My name is Jay Shafer and since 1997, I have been living in houses smaller than some people’s closets. I call the first of my little hand built houses Tumbleweed.
Since completing Tumbleweed, I have continued to make little buildings. How each house gets used depends on the occupant’s particular needs. What one person would enjoy as a quiet studio in their backyard, another couple might choose to inhabit as a full-time residence. What some people see as the perfect weekend hideaway in the country, others will use as a beautiful free-standing addition to their existing home for accommodating an elderly parent, an adult child, guests, or as office space.
By: Bubba | Nov 6th, 2009 (5:26 PM)
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airdrummer wants his MILF and cookies
Nov 6th, 2009 (5:37 PM)
Cabin Fever...pricey little bitches.
easy mid get - your son Rip is on line toot
Nov 6th, 2009 (5:38 PM)
he reminds me of phil hartman as the anal retentive chef.
airdrummer wants his MILF and cookies
Nov 6th, 2009 (5:41 PM)
All you'd need after this is a Real Doll.
Cream Soda is the Full Retard you should never go
Nov 6th, 2009 (5:44 PM)
I find this highly appealing, as long as it has a fully-equipped bathroom (shower, toilet, sink, mirror) with running water.
airdrummer wants his MILF and cookies
Nov 6th, 2009 (5:48 PM)
b stabby is under-rated godawful terrible gloriousness
Nov 6th, 2009 (5:58 PM)
Cream Soda said:
I find this highly appealing, as long as it has a fully-equipped bathroom (shower, toilet, sink, mirror) with running water.
yeah this was my question. shitter, kitchen, shower? and i'm a tall dude, i like to stretch out on a queen sized bed at least. this place looks too tiny.
in fact fuck this guy and his homo little doll house, he's no american. take it to japan, ya fruity little fairy!
Bubba - doesn't like you either!
Nov 6th, 2009 (6:12 PM)
b stabby said:
yeah this was my question. shitter, kitchen, shower? and i'm a tall dude, i like to stretch out on a queen sized bed at least. this place looks too tiny.
Watch the video on the front page. Full working bathroom, kitchen, etc.
$48k for 102 square feet? Fuck that.
ill take my mansion by the ocean, thanks
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=4q1ixw&s=3
well that was full of fail
D rock 007 thinks boobs are like bird feathers
Nov 6th, 2009 (6:35 PM)
What are these... Houses for ANTS!?
They sell these for 3-4K for small shed size 'houses' no plumbing or electricity.
D rock 007 thinks boobs are like bird feathers
Nov 6th, 2009 (6:43 PM)
"After I bought my Tumbleweed house I made friends with a bunch of midgets so I could fit enough people in to still call it a party.
Bonus: They don't eat or drink as much as big people and if they get out of hand it's really easy to throw them out."
Giblets tastes good on the bun
Nov 6th, 2009 (7:26 PM)
Am i the only one who thinks these are awesome?
sven bohikus is all hopped up on goofballs
Nov 6th, 2009 (7:52 PM)
Its really just a custom build single-wide trailer - but still awesome.
Giblets said:
Am i the only one who thinks these are awesome?
yeah i thought it was a pretty amazing use of space...
it says they can be for elderly parents, but i dont know about someone going up to the loft to sleep....
Bunker built Danny Carey. 43 times.
Nov 6th, 2009 (8:31 PM)
Congratulations, all of your clever designs forgot a garage!!!
Bunker built Danny Carey. 43 times.
Nov 6th, 2009 (8:32 PM)
D rock 007 said:
What are these... Houses for ANTS!?
I didn't bother to read the comments before I posted my own (which is pretty typical). But I wanted to highlight this little tidbit of awesome.
Loreo 's holding those Oreos only though
Nov 6th, 2009 (8:43 PM)
The engineer in me digs the efficiency on display - fewer building materials, lower power/heating bills, compact design. I think these are pretty cool.
JohnHopkins - so ironic it's not, so unironic it is
Nov 6th, 2009 (8:50 PM)
isnt this just a trailer for gay people? not that theres anything wrong with that.
Yeah, I was all for this until I saw the price.
b stabby is under-rated godawful terrible gloriousness
Nov 6th, 2009 (9:04 PM)
did she say show me your ass at the end there?
Clarenceo - crushed by a runaway semi, driven by the Incredible Hulk
Nov 6th, 2009 (9:33 PM)
that's pretty cool. that's exactly what i need.
only i don't know how slutty women would take it.
minus the color of the B-53. I wouldn't mind living in that house
Slorgasm - Why, oh why is my cat dead? Couldn't that Chrysler hit me instead?
Nov 6th, 2009 (10:33 PM)
This is pretty cool in my mind. I live in a converted basement right now, and having a custom built studio with a loft? sounds pretty dope to me, as long as I could add some sort of "guest" party space.
SanSue might have peezed a little bit just now
Nov 6th, 2009 (10:51 PM)
60 sq. feet? i don't think so. I could work with the 130 sq. footer, if I had a storage shed and a nice piece of land to set it on. also if they knocked off about $40 grand from the price. $54k for that thing is crazy.
Iulus Cofield actively seeks dysfunctional relationships
Nov 7th, 2009 (2:33 AM)
Clarenceo at 7:33 said:
that's pretty cool. that's exactly what i need.
only i don't know how slutty women would take it.
b stabby at 7:04 said:
did she say show me your ass at the end there?
Clarenceo can write, can't read.
Caz1982 was brought to life by the breath of Pat Benatar
Nov 7th, 2009 (2:37 AM)
I actually prefer small spaces to big ones myself, for the same cleaning reason that guy mentioned, and because I guess I just think it's cozy and I like the idea of hyper-efficient space utilization. However...
-The price is ridiculous. I paid $54k for my house, and it's about 800 sqft. Neat little curiosity houses don't justify the price of a house I could actually raise a family in. Besides, lots of people have what he has. They're called travel trailers, and I can buy a used one for less than ten grand.
-There's a part on that website, where that guy's book is advertised, that says that America has a big problem with a lack of low-income housing. It suggests that banks have made houses like this guy's place essentially illegal to build by using minimum space regulations, to increase profits. This is really a stupid thing to say for a multitude of reasons, mainly because a bank not financing a house that the vast majority of future homebuyers would not be interested in is not some conspiracy, it's common sense. Also, we have plenty of low-income housing. We just have a problem with crime finding its way into those neighborhoods and lowering values. Putting people in smaller houses solves nothing.
It is cool, though.
that's a good money making scheme - sell sheds for over 10 times what they're worth and call them houses. neat.
Yeah, definitely no difference in quality.
The Amish have been building these for about a century. And they're about a tenth of this guy's price. If you figure double that to finish it out like this guy's are, you're still 20% of his prices.
I got claustrophobia just watching his video.
arothman sees your fail and raises you +3 internets
Nov 7th, 2009 (8:58 AM)
Or you can buy a tool shed from Home Depot and put a front porch on it.
Yup, she definitely said show me your ass at the end of that tour... right after he did the gay lion paw swipe
Recluse is not a spider
Nov 7th, 2009 (11:20 AM)
I feel claustrophobic just looking at him inside that thing... f that.
decicco doesn't care for amateur time
Nov 7th, 2009 (1:03 PM)
This just brings up all kinds of your momma jokes in my mind...
Makoto plays chrono trigger on his cell phone
Nov 7th, 2009 (3:16 PM)
lol I showed my dad and the only thing he had to say was, "That would never pass code here." Thanks dad. Dream = crushed
Grammar SS was a time of swagger and steel, gumption and irons
Nov 7th, 2009 (4:22 PM)
My houses have met all of my domestic needs...
Including repelling potential mates.
A place like that goes for $600,000 in San Francisco.
thecubsyear or so I fool myself into believing every April
Nov 7th, 2009 (4:58 PM)
shhshh said:
A place like that goes for $600,000 in San Francisco.
With or without the gay guy inside?
thecubsyear or so I fool myself into believing every April
Nov 7th, 2009 (4:59 PM)
shhshh said:
A place dude like that goes for $600,000 in San Francisco.
Dear God, one toot in a "house" that tight and you'd gas yourself to death.
Luke E Pierre still thinks Cassie is a redhead
Nov 8th, 2009 (9:03 AM)
you frontpagers are terrible at this
easy mid get - your son Rip is on line toot
Nov 8th, 2009 (1:22 PM)
Luke E Pierre said:
you frontpagers are terrible at this
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He never said their wouldn't be sacrifices.
This it the gay-unibonber's wet dream.
whacktaculous is in ur sisterz room makin ur nephewz
Nov 9th, 2009 (10:51 PM)
That fridge could hold all the beer I drink in a day and one tomato. Dinner would suck if I lived there.
