I'm not a fan of those videos... "Is that your home, can I visit and see all your shit?" Sorry, but if a stranger shows up at my home, I'm not giving them a VIP tour.
The sweet spot for human habitation: under the couch, under the bed, and amidst the mold. Who needs a mortgage when you can have a Jacuzzi and a toilet in a glorified cardboard box?
The single sink drain is simple enough, but he said that was a composting toilet, which makes that arrangement extra sketchy. They don't flush with water; they're automated to change bowl linings and divert liquids from solids into separate storage tanks. So there are way more potential points of failure in a very confined space, and whatever leaks out is gonna be undiluted and horrifying. I hope he has an equally expensive exhaust fan in there.
I don’t know about 4 people living in a tiny home like that, maybe that’s just me. If it was twice the size and the second half did something like the 3 rooms the first room did, sure. It’d be like an apartment.
Maybe the idea is using it exclusively for sleep/rest while spending any other time outside of it? What came to my mind is, what do people do in these when they get old/unable to climb up in those elevated beds?
Move, most likely. It's no different than having a flat which requires you to walk up two or three flights of stairs in that regard. Old person who lived below me had to move recently for that reason.
It is likely going up for auction, to help commission his next creative project. So, while the deed/sale value is one pound currency to avoid transfer tax, he would raise money from the bids placed on the property, which is taxed differently. The more advertisement and awareness he raises of this novelty living space, the more interested buyers it attracts and also donations from philanthropists or green initiatives. It is a functional art installation. Solution to housing crisis it is not.
Fraud by definition is not using a loophole. It’s misrepresentation with intent to bypass or minimize regulations or contractual requirements. Loopholes are legal methods created to accurately represent in specific ways so that given regulations apply differently.
You are correct. But "legal loopholes" are basically synonymous with fraud. Just rules made up for when the "elites" need a way to get out of a lawsuit and erode ethics.
The only good way to solve housing crisis is to make good mixed-use apartments and high-rises with systems that can control pest spread, maintain air quality, regulate thermal load, possess alternative energy generation capabilities and connect to mass public transit several ways to make them attractive to buyers, reduce reliance on wasted parking space and cars
These are all good considerations when building urban communities. Many people prefer suburban or rural life. It’s interesting that so many of the methods and materials of single family home construction are the same today as 70 years ago. Houses today are structurally very similar to houses built in the 50s, with updates on the utilities. Modular manufactured housing could help. But would come with drawbacks and job losses.
That's Not the only good way...but plausible in this timeline I spose. Pretty sure we already got all of the housing and resources ready. Greed is the problem. Housing being an "investment" on everyone's retirement plan...is another problem (if you use default planning from providers I saw mine wanted to use around 20% of funds for real-estate). This is crazy but maybe property taxes should compound when you start owning multiples of properties and leaving them empty 3/4 seasons of the year.
Something like 12% to 40% of available housing in the US is left empty depending on the state. Also most corporate landlords intentionally leave ~10% of their holdings empty, like Blackstone for example. Lastly services like Realpage use algorithms to set prices, so landlords can claim plausible deniability instead of classical price fixing. The us has enough homes to house everyone, but capitalism is predicated on restricting access to vital resources to inflate costs to extract more money.
still too small for me. my feet would dangle across the end - because your head tends to be on the bottom of the pillow - not the very top of the bed edge
Isn't that every bed? Or maybe they're 2 inches longer? Idk. Since I was 10 or 11 my feet have hung off all of them. Nothing is made for you to be tall in this world.
That's not what he says - he doesn't claim to have lived in it, EXACTLY AS SHOWN for 5 years. The build may have been ongoing through most of that time. Also most of those surfaces can be freshened up (sanded, oiled, whatever) every couple of years.
It's a little contradictory, but he starts by saying it's not real slate, then says what you said, then the guy getting the tour says it's light. Using stone in a van home is insane because of weight, not to mention the vibration. I think taken all in, it's pretty clear he's saying it's NOT real slate.
We don't see the other end. There must be something there which projects onto that screen, and hopefully space to sit at a table/desk to eat, and use a laptop at least. And beyond that the truck cab.
Yep. Buy a wooden corner shower rack and see what that looks like 3 years down the line. Doesn't matter how well you air the bathroom (which you can only do for so long in the winter without your pipes freezing)
Pipes won't freeze if you bother even half-ass it. However from what little I know about UK's buildings, half-assing would be a major upgrade. (as a Finn, we do know a bit about cold)
HeyImNotRyan
Hey! I emember that bed from that Final Destination movie that doesn't exist yet.
SalmySwims
I don't think I'd want to live in there, but that would be great for some glamping, I think
ElyriaCrusnik
This is way nicer than any place I've been able to afford on my own. I'd give my left nut for a cozy home like that.
MarsIsAfire
Well you're in luck cause it's only £1 !
Californiajackson
Ingenious use of space.
ButThisisntAboutMe
@420supercoolusername69
420supercoolusername69
Sauna?
Sebastopol140
It's beautiful and practical and smart. I love this!!
MapleSyrupMafia
I'm not a fan of those videos... "Is that your home, can I visit and see all your shit?" Sorry, but if a stranger shows up at my home, I'm not giving them a VIP tour.
MarsIsAfire
This is an advertisement for his lottery.
StickyMcBells
The sweet spot for human habitation: under the couch, under the bed, and amidst the mold. Who needs a mortgage when you can have a Jacuzzi and a toilet in a glorified cardboard box?
bbrtki
a bathtub under your bed doesnt seem very good for mold,.. unless you WANT the mold.
WitchyMama2G
This looks like my dream home!!
TheLuminousBanana
How does that pull out sink and toilet work?
OmarAlHadeen
The single sink drain is simple enough, but he said that was a composting toilet, which makes that arrangement extra sketchy. They don't flush with water; they're automated to change bowl linings and divert liquids from solids into separate storage tanks. So there are way more potential points of failure in a very confined space, and whatever leaks out is gonna be undiluted and horrifying. I hope he has an equally expensive exhaust fan in there.
RandallKavanaugh
Pull out, wash. Pull out, poop.
PolitiCat
Flexible plumbing lines. Not as durable and more prone to clogging, but possible.
wecouldbehappywithoutcapitalism
I don’t know about 4 people living in a tiny home like that, maybe that’s just me. If it was twice the size and the second half did something like the 3 rooms the first room did, sure. It’d be like an apartment.
PipWhipple
Maybe the idea is using it exclusively for sleep/rest while spending any other time outside of it? What came to my mind is, what do people do in these when they get old/unable to climb up in those elevated beds?
LoonyBoBdammitwhotookmyname
Move, most likely. It's no different than having a flat which requires you to walk up two or three flights of stairs in that regard. Old person who lived below me had to move recently for that reason.
crateo
Outside? In England?
PipWhipple
Have to go to work/pub/shopping at some point!
fattymcfattzz
Pretty cool build out
NotAllowedToArgueUnlessYouPay
The "Log Chopper 3000". IYKYK
TomBrokaw
I don't quite follow how getting rid of it for a pound raises money for anything but a candy bar, but it's pretty neat
bobthefunny
brings attention to a gofundme?
MarsIsAfire
This is an advertisement for his lottery.
comeonjointhejoyride
A new crypto
ThatOtherMacAvoyWoman
TikTok views go for a pretty penny these days
Dlaw25
Perhaps it's a lottery. Anyone can pay a pound for entry in hopes enough people enter to cover the cost.
scoutMoonDiver
That’s what I’m thinking.
PineappleLoopsBroether
Maybe it’s an elegant way to get people to offer more until it becomes a legit bidding war online.
lurkyloos
£1 GBP = $1.34 USD
That’s not enough for a candy bar in my rust belt US state.
DeadyBearr
Traded my dope little van for a handful of bazooka bubblegum.
Bazooka zooka bubblegum
MySushi
It is likely going up for auction, to help commission his next creative project. So, while the deed/sale value is one pound currency to avoid transfer tax, he would raise money from the bids placed on the property, which is taxed differently. The more advertisement and awareness he raises of this novelty living space, the more interested buyers it attracts and also donations from philanthropists or green initiatives. It is a functional art installation. Solution to housing crisis it is not.
BoogaYooga
Fraud, then.
iamthemurray
Fraud is just the angry word for "loophole"
codercharliebravo
Fraud by definition is not using a loophole. It’s misrepresentation with intent to bypass or minimize regulations or contractual requirements. Loopholes are legal methods created to accurately represent in specific ways so that given regulations apply differently.
iamthemurray
You are correct. But "legal loopholes" are basically synonymous with fraud. Just rules made up for when the "elites" need a way to get out of a lawsuit and erode ethics.
MySushi
The only good way to solve housing crisis is to make good mixed-use apartments and high-rises with systems that can control pest spread, maintain air quality, regulate thermal load, possess alternative energy generation capabilities and connect to mass public transit several ways to make them attractive to buyers, reduce reliance on wasted parking space and cars
poderous
These are all good considerations when building urban communities. Many people prefer suburban or rural life. It’s interesting that so many of the methods and materials of single family home construction are the same today as 70 years ago. Houses today are structurally very similar to houses built in the 50s, with updates on the utilities. Modular manufactured housing could help. But would come with drawbacks and job losses.
45acp
That's Not the only good way...but plausible in this timeline I spose.
Pretty sure we already got all of the housing and resources ready. Greed is the problem. Housing being an "investment" on everyone's retirement plan...is another problem (if you use default planning from providers I saw mine wanted to use around 20% of funds for real-estate).
This is crazy but maybe property taxes should compound when you start owning multiples of properties and leaving them empty 3/4 seasons of the year.
TomBrokaw
excellent responses, thank you for your time!
Lutki
Something like 12% to 40% of available housing in the US is left empty depending on the state. Also most corporate landlords intentionally leave ~10% of their holdings empty, like Blackstone for example. Lastly services like Realpage use algorithms to set prices, so landlords can claim plausible deniability instead of classical price fixing. The us has enough homes to house everyone, but capitalism is predicated on restricting access to vital resources to inflate costs to extract more money.
LucianKane
I'd really love to know the weight of it all. And I'd love to know if the frame is designed to hold the weight.
chaylar
money
glocksout
Why did the rug look like a dih
iguanodont
Maximalist simplicity
Bytencoder
Minimalist complexity (read Marcus Aurelius, or smth...)
OrkenMork
the bed can only handle up to 5'10"? kinda small...
FortifiedWhine
Have you ever seen a humanchild? I hear tell those things can be quite small...
bobthefunny
The bunk beds are 5'10". That is a bit short for standard (US) mattress sizes... Probably constrained by the width of the van/bus base.
A King bed is 6'8" (the main one over the tub).
bbrtki
still too small for me. my feet would dangle across the end - because your head tends to be on the bottom of the pillow - not the very top of the bed edge
NoneOfYoBiseniss
No, the back bed, the main one is full size king.
Noahbalboa82
Wait, is it a Full or King?
homoerection
What fullking size?
NoneOfYoBiseniss
LOLz, u2. :)
SubiBryant
Not going to work for me but I love everything else.
hufflesnuff
Isn't that every bed? Or maybe they're 2 inches longer? Idk. Since I was 10 or 11 my feet have hung off all of them. Nothing is made for you to be tall in this world.
pyr0max
I don't know the default length of a bed in the imperial world, but here the default length is 2 meters (about 6 feet 6?).
tinynopeling
I’m 6’3” and my standard sized queen bed is fine
ToenailClippingsJar
Yeah, being 6’8” showed me that pretty much any hed that you actually fit in would have to come special made.
PowerPedant
Longer beds are available.
hufflesnuff
Yeah, so are yachts. So is healthcare. Private jets and even private space joy rides too. I love availability!
PowerPedant
You're comparing apples to aircraft carriers. Slightly longer beds are about as affordable and available as not quite as long beds.
NickRivieraMD
I...don't believe that's been lived in for 5 years
hollowboy
That's not what he says - he doesn't claim to have lived in it, EXACTLY AS SHOWN for 5 years. The build may have been ongoing through most of that time. Also most of those surfaces can be freshened up (sanded, oiled, whatever) every couple of years.
tallroses
When you live in a tiny home you learn to keep things VERY neat and tidy
eetsumkaus
*looks around my tiny Japanese apartment* um...
NickRivieraMD
You can tidy like a mofo but 5 years wears. I'm guessing the bulk of that flooring/veneer is vinyl or similar.
LinemanMatt
He said slate roofing tiles.
NickRivieraMD
It's a little contradictory, but he starts by saying it's not real slate, then says what you said, then the guy getting the tour says it's light. Using stone in a van home is insane because of weight, not to mention the vibration. I think taken all in, it's pretty clear he's saying it's NOT real slate.
ArdentNature
There's no logic behind this statement. I've seen a lot of messy small space appartements.
LinemanMatt
Plus he knew the guy was coming to film. So I'm sure he made sure everything was tip top.
kittykit17009000
Beautiful 🤩 workmanship
BlootLoper
Most of these things have an expectation to sell a lot more tickets than the thing is worth. Even offering a £40,000 cash alternative. https://thefatponyworkshop.co.uk/competition/win-a-custom-built-motorhome-luxury-8-3t-ford-iveco-conversion/
RandallKavanaugh
Not a single picture of the outside - nor in the video...
BlootLoper
There is one on the home page, its a 20 year old Iveco 7,5t truck, never going to be pretty.
YippeeKayakOB
"So it's not so heavy". Sure, roof slates take off a few pounds, but that whole thing is HEAVY. Still very cool.
Rijacki
It's gorgeous!
spict
Loo under the bed... There must be smell.
SpammersAreScum
We don't see the other end. There must be something there which projects onto that screen, and hopefully space to sit at a table/desk to eat, and use a laptop at least. And beyond that the truck cab.
PipWhipple
I assume the wires are run a special way, but the projector is mounted under the big bed! It's visible briefly near the start, before the bed lowers.
Zarick
Gonna be real. I would never get rid of that, even for a charity. But then again I suspect this guy has a lot more disposable income then I do.
WINNETWO
Jacuzzi under the couch? Sink and toilet under the bed?
Al I hear is mold, mold, mold.
IlCastradore
Clean, air, light
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Yep. Buy a wooden corner shower rack and see what that looks like 3 years down the line. Doesn't matter how well you air the bathroom (which you can only do for so long in the winter without your pipes freezing)
WhyWouldIUseMyRealNick
Pipes won't freeze if you bother even half-ass it. However from what little I know about UK's buildings, half-assing would be a major upgrade.
(as a Finn, we do know a bit about cold)
Flooferdoof
I just thought about all of the muck that would drop down into that tub and the cleaning that would be required before every use.
FortifiedWhine
Especially in the UK. Plus it'd have to smell like cleaning chemicals and air freshener constantly, right?
arpitp
Not if you enjoy the smell of poop and mold...
DaveSamsonite
Under bed just requires that the cabinet around sink and only have an exhaust fan.
The tub, however, would need to be drained or turned off between uses. Not so practical.
Komneni
This is an advert, and you'd have to be a fool to want to live in that. So much wasted space, so much mold.
VoidForScreaming
It looks like someone finally finished their conversion into a camper.