Do you need legal tiny house parking? Tiny House Block has available spots! It's in San Diego County in the beautiful Mount Laguna, in the Cleveland National Forest--just an hour from downtown SD. During our visit, we enjoyed connecting with full-time residents, who are eager to welcome new neighbors around the campfire for their next potluck! 🏡🏡👉 *See More Tiny Home Communities:* ru-vid.com/group/PLlvBXhDyr9H1KYgiaoNKa-OZfOq6vXbkm
Tiny House Expedition I may have missed but how can I apply? Also very important as I do work from home is there awesome internet connection as my job requires I have a connection with Ethernet? Thanks in advance VERY interested ASAP. 🌹🌸🌸🌺
JR Dee almost! The movable tiny houses as ADUs zoning ordinances in San Diego city is expected to be fully approved in the next month or so. This community is in the county, grandfathered in for year round stays.
I used to live in the “rundown” RV park they talked about for 4 years prior to this new community. They omit quite a bit of information about living this lifestyle and the location. The elevation of this park is about 6000 ft. When the snow would fall, it would FALL. In one night we got about a foot and a half of snow, the plows that maintain the roads of the mountain DO NOT plow the park. The traffic on the mountain during these snow days was BAD. Thousands of people would flood the mountain right after is snowed and the mountain would have trash EVERYWHERE. We heard from neighbors outside the park who would have their property broken on to or partially destroyed by people because the “private property” signs were ignored. This duo who opened this park lied to all the tenants and evicted everyone out of this park, displacing people who could not afford to live at a $1300 rent. That rent by the way, is 4x what the RV park charged everyone. They spent a VERY hefty # just to purchase the park. Park plumbing was always a huge project for the previous owner, the park septic tank broke a couple times during the hot summers while we lived there. It would soak the ground around it and the heat just amplified the smell, So gross. Hopefully they’ll actually get that fixed. The amenities? The closest grocery store and gas stations that aren’t over $4/gal are about 30 mins give or take depending on the weather (the snow triples travel time if you aren’t used to driving in it). You really need a fuel efficient car to drive up and down if you don’t work from home. Want internet? Hughes Net is the only available provider. Cell service? Verizon works best, ATT after that, all others don’t work. Above all the heart ache this duo caused for my husband and I and all our neighbors, I miss living there, you get the 4 seasons there, not what you ever see down in SD. Julian, CA is a hop skip and a jump away which is one of the cutest towns you will ever see in SD. The nature here is breathtaking, countless hikes were taken. A lot of the previous neighbors I had were retired or spent the warmer months here and colder months in Arizona. I’m in no way telling people they shouldn’t live here, it’s a gorgeous place, just trying to give some real information, not sugar coated BS that omits that stuff people really need to know. The way they went about setting this park up was hurtful and facetious. We thought about taking legal action against them, but ultimately decided not to. If I had the option to move back to Mount Laguna, I would, but not if this duo owns the park still.
I would also like to add, I’m sure they used “rundown” because a lot of the RVs parked there were old models, about 20 years old or so. A lot of the tenants lived there for a very long time on fixed income, getting a new RV wasn’t something they could do. The park was in no way trashy. Just wanted to clarify that in case anyone wondered.
This sounds horrible and you should reconsider taking legal action or at least letting the local government know about what happened to previous tenants. I am surprised that the courts allowed it. I do think that the rental prices are way too high. I have been watching these videos for a few months and this is by far, the most expensive I have heard of for a community. He gives me a creepy vibe by the way and so does sis. I hope the new batch of tenants don't go through the same thing. Thing is when you have pages like this one, they are simply reporting on what they see so the owners are on their best behavior. They probably did not see anything that would be concerning.
@@milly9897 This is typical gentrification. There are too many gentrifiers in government to do anything effective about this type of behavior. The best you can do is gather a group of like minds, pool resources, buy land together and form cooperatives because you can't petition, sue, or vote out this problem at this point.
This is a dream of mine.I live in Pennsylvania.Grew up in a trailer park. I'd consider this to be the mini trailer park of the future.Being from a low income background.I think it would be awesome to be able to have an affordable small community. For people much like myself. Having people with each individual skills working together for the whole community.
@@martini426 Do what this man did. Buy a failing RV park (you have tons of them in AZ already). Triple the lot rent. When the poor people who purchased mobile homes and parked them there can't afford the exorbitant increase in lot rent, you evict them AND they'll likely leave their mobile behind for you to renovate because they're already there because they can't afford any where else to live, they own no land to move the mobile home onto, and paying to have a movile home moved isn't cheap. They'll be homeless, but what do you care? Then you EVICT those who can't pay while keeping their mobile home they paid for and can't afford to move, and once that is accomplished, you then rebrand from a mobile home park to a "tiny home community". The ignorant, shallow, trend-seeking social media-absorbed narcissists who fall for this stuff don't care who was screwed over or forced into homelessness, as long as they have new material to post their videos and photos on Instagram, YT, and elsewhere. Kinda like this YT channel did right here. They just posted above to me that they "share what was shared with us". Seriously. Now, if you want an ethically acquired/built tiny home community, that is A LOT more actual work then just ruthless, psychopathic greed with total indifference to others as this particular "tiny home community" was created. Tiny homes are not affordable unless they are built in a co-operative manner and homeowners are VERY resistant to their home prices being de-valued anytime a community wants to buy land anywhere except farm land. Most all the communities that exist are/were zoned for mobile homes. The exceptions seem to be those who built on land zoned for farming. The tiny home communities that are NOT built in a ruthless manner seem to be created by religious leaders of various churches (I'm an atheist-leaning agnostic here, so this is NOT me promoting religion) who have a vision to house the most vulnerable in the community (the homeless, the disabled, the elderly, etc), and the community leader gets the entire community on board BEFORE they begin to build or plan anything. They then enroll the architects and engineers in that community to each create a design they are recommending, and enter the design in a contest. Those who win the contest each must then BUILD and DONATE that home design for the community. Honestly, mobile homes are much more cost efficient, and usually create far less waste of resources than tiny homes create, but there is a stigma people do not want. (Note: I have seen some exceptions to this, but most of them are in other countries that have different laws and zoning) The largest barrier to tiny homes becoming affordable and feasible is the home owners in every community where this is attempted, even in the most liberal places in California the home owners pitch a fit at community meetings, create FB private groups AGAINST the tiny homes that they delete once they achieve their desired goal of getting the board members to vote it down in their community. You would think an extremely liberal community like Berkeley, CA would be open to something like this, but both the business owners AND the home owners have fought against the homeless population mercilessly and in the ugliest manner you can imagine. It's the typical not-in-my-backyard mentality.
Yep. You should be able to put a tiny house in a back yard, or a spot that you pay for. You should be able to capture the water that falls on the land you own (rain barrell), and harness energy that infringes on no one. There should not be a minimum size house requirement. It's all just for property tax.... I like to look at pretty neighborhoods, so I understand the need to have regulation about not looking like a dump, but other than that, there should be more latitude.
When I attended high school back in 70's a good friends family owned the lodge up there. Some of my best memories are hanging up there with him and going to air force base to watch a free movie or two :)
I could not live in any large city. I bet with the current isolation mandates that these young families are very happy to be away from the city and able to go for walks without worrying about crowds forcing you back into your condo or apartment. Fresh air!! Those are super cute!
Strived to live this way all my life since my early 1950s childhood! My grandfather used to allow Romani Varda wagons camp on our Ohio apple orchards in exchange for pruning/harvesting, and I had several friends I would look forward to returning. My first "tinyhouse" was a 60s recreation of a Vardo which I made for my old Dodge truckbed that was strong enough to winch out of the bed when I needed my open truck for hauling. A lot of fun life in that thing! Nice to see the perennial legalities being plowed thru in San Diego.
Awesome! I bet you have some childhood stories to tell. You should write them down. I bet they'd make some awesome books. My dad (b. 1927) grew up in the West Virginia hills on a farm and he told me the gypsies would come through there with stuff to trade and sell. He said they sold his dad a mule once, and his dad later realized the mule was blind. When we buried my dad, one of his relations said there was a gypsy baby buried in their family cemetery somewhere. He'd never been sure if it was true or a rumor. I wish I would've asked my dad more about it.
Congratulations!! I would've loved to have seen the inside of LARGE Tiny with the big front porch, that last one where the couple was sitting on the porch with their dog. Very nice community.
$1,200 per month (which is the cheapest rate) for a location this far out from San Diego is not a great deal. Like much of the Tiny House movement it is often not cost effective and usually more expensive than other forms of alternative housing. People really need to do their research.
My one bedroom one bathroom apartment in Los Angeles is about that same price $1100 in a low income section 8 neighborhood... The cheapest between San Diego county & Los Angeles county is Studio $900-$1000 usually run down area I'm downtown & got lucky with my place in San Diego most places are $2800 average + utilities to be so close to nature & have Thoes amenities that's actually fairly good price in considering the average
@@ShakeMyWay But who wants to live in a studio apartment compared to a beautiful tiny house like the ones I've seen here? Money isn't everything. And they have community there. That's worth a lot!
Every country need this kinda house and community. So serene and functional. I like the ideas and efforts that you put to make this place alive, I am really happy and wish that one day if I could live the kind of life there. 😎 Keep up the good work, your work is being valued in this earth, and that means a lot to those who understand it.
I wish San Antonio area would do something like this! AMAZING! This is amazing. I'm finally in a position to buy a tiny home, but I have no clue where to put it. There is also buying land, but that's a last resort.
Thank you for watching! We hear you are parking woes, and land buying can be tricky. Slowly but surely more legal option are spreading across TX and the entire US. There's hope! Check out Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village (tinyhouseexpedition.com/lake-dallas-tiny-home-village-officially-opens-spots-still-available) and this growing directory of communities: searchtinyhousevillages.com
Valerie Ann - I love the TX Hill Country, we have old friends from college who have a beautiful home there. In fact, we have so many friends (and family) moving to all parts of TX these last few years. Being such a large state, I appreciate the wide and varied differences in climate. The Hill Country is my favorite because it is gorgeous and gets chilly. 😉
Briana Team up with like minded folks to buy land together. For most folks, that’s the only way; other than possibly renting from friends or family. Or could offer to do caretaking in exchange for parking on the land.
@Photo Sushi IV I was gonna say the same. if u r about an hour away anyway, u can probably buy a decent house for a bit more as long as u stay in the burbs. I guess utilities will definitely be more for a bigger house though. This will attract people who are really trying to just lower their footprint and simplify their lives.
Right! Jeez... I CRACKED up at your coffee mess. I mean SD is expensive (lived there 10 years) but this isn’t even SD proper... not close at all to the coastal living people Pay a ton for.... this is beautiful too but it Is Ouuuuut there and that much?! I was surprised! Beautiful and whoever can afford it- considering how much more it is to travel to get the basics - kudos!
That first home is gorgeous and seems so much bigger! And a full size real couch! I just can’t with the hard looking uncomfortable cubicle couches that we typically see in TH.
This is great ! I live in Yuba and Sutter Co in N Cali and know one is allowed to have tiny homes. To have this type of homes would be a wonderful thing to have up here due to there is issues with affordability . I would absolutely love to go tiny. I'm 62 and I rent . I believe however that I could certainly afford to go tiny. Many folks would too but we have no access to doing so. I dream of having my own tiny these days. I wish this could happen up here that's for sure. Thanks for this video.
hands down you are awesome you give a person of lessor some hope best one. (Little house) i have seen with area's that needed bedroom, bathroom, kitchen good job.!! GOD will continue ti bless you guys.
I'm glad they decided to open something up in California for all the people that wanted to rent or live in a tiny home but 11:50 is price gouging. Especially when they don't even offer internet or cable 😂
I want to know where the girl got her tiny crouching Toothless ( 13:17 figurine pet Rock toy)!! I'm almost green with envy! Lovely home that's all lived in! ♥️ Fantastic community.
Flower Fun needs a couple of TV Trays or a folding table. People with the pit bull, if that's an Ametican flag under your chair, please pick it up. Great idea to turn a trailer park into a tiny home park. I hope we see more of these. I can't wait to see how you expand and progress!!!
Simara Torres to be honest... I live in MD and that’s about the price of a 1 bedroom apartment here. So it doesn’t seem too expensive to me, but compared to the Midwest I think that would be quite expensive .
It’s way too expensive for folks of modest means! Remember, the whole idea of the TH movement in the first place was AFFORDABLE housing, not overpriced toys for rich folks!!!
@@jazherahmacmornna8670 so true, I agree with every word you say. $1,150 a month this is way to expensive and is a total rip off to rent and live in a tiny house. It should be more affordable for people to live there. I live in Manhattan New York city. And that's the starting price for rent here and more for some people. I live in a two bedroom apartment and my rent is cheaper than the rent they want to rent a tiny house there.
@@jazherahmacmornna8670 "Affordable housing" meaning govt. funded "projects" how has that worked out? How are the "affordable" housing options in every major city that has been run completely by Dems at all levels for 50-60 years going?
Brilliant totally - only one thing I'd change - shower curtain I'd rather have a sliding glass door instead...but everything else is marvelous!!! Godspeed in all yr endeavours...
Jazherah MacMornna I think that’s the beauty of tiny living. Even if u live in “expensive” areas, it’s still doable since going tiny gets rid of your biggest expense which is housing. You’re already sacrificing space, so u can live anywhere!
I am a low-income 62 year-old retired male who is struggling to find a place to live, in constant fear of ending up homeless, and I would give anything in my life to live this way in such a quiet, safe & beautiful place...I used to live in Valley Center and I miss it so, but could not find nor afford anywhere to live after losing the house....what little time I have left would be well spent in the peace of somewhere like this.
I have always wanted a Tiny Home but kept running into the same issues with where to legally park it especially since most RV parks wont allow them either. I ended up getting a toy hauler and converted it to my now cozy luxury home with all of the things that I needed for my lifestyle. I am in Las Vegas, There is a builder out of Canada that I may dive deeper into in the future for my modern T.H. build. If you know about any villages trying to get started in Las Vegas (and not the one downtown run by the former Zappo's president) May he rest in peace, but that space is so exclusive to employees etc... but let me know and I would gladly do what I can to help out here in Las Vegas. Clearly we have the land... I have no idea why so many of the decision makers are so old in their thinking this is revolutionary and could be great for so many who want to ACTUALLY OWN their space and not be slaves to a mortgage for decades. Buying my rig was the best decision ever and this crazy year of 2020 forced it to happen sooner, there's my silver lining because I love being a Tiny Home momma :)
I love this concept...the tiny house community. I probably wouldn’t live in one full time but I’d definitely would love one for a get away or to rent it out.
...love the mom and daughter situation (minus the snake with eyebrow-sorry)...also happy these communities are starting to take hold...will be interesting to see the changes that take place after this crazy time of social distancing /shelter in place/economic issues/etc...a time to simplify for me...ps still looking for felting supplies...
MIXED FEELINGS TO THE MAX! I / we (I, wife, two kids) lived THERE, at that exact location, in the Sunrise Highway Trailer Park from 2000 to 2003. We haven't been back there since; so the GREAT: it's so wonderful to see the place again! The NOT-SO-GREAT: people are paying way more than we did ($150 a month) back then. As to the "1 hour drive" - that's not quite accurate. It's a one-hour drive from the BOTTOM of Sunrise Highway to downtown S.D. BUT there's at least another 15 minutes (much more and not undangerous during the winter half of each year) on the 9 miles up Sunrise Highway to this spot; PLUS the additional driving to anyplace within S.D. county that's not right off the freeway in downtown S.D.
When i heard them say $1300/mo rent, $750/mo to park... wow. That is NOT what "Tiny Home" living should cost. The whole point of going Tiny is to get away from working full time until you are 70. This really defeats the purpose if you ask me. They are definitely catering to a very specific demographic, young professionals who work in the city, but cannot afford the ridiculous cost of living there.
Did you say you were from Laguna ???? Me too if so 👍live the tiny house idea for displaced artists like myself or anyone that needs a step up❗would love to have this in Laguna on L. Canyon Rd. Want to bring some tiny homes up here 😁please do..let's DO IT ‼️❤️😘
Location..Location...Location. $750 lot fee. I have a 3 bedroom 2 bath with den (1200 square foot home) and I pay $700 month with a nice size yard. Guess I'll never live in this area of California. But if it works for you, go for it!
Odds are 750 Is not the full price for a 3 bedroom 2 bath at least not if you're in California. Presumably rent would be split between multiple parties for a place of that size but for a tiny home it would totally be doable if it's just one person or a young couple who wouldn't need that much Room.
Definitely understand the extremely difficult circumstances that one commenter mentioned. I was just But the reality is, you were dealing with a septic tank issue for probably years. These critical infrastructure items are not free to maintain. There is a reason these new owners were able to address issues like that. They have to charge appropriate fees in order to provide the needed upgrades to improve the park. b/c the reality is, owning a park, you have to pay insurance, and taxes, and these go up and up (they do not stay the same). The overall issue is the value of money- ie inflation. Which was able to help us avoid a worse recession ie depression. The issue is not each other.
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Imagine how many lives could be saved & improved if more tiny home communities were built for our homeless. It’s happening, but not as quickly as we need and not in the areas it’s most needed. Or even if there were prefab “homes” light enough to be pulled by bicycles...yes, I’ve see prototypes..it’s great but nobody is mass producing any because $. The solution is right there...hopefully soon it will be utilized. ✌🏼
You’ve got the right idea! I want to build a TH community in or near San Francisco. It’ll have to be next year due to the pandemic, but I’ve already begun research. I think joining the American Tiny House Association, then teaming up with Habitat For Humanity and similar groups will be the best way to start.
@Lee Updated list, USA Today, published 7:00 a.m. ET Feb. 19, 2020. notice #2 & #5? Starts with an R. 1. New York - Chuck Schumer (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 13.8% • Income per capita: $65,644 (3rd highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $2,877 (the highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $2,902 (4th highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $1,551 (7th highest) 2. North Dakota - John Hoeven (R); Kevin Cramer (R) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 12.7% • Income per capita: $52,669 (17th highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $423 (10th lowest) • Property tax collections per capita: $1,654 (15th highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $1,476 (10th highest) 3. Hawaii - Brian Schatz (D); Mazie Hirono (D) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 12.5% • Income per capita: $53,145 (15th highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $1,471 (10th highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $1,236 (20th lowest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $2,431 (2nd highest) 4. Vermont - Patrick Leahy (D); Bernie Sanders (I) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 11.6% • Income per capita: $51,976 (19th highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $1,191 (18th highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $2,670 (5th highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $627 (6th lowest) 5. Maine - Susan Collins (R); Angus King (I) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 11.4% • Income per capita: $46,570 (20th lowest) • Income tax collections per capita: $1,150 (23rd highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $2,138 (9th highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $1,080 (24th lowest) 6. Minnesota - Amy Klobuchar (D); Tina Smith (D) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 11.2% • Income per capita: $54,919 (13th highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $1,968 (7th highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $1,599 (21st highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $1,097 (25th lowest) 7. New Jersey - Bob Menendez (D); Cory Booker (D) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 10.7% • Income per capita: $64,924 (4th highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $1,570 (8th highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $3,276 (2nd highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $1,079 (23rd lowest) 8. Illinois - Dick Durbin (D); Tammy Duckworth (D) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 10.7% • Income per capita: $53,943 (14th highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $1,037 (24th lowest) • Property tax collections per capita: $2,239 (8th highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $1,127 (24th highest) 9. Rhode Island - Jack Reed (D); Sheldon Whitehaouse (D) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 10.6% • Income per capita: $52,379 (18th highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $1,173 (20th highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $2,407 (7th highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $943 (16th lowest) 10. Connecticut - Richard Blumenthal (D); Chris Murphy (D) • Taxes paid as pct. of income: 10.6% • Income per capita: $72,213 (the highest) • Income tax collections per capita: $2,227 (3rd highest) • Property tax collections per capita: $3,020 (3rd highest) • General sales tax collections per capita: $1,185 (19th highest)
You'll need 4 wheel drive and chains in winter .I'm thinking this park was camp grounds for General Dimanics many yrs. ago .But if your retired and no need to go out much in winter it's beautiful, not far from Julin , Mt. Palomar
How do you get from the top of those "stairs" to the loft? crawl? You seem to have a stretch above the cabinets that has to be crossed without any protective railing.
