She draws you in....great video!!

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Very cool stuff.

That's really cool. Reminds me of the micro-house concept I remember seeing in another vidoe.

I like this woman, she's got gumption and style!

and moxie!

I really like the video and story.
But no one ever says whose land the house sits on.

You gotta hand it to her... She certainly turned that container and trailer into a home. It feels like a home, and seems cozy.

I wanted to do something like this at one point, but you'd need land outside of city limits to avoid breaking housing codes.

Life is simpler when you have less stuff.

>> ^chilaxe:

I wanted to do something like this at one point, but you'd need land outside of city limits to avoid breaking housing codes.
Life is simpler when you have less stuff.


I could definitely be happy living like that.

Get yours cargo container while you can. The collapse of America will start in 2013.
From Business Insider:
A) The Bush tax cuts on those making more than $200k will expire.
B) The Bush tax cuts on those making less than $200k will also expire.
C) The Patch on AMT will expire.
D) The 2% payroll tax holiday will expire for all workers on 12/31/12 (I’m sure the current holiday will be rolled for another year)
E) The 99-week extended unemployment benefits die on 12/31. (The emergency benefits will also be extended for 2012)

F) There will have to be a budget that is approved. Alternatively, a series of continuing resolutions is required to avert a government shutdown. We have not had an approved budget in over 900 days.

G) 2013 is the first year that there will be mandatory caps on discretionary spending. These limits will result in a YoY decline in government spending.

H) The Federal Reserve has promised to keep interest rates at zero into 2013. While it is possible that the Fed could continue the madness for even longer, the reality is that interest rates have nowhere to go but up.

I) By January 2013 it will be painfully evident that the country’s key social programs, Social Security and Medicare will be running in the red at a pace that is far higher than anyone considered possible. The need for dramatic changes in these programs will have to come onto the table. The implications of this will be significant.

J) In 2013 the issues of Fannie, Freddie, FHA and the Federal Home Loan Banks must be addressed. The problems at the housing agencies has festered too long.

K) The country will face another debt ceiling extension. The last time cost us our AAA.

L) At some point in 2012 economic events (Probably Europe) will force the Fed into yet another round of QE. More LSAP and another increase in the Fed’s balance sheet. But when completed the Fed will have fired it’s last bullet. QE-3 will not achieve any better results than QE-1 or 2. The policy will be discredited as it achieves nothing positive and causes inflation. There are no credible options left for the Fed to fight the slowdown that HAS to occur when the effects of A – K are felt.


America looks like Mexico of the 70’s – 90’s. The last election cycle brought us the biggest economic crisis in 70 years. The next election will be no different. Dozens of landmines have been planted. They are timed to go off in 2013. Some may be fixed, others kicked further down the road. However the odds of the country addressing all of the things that have been programmed to explode is, in my opinion, close to zero. One or more of these things is going to trip us up. There are too many big issues to confront.

Ive always wanted to do something like that, but there simply isnt a way legally.

It would have been far more practical for her to have her children sired by a dwarf.

In all seriousness though, I wish I had the land to do something like this

@bobknight33 so the rich shouldn't be taxed more and the social health and welfare plans should be gutted - we get it.

@bobknight33

Yeah, things might be getting worse in some ways, but I'd say the top 1/3 of contributors to society will still be getting cool new technology every year.

I'm looking forward to the iPhone 7 or something with a flexible display that can fold out to the size of an iPad. Also, sequencing our genomes will start to become practical for normal consumers in a few years, so we can expect better health outcomes and even better medical tech after that.

A model of resiliency. If only the Republicrats were as resourceful as this woman!

Great video, and is something I'd love to do myself... (although not so much that size for our family of six), but as @Boise_Lib said, nowhere in this video do they say where the land came from, nowhere in the linked article does it either.

The land is the most expensive part of owning a house (at least here in Australia it generally is)... so yeah, sure, if you had free land you could do the house build really cheaply, but on a house of say $600K, $400K of that is the land.

So would be very interesting to know about the land.

Also... the gas hot water, we have ones like that, but for mains gas (natural gas), but they run at about $1K... great things to have though, you dial the temp you want the hot water to be, and that's what you get. Great for showers (Used to have one in our last house... *sigh*)

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The other hard part here in Australia would be getting council approval. LOTS of red tape here for non-traditional dwellings.>> ^spoco2:

Great video, and is something I'd love to do myself... (although not so much that size for our family of six), but as @Boise_Lib said, nowhere in this video do they say where the land came from, nowhere in the linked article does it either.
The land is the most expensive part of owning a house (at least here in Australia it generally is)... so yeah, sure, if you had free land you could do the house build really cheaply, but on a house of say $600K, $400K of that is the land.
So would be very interesting to know about the land.
Also... the gas hot water, we have ones like that, but for mains gas (natural gas), but they run at about $1K... great things to have though, you dial the temp you want the hot water to be, and that's what you get. Great for showers (Used to have one in our last house... sigh )

I've just got too many questions about this.

Does she still go to school?

Does the kid go to school?

Does she work?

If she does go to school or work, what happens to the kid when she's gone?

(as stated) whose land is she on?

Honestly, I get it. She's doesn't want to conform to the "ideal" form of life. But how far can you go without upsetting your child?

If it were just her, yeah, I'd be fine with it. Novel concept, but no electricity? Granted, you don't need a t.v., you don't need a computer, but it almost seems like the child is going to be oddly out of place later in life because she's being denied those things now.

Who knows, maybe during the day when the kid is hopefully with a babysitter or something she gets her fix.. but her talk of moving the "house" to a barge and just sailing.. Honestly, it's sounding like she's being more selifish then anything.

Edit: it says in the linked story that she's a Babysitter (thus why the other children are there).

Now I'm curious if she's using whatever credentials she went to school for and that's a side job, or if that's her only job.

"It's really well insulated, in fact, it gets too hot."

That means it's not really well insulated.

Payback should listen to the hippies before commenting on their houses.

The attached article says in the comments that she does have electricity.

I don't have a TV at my house. And we don't let our toddler use any electronics. What's wrong with a shelf full of books and games?

>> ^Shepppard:

I've just got too many questions about this.
Does she still go to school?
Does the kid go to school?
Does she work?
If she does go to school or work, what happens to the kid when she's gone?
(as stated) whose land is she on?
Honestly, I get it. She's doesn't want to conform to the "ideal" form of life. But how far can you go without upsetting your child?
If it were just her, yeah, I'd be fine with it. Novel concept, but no electricity? Granted, you don't need a t.v., you don't need a computer, but it almost seems like the child is going to be oddly out of place later in life because she's being denied those things now.
Who knows, maybe during the day when the kid is hopefully with a babysitter or something she gets her fix.. but her talk of moving the "house" to a barge and just sailing.. Honestly, it's sounding like she's being more selifish then anything.
Edit: it says in the linked story that she's a Babysitter (thus why the other children are there).
Now I'm curious if she's using whatever credentials she went to school for and that's a side job, or if that's her only job.

Electricity? Does that come from propane as well? Where is that fresh water coming from? Did she have to drill a well?

>> ^longde:

The attached article says in the comments that she does have electricity.
I don't have a TV at my house. And we don't let our toddler use any electronics. What's wrong with a shelf full of books and games?
>> ^Shepppard:
I've just got too many questions about this.
Does she still go to school?
Does the kid go to school?
Does she work?
If she does go to school or work, what happens to the kid when she's gone?
(as stated) whose land is she on?
Honestly, I get it. She's doesn't want to conform to the "ideal" form of life. But how far can you go without upsetting your child?
If it were just her, yeah, I'd be fine with it. Novel concept, but no electricity? Granted, you don't need a t.v., you don't need a computer, but it almost seems like the child is going to be oddly out of place later in life because she's being denied those things now.
Who knows, maybe during the day when the kid is hopefully with a babysitter or something she gets her fix.. but her talk of moving the "house" to a barge and just sailing.. Honestly, it's sounding like she's being more selifish then anything.
Edit: it says in the linked story that she's a Babysitter (thus why the other children are there).
Now I'm curious if she's using whatever credentials she went to school for and that's a side job, or if that's her only job.



Toddler to me sounds like a very young child, that's different then one that seems to be 8-10. She can obviously read, But denying your child anything, specifically things that are considered staples of life in the modern age seems like it's just going to either A) Give them a disadvantage later in life, or B) The child will start to harbour resentment towards the parents for not being given something that could have been provided.

However, I'll also assume that your child goes on play-dates? And if they ARE old enough to go to school, then they'll learn all about computers and technology there.

The one we see in the video however doesn't seem to go to school, and therefore is either going to be home-schooled, or no schooled (Just basically learns what mommy sees fit to teach). And when she's older, that's going to be a serious disadvantage.

@Shepppard -- I live in a town with plenty of kids "off the grid" in the sense you are speaking.

Believe me, they grow up just fine. In fact, they tend to be better adjusted because the parent(s) tend to be more conscious about the choices they make. (Home schooled to prevent your child from being exposed to sin is way way WAY different than being home schooled because you see your child's bright and intelligent spirit being crushed by the horror that can be public school.)

Nothing is perfect in life. There are pros and cons to everything. I see no reason to worry about these particular kids.

Shipping container houses were all over the part of Panama I was in a couple decades back. You should see the double-decker ones, really fascinating.