Trailersteading: How to Find, Buy, Retrofit, and Live Large in a Mobile Home

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All the advantages of a tiny house at a fraction of the cost! 
Imagine what you could do with your time if you didn’t have to spend $16,000 a year on rent or a mortgage. Old single-wide mobile homes can often be found for free (and installed for a couple of thousand dollars) in rural areas, so trailersteading is akin to dumpster-diving. A trailer allows you to live without debt, to keep your ecological footprint to a minimum with energy bills at or below the national average, and even to blend right in alongside traditional-house dwellers after a few years.
Trailersteading profiles thirteen mobile-home dwellers who have used trailers as a stepping stone toward achieving their dreams. Some have spent the cash saved to expedite renovations involving extra insulation, pitched roofs, classy interiors, and even basements, while the found money has allowed others to go off the grid. Many also took advantage of a low-cost housing option to pursue their passions, becoming full-time homemakers or homesteaders.
In addition to the case studies, this book presents easy methods of minimizing the negative sides of trailer life and accentuating the positive. For example, did you know a single-wide is easy to retrofit for passive solar heating? That a simple plant-covered trellis can break up the blockiness of the trailer’s external appearance? Learn which parts of installing and upgrading your trailer are easy for a DIYer and which parts should be left to the experts, along with how to cheaply heat and cool a mobile home.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skyhorse
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 2, 2016
Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1634504100
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1634504102
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Book 2 of 6 ‏ : ‎ Modern Simplicity
Best Sellers Rank: #1,635,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #511 in Small Homes & Cottages #1,351 in Residential Architecture #1,892 in Sustainable Living
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