or to be moved regularly... So they are not applicable to those who want a nomadic lifestyle. There's also additional costs because they are harder to move, require site prep, and require a mover with a valid manufactured movers license... Second, the average cost of a new modern 2018 double wide is actually over $100K. www.thehomesdirect.com/blog/average-cost-of-a-manufactured-home While high end manufactured homes with a level of custom done to them can be more than double that price. But older models can go for a lot less but if built before 1976 then it may not meet modern residential codes because the HUD building code was only enforced from 1976 on... Manufactured houses also can't go smaller than 320 Sq Ft, which eliminates them from competing with the majority of Tiny Houses that are less than 400 Sq Ft and average more around 200 Sq Ft... While again, I'd point out something like a custom RV can go into the millions... Reality is what something costs depends on how it is constructed and what is put into it... So costs can vary by a lot for just about anything... If you want something that's not custom then costs can go way down... Example, Andrew Bennett's Core Housing is a SIP constructed Tiny House option that's only around $28K... Like manufactured houses they're done at a factory and lower costs with bulk purchased materials and standardized designs. But there's always a trade off, either in costs or features and what someone can ultimately get out of the home will depend on those choices... You can pay a low cost for a home but it can cost you multiple times more in the long run or it may not allow you to live the life you may have wanted to live... Ultimately, it depends what someone wants out of it as to what it ends up costing them and whether they feel it's worth it or not...
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Priced way too high for a tiny house.
Price, like anything, depends on how it is made... Houses, regardless of size, are not all built the same or offer all the same features and amenities.
Like, if you want to live off-grid that typically adds 25-30% to the final cost of the house vs a house that only needs to be on-grid but in so doing it means the off-grid house doesn't have to pay monthly utility bills and over time that can mean spending far less.
Every design and feature has a trade off and it depends what you want as to whether any of it is worth it to you or not but that can be very different for different people with different needs...
Even RV's can go into the millions when it comes to custom and adding features and amenities, and they're only intended for recreational usages... While custom large houses also go into the millions...
It's not just about size...
@@ZeoCyberG yeah i get that. The trailer alone maybe 10 grand but custom house built on it at most should be no more than 50 grand tops. If youre spending 74000 on a tiny house, just buy a damn double wide for half that. It makes no sense. A double wide is about 45 grand on the high end. Tiny houses shoud never cost more.
Sorry but that's incorrect... First, they're not directly comparable... It's like comparing a truck to a van. You'd have to ignore all the things that make them different to say they should cost the same.
Manufactured houses are built on assembly lines at a factory. Production scale allows the manufacturer to buy large quantities of materials at lower cost than can be done for single custom builds.
But the trade off is they tend to be mainly standardized models and they can only be modified by the factory without violating the HUD certification. While Tiny Houses can be built by the owner and can be fully custom, with no two ever needing to be the same...
While a manufactured house is movable, they're not intended to be moved for long distances or to be moved regularly... So they are not applicable to those who want a nomadic lifestyle.
There's also additional costs because they are harder to move, require site prep, and require a mover with a valid manufactured movers license...
Second, the average cost of a new modern 2018 double wide is actually over $100K.
www.thehomesdirect.com/blog/average-cost-of-a-manufactured-home
While high end manufactured homes with a level of custom done to them can be more than double that price.
But older models can go for a lot less but if built before 1976 then it may not meet modern residential codes because the HUD building code was only enforced from 1976 on...
Manufactured houses also can't go smaller than 320 Sq Ft, which eliminates them from competing with the majority of Tiny Houses that are less than 400 Sq Ft and average more around 200 Sq Ft...
While again, I'd point out something like a custom RV can go into the millions...
Reality is what something costs depends on how it is constructed and what is put into it... So costs can vary by a lot for just about anything...
If you want something that's not custom then costs can go way down...
Example, Andrew Bennett's Core Housing is a SIP constructed Tiny House option that's only around $28K... Like manufactured houses they're done at a factory and lower costs with bulk purchased materials and standardized designs.
But there's always a trade off, either in costs or features and what someone can ultimately get out of the home will depend on those choices...
You can pay a low cost for a home but it can cost you multiple times more in the long run or it may not allow you to live the life you may have wanted to live... Ultimately, it depends what someone wants out of it as to what it ends up costing them and whether they feel it's worth it or not...