Comments on: An Interview with Little House in the Valley http://www.plantingdollars.com/blogger-interviews/an-interview-with-little-house-in-the-valley/ Seeding Your Financial Freedom Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:09:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bytta@151 Days Off http://www.plantingdollars.com/blogger-interviews/an-interview-with-little-house-in-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Bytta@151 Days Off Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:52:20 +0000 http://www.plantingdollars.com/?p=1386#comment-745 I had to google 1200 sq feet and convert it to sq meter. It's 111.48 sq meter. That's actually bigger than our house which is around 90+ sq meter (or 1000 sq feet give or take). I'm actually proud of our tiny house because that's all we need. Plus we can pay off the mortgage within 5 years since we purchased it. Most of our friends bought their houses house more than twice the size of ours with a mortgage to match (or more). Every time I imagine they would slave away 25 years of their lives working to live up the suburban dream, I'd smile knowing I've done the smart thing. My rule is that you shouldn't spend more than twice your combined annual gross income on a house. Regardless, people are different. They might enjoy it though. Good luck with your house plan :) Ps. It's amazing how a writer who works once a week could live a lavish lifestyle in NY with a cute apartment, a hundred pairs of designer shoes and never cook a day in her life. You know whom I'm talking about ;) TV makes no sense. .-= Bytta@151 Days Off´s last blog ..<a href="http://151daysoff.com/2010/02/21/day-17-valentine-on-vulcan/" rel="nofollow">Day 17: Valentine on Vulcan</a> =-. I had to google 1200 sq feet and convert it to sq meter. It’s 111.48 sq meter. That’s actually bigger than our house which is around 90+ sq meter (or 1000 sq feet give or take). I’m actually proud of our tiny house because that’s all we need. Plus we can pay off the mortgage within 5 years since we purchased it.

Most of our friends bought their houses house more than twice the size of ours with a mortgage to match (or more). Every time I imagine they would slave away 25 years of their lives working to live up the suburban dream, I’d smile knowing I’ve done the smart thing. My rule is that you shouldn’t spend more than twice your combined annual gross income on a house.
Regardless, people are different. They might enjoy it though.

Good luck with your house plan :)

Ps. It’s amazing how a writer who works once a week could live a lavish lifestyle in NY with a cute apartment, a hundred pairs of designer shoes and never cook a day in her life. You know whom I’m talking about ;) TV makes no sense.
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]]> By: Little House http://www.plantingdollars.com/blogger-interviews/an-interview-with-little-house-in-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Little House Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:48:26 +0000 http://www.plantingdollars.com/?p=1386#comment-742 @Arlene - It's really great to hear people say that they enjoyed their smaller house more than their larger one. I hope this will become a trend someday, there are some amazing plans out there. I'll definitely check out your site for the architecture photos. I'm an architecture hound! .-= Little House´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LittleHouseInTheValley/~3/TEPW6fT6XCE/" rel="nofollow">More Coupon Savings!</a> =-. @Arlene – It’s really great to hear people say that they enjoyed their smaller house more than their larger one. I hope this will become a trend someday, there are some amazing plans out there. I’ll definitely check out your site for the architecture photos. I’m an architecture hound!
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]]> By: Arlene http://www.plantingdollars.com/blogger-interviews/an-interview-with-little-house-in-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Arlene Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:41:55 +0000 http://www.plantingdollars.com/?p=1386#comment-741 This is a neat website, In my opinion there are pros and cons to large and small homes. It all depends on the lifestyle that you want for you and your family or just yourselve. In NY we went from a 1,2oo to a 2,000 square feet home and overall I like the 1,200 better, It was more cozy and warm compare to the one we have now. Since I love both interior and exterior Architecture homes my husband and I would visit every neighbor that we could find. You can see some of them on my website. The title is Simple Beautiful! I will be visting your website. .-= Arlene´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/eGmW/~3/eNQZkcmZvfg/six-ways-to-save-money-while-you-still.html" rel="nofollow">Six ways to save money while you still have a job</a> =-. This is a neat website, In my opinion there are pros and cons to large and small homes. It all depends on the lifestyle that you want for you and your family or just yourselve. In NY we went from a 1,2oo to a 2,000 square feet home and overall I like the 1,200 better, It was more cozy and warm compare to the one we have now.
Since I love both interior and exterior Architecture homes my husband and I would visit every neighbor that we could find. You can see some of them on my website. The title is Simple Beautiful! I will be visting your website.
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]]> By: Little House http://www.plantingdollars.com/blogger-interviews/an-interview-with-little-house-in-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Little House Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:15:05 +0000 http://www.plantingdollars.com/?p=1386#comment-739 @ Jeremy - Thanks for your input. I think you're right too, many people don't think about the size of their home being hard on the environment. A too large home equates to using more energy, more materials, and sometimes inefficient use of space. Hopefully I'll inspire others to think "smaller". .-= Little House´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LittleHouseInTheValley/~3/TEPW6fT6XCE/" rel="nofollow">More Coupon Savings!</a> =-. @ Jeremy – Thanks for your input. I think you’re right too, many people don’t think about the size of their home being hard on the environment. A too large home equates to using more energy, more materials, and sometimes inefficient use of space. Hopefully I’ll inspire others to think “smaller”.
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]]> By: Jeremy Johnson http://www.plantingdollars.com/blogger-interviews/an-interview-with-little-house-in-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Jeremy Johnson Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:28:51 +0000 http://www.plantingdollars.com/?p=1386#comment-734 That was very interesting. Most people (including me) always think about owning the dream mansion sized home. Or maybe I'm the only one. I am interested in what you define as an Eco friendly home - I will stop by your website and see if you have any information on that - Eco is good - and ways to save on home utility costs is even better. .-= Jeremy Johnson´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.jeremynoeljohnson.com/2010/02/23/an-introduction-to-jeremys-wizard-club/" rel="nofollow">An Introduction To Jeremy’s “Wizard Club”</a> =-. That was very interesting. Most people (including me) always think about owning the dream mansion sized home. Or maybe I’m the only one. I am interested in what you define as an Eco friendly home – I will stop by your website and see if you have any information on that – Eco is good – and ways to save on home utility costs is even better.
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]]> By: Little House http://www.plantingdollars.com/blogger-interviews/an-interview-with-little-house-in-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Little House Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:52:44 +0000 http://www.plantingdollars.com/?p=1386#comment-732 Thanks again Ryan, for interviewing me! I'll be checking back frequently for feedback. .-= Little House´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LittleHouseInTheValley/~3/TEPW6fT6XCE/" rel="nofollow">More Coupon Savings!</a> =-. Thanks again Ryan, for interviewing me! I’ll be checking back frequently for feedback.
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