Imagine a city where some people live in small dwellings with minimal belongings, making a minimal impact on the earth and resources. They share their tools, share their garden spaces, share their community buildings, mix and mingle in the greater world, but still have their own space. The tiny home is a refuge from the whole wide world, and yet there are numerous places out in the world to make connection. On a small slice of land, you can still live an entire lifestyle of privacy and contentment.
If that's not your scene, then imagine a small space, a tiny place near your own home: a cottage, a dwelling, a secluded room all your own...a separate couple of rooms, or a small unit where your family comes to visit, or a friend stays for a time. You go there to write, make your art, visit with clients, have a cup of tea and read a book. It is your own private place. It's small and you needn't take a lot of time cleaning it or filling it. A haven. A refuge, a place in between.
PAD: Portland Alternative Dwellings
runs workshops about all the issues you need to know about creating such a space...
Tiny House Blog: Living Simply in Small Spaces
discusses recent developments, shows what is being done and what is possible in small homes today...
(You may hear of a Tiny House being called an "ADU." In real estate and housing code parlance, an ADU is an accessory dwelling unit, a granny flat, a mother-in-law apartment, et cetera.
In order for it not to be classified as a duplex, it must have a separate meter box from an existing structure's meter box. An ADU can be physically inseparable from the existing dwelling, and be in its basement or attic, but its utilities must be separately measurable. An ADU built on a parcel of land can even be larger than the existing house that occupies it.)
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