Interesting. For years my wife and I lived in a 20'x20' cabin that I built in the mountains. I also built a log horse barn, a 24'x48' hay barn and several other outbuildings. I made a living by trapping and logging with horses. I sure miss that old cabin.
It was a little small! A travel trailer would be more practical. At the time I built the cabin we had no money, just a strong back. I cleared the land with a team of horses and if I never have to dig another stump out again I'll die happy! We currently live in a 5,000' place that we sometimes get lost in. I hope to have it sold soon and move one last time. The new house (finial home!) we're building will be about 3800'. Power is over 5 miles away so it will be solar and wind with a diesel backup generator.
I really like it. Looks like she did a pretty good job on the construction and design too. I did see a window framed kind of poorly, but over all it looked good, espechially for a diy'er. I personally will downsize before too long, but not quite that small. The good part is though, if she was faced with a wildfire or flood, she could unhook and haul away pretty easily. I'm thinking a 12' wide by 40', on top of a concrete basement of the same size, is about as small as I want to go.
That's why the basement is so important. With a reinforced poured roof it works as a storm shelter, storage (doubling the size), and helps maintain temperature. It's even expandable as living space if wanted. One person would be fine in a tiny space, but you might get claustrophobic if more comeaye, so long as there is a good quality storm shelter, cache, root cellar under the slab as well
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. That was one of those movies that has a cult following, I'm not sure why, but I liked them!
