Almost Free Tiny House?

[BeNimble]

Thought I'd post this here. I've been scanning the CL Free listings, and it gave me the idea to build an entire "tiny house" from everything free (or almost free).

I noticed the Camper Van for $1800 had like 3 million views, so thought maybe this would bean interesting challenge.

[bp1791-unleashed]

That's an interesting idea. It would be interesting to see just how much you can do with practically nothing to start with. I look forward to reading your build thread when you get started.

[BeNimble]

Of course, there are so many ways to 'cheat' what is free or almost free.

I saw a video on a $400 tiny house. Turns out it was a $400 tiny bedroom, because the kitchen, bathroom, dining room, were other buildings on the property. CHEATING.

Being a trailer, the major expense of a running vehicle is eliminated, although you do need to move it somehow, so hiring a truck will still incur expense.

The real key to almost free is not getting things free, but buying and selling to make them effectively free. For example, I bought a huge used Lithium battery bank from big Yacht for $500 (who I bought it from got it free because he was at the dock when they removed it all), and then sold half of it for $500..so I have half-a-huge battery bank for free. (actually 20% was thrown away as bad first)

I bought my shuttle bus for $1200. But I'm using the cab and drivetrain as parts for my 1972 Chevy C50 Truck so you could say I sold those parts for $1200 so the bus box was free.