March 18, 2006

Mini Mansions

No walk in closets in these little gems.

Since 1997 Jay Shafer, owner of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, has been living in a home that measures less than 100 square feet. To put that in perspective, my listing at 22 Hyde Park Drive in Gales Ferry has a closet of over 500 square feet. Jay has a website named after the first of his tiny houses, Tumbleweed, where he sells these little gems.

Jay offers about 20 different floor plans. The 8x12 Emerson model sells for $38,900. (That's almost $400 a square foot.) If you decide to order one, it will take about 10-16 weeks for you to receive your house. Delivery is $3.00 per mile from Jay's home in Sebastopol, CA.

I visited the website but it raised a whole lot of questions…like what would the local building officials think about these tiny little estates? And where would you put the litter box?

Topic Tags: 22 Hyde Park Drive in Gales Ferry, Gales Ferry

by Linda Davis

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