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Housing crisis: London teen builds $20K modular home (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] [S] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Pretty damn ugly IMO. And no AC. In today's climate, that's practically suicide.

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    “We started off with a concept and with a prototype on what affordable, luxury-looking modular houses could be and look like,” he explained.

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    • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Bull. shit. Maybe that shack cost $20K, but not the land and septic system. Septic system alone is $25K. A mini split AC would cool that shack for $800.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yup. He says he has a "water storage membrane" not sure what that means but a problem with a lot of tiny homes is that a lot of the plumbing for toilets is basically a bucket. When you go #2 ... apparently the whole tiny home can smell it. Not sure what the water storage membrane is but if it doesn't proper septic system then this can be kinda painful for a lot of people.

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    • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    This was evidently prototyped in Minecraft. 3x3 wooden block house with ladder up to roof and some wooden fencing up there so you don't fall off.

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    [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Illegally.. . We know it can be done, but we also know the gov hates that and goes out of its way to stop it because it fucks existing housing prices.

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    • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Anything that starts life as a sea can is going to be hard to make into a house insulated well enough for Canada.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago

    I looked into it once. Its Kore complicated than that. Wood on metal sweats and wicks, so then you gel mold. So you need to spray foam it also, making sure wood doesn't touch the spray foam. And so on.

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