Wow! My first thought is 'why'? I mean we have motor homes and RVs that are about this same size. Of course this site also had an article about those folks who where using shipping containers for housing. But to each his own. Is this thing recyclable? What about building codes? Can you use it inside city/municipal limits?

Etremly interesting, looks idea for single people. would like too see interior. good article, idea, should sell. Rick

I love housing like this- I prefer a small space rather then a large house. You don't collect stuff when you have a small space because you have no where to put it- it keeps things very basic annd uncluttered.

The price is $50,000 to $70,000 unfortunately which is going to turn off just about everyone. Obviously the bigger-is-better homebuyers aren't going to even look at it and the green buyers will see that it costs far less to build almost any "green" home even if they hire out everything including the labor (strawbale, earth berm, etc.).

Might be useful in a city setting, but you'd need a few blocks of these to make any impact at all.

1. It's Butt-ugly.

2. $650+ per square foot?

Who posts these things?

Last August, I moved into a "Jr. apt" (they originally advertised it as a studio apt with a separate bedroom). I thought as a recently divorced 30 yr old male, 430 square feet would be plenty...and I was right. Actually, I've sat awake in bed a few times spatially thinking, "Ya know. I could live just in this portion of my apt if I got rid of some clutter and scaled down on appliances."
The price tag of the MCH is too much for me, but I love the idea.

The micro home is doubly (resource/energy) efficient plus to most trailers, while being absolutely contemporary. I have been planning to build my own tiny home (150 sq ft) because I could make it work within my budget while improving my lifestyle/debt load, global resource consumption, etc. But had I the money to pay cash, I'd look at the Micro. For more info, definitely check out their website, the Small House Society and Tumbleweed Tiny homes.

I don't get it. The house is only guranteed to last 5 years? 5 years?

The MCH is made in Europe and is priced in Euros at 50,000E estimated total costs (delivered and installed). Unfortunately, the exchange rate and devalued Dollar took the MCH up from $40,000 to $75,000+. Additionally, shipping your house from Austria to the U.S. isnt very green. There is, however, a small company in Upstate New York that is designing a prototype, similar to the MCH, but more technologically advanced, that will be priced under $40,000

Another interesting point is that the dimensions of the MCH will not allow it to fit into a standard ocean shipping container, which has the following inside dimensions: Height: 7'10" Width: 7'8"

Since the MCH is a prefab, how do they intend to ship these?

Less is more.

I'm one of those earth-roamers who can't seem to settle down or stop living everywhere. If I could have one of these that I could put into a storage space or driveway or hitch it to something or.... oh yeah, and of it was cheaper!

I like it, though.

Until prices come down for all these micro housing units (Tumbleweed included) their positive impact on our planet will be painfully small. Hope someone can figure out a way to do this.

I have a garden shed bigger than this.

It's not too pretty on the outside, but you can make it really gorgeous on the inside with some eco-friendly paint and vintage furniture. There's a book called "Small Spaces" by Hilary Mandleberg that has lots of great ideas.

I love the idea. There's no way I could do this with having children (winter would be horrible!), but if it was less expensive and I had no children, my husband and I could live there. I agree that I would have to have a storage shed and a nice garden space to escape to though.

Great idea, but the price needs to come down.

QTrader, they are shipped on flatbeds.

Anyways, that price is nuts. I could just get a bigger trailer home for less, and just green it up with a garden, solar panels and rain catches, and it would STILL be under $30k.

Why do they keep designing boxes? Why compact circle homes that are actually cheap and not made of damn plastic.
The only thing "eco" about the Micro-Home is that it's very small.

pbdaily, you said:

"Wow! My first thought is 'why'? I mean we have motor homes and RVs that are about this same size. Of course this site also had an article about those folks who where using shipping containers for housing."

Obivously, you never had the misfortune of living in a motor home. I can see buying this type of home if I didn't have much money and the price was right. However, I would still need some space to expand the house, add some rooms, etc.

I'm in favor of this type of housing, and I'm sure the quality is there. However, the question remains, where would one put such a home in the U.S.A., or elsewhere? No place in my town, certainly.
And, even if the codes allowed it on one's own property, how would it affect resale? Therefore, who would purchase this home?
I guess if you could buy land cheaply enough, then it might make some sense, but I see it more as a statement of how little we really need to get by - unfortunately it's something of a "gallery piece," of no practical value at this time.
At least until our zoning regulations are radically modified.

these homes should be looked at by a privately owned company for mass production on the world market for the millions of homeless people think of the pod home type parks kind of like trailer parks but these tiny homes instead it would be interesting

these homes should be looked at by a privately owned company for mass production on the world market for the millions of homeless people think of the pod home type parks kind of like trailer parks but these tiny homes instead it would be interesting