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The open stairs going over the kitchen (!!), and the bed with nearly no protection barrier are two bad points that strike me in the prototype
Protective barrier? For falling out of bed?
It's not like people don't fall out of bed from time to time. I'd rather not have to include "down the stairs" in the story.
Imagine taking your home cube with you to another big city and having it attached to a fixed base (your choice of floor and orientation as available), or even just relocating to be in walking distance from your new office.
The thing that stood out most as missing to me is a shower. Sure, I suppose you could do that at a gym, but still - having at least a shower is a pretty big quality-of-living improvement (or lack thereof).
Quite dangerous to sleep like that, right over the stairs...You can easily fall down. Also it looks like its going to be hard to get in/out of the bed.
Just add a safety rail. EDIT: Ah, there is a safety rail, but it should be extended so you have to get out of bed on the end.
- Seems like it would have the same tenuous relationship with tornadoes that trailer homes/parks do.
- Lack of a divider between the stairs and the kitchen makes it seem like it would be too easy to accidentally knock things off of the shelf or counter while going up the stairs. I especially don't like that the counter turns into a stair without any sort of clear dividing line.
() open steps over the food preparation area is not particularly sanitary due to what can fall off the bottom of a person's shoes, socks and feet...neither is using a food preparation surface as a tread.
() Considering falls are the principal mode of fatal and serious domestic injuries, no handrails on a winding stair that the occupant will be navigating to use the toilet in the middle of the night is unconscionable design.
() The simple task of making the bed becomes a gymnastic exercise performed without a net.
() Because it has fenestration on three sides, it's not efficient in terms of footprint. The safety, hygiene and convenience compromises are unnecessary - a larger footprint could be equally cost effective in single application and more environmentally sound by allowing denser development (e.g. as a grouphouse, rowhouse or flat in a multistory aggregate.
- No temperature control. This could only work in areas with moderate temperatures year-round. You probably wouldn't want one of these in Arizona or Montana. - Seems like it would have the same tenuous relationship with tornadoes that trailer homes/parks do. - Lack of a divider between the stairs and the kitchen makes it seem like it would be too easy to accidentally knock things off of the shelf or counter while goi…
Your third objection probably kills this, though. I'd just make the place 5' longer.
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There is quite a market for them, don't knock it. Buy a cheap lot somewhere, pour a slab, wheel the tiny house into place, nice starter home for a young'un in one weekend flat.
Why do you even need the slab? Just get some concrete blocks, bring the home in, put in a septic tank...and you are in business. Bonus if you live in the boonies and have to burn your trash.
