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Title: Little House on a Small Planet: Simple Homes, Cozy Retreats, and Energy Efficient Possibilities
ISBN: 1592288685
Author:
Shay Salomon
Publicate Date: 2006-09-01
Publish: 2006-09-01
List Price: $19.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Now Let's Get Zoning Laws Out of the Way
This is a wonderful addition to the growing library of books on living smaller. There's a quite but expanding movement of people downsizing their homes. We are finally waking up in America! This is very exciting. Now, we need to start fighting the zoning laws that block small home ownership, and the housing industry lobbyists who have gotten the laws rewritten so that it is nearly impossible to find a place to put your small home. Shay Salomon's book is a tool for fighting the restrictive zoning laws.
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2: random, unrealistic
This book was random, with no floor plans or in some case even pictures of the inside of the houses. I can be reading about a family or house and describing the house is the last thing they talk about. Instead they talk about the life of the family or the area of the neighborhood. I had want a book that would give examples of house to build or design smaller homes. That was not this book. This is more about life style change and proving you can life in a small weird home. Most of the homes were built in areas where you could just hand build a home with mud or clay, not in cities or the real world.
Most of the homes were built by hand with little thought of getting the house proper code. These house would never be resold, let alone lived in by people who was not the current owner. Most of the house are just ideas that someone decide to try or build. I would at how efficient the house are compared other houses the same size with safer and newer technology in it.
Most of the pictures of the house are in black and white. I could not tell what or how things were built from the writing or the picture. Most of the living area is so small that average people would not be that comfortable sitting there. Our current 990 sq ft apartment is more comfortable and smaller than some of the house in the book.
There are better books.
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3: An inspirational set of 'small living' ideas perfect for any general-interest library catering to homeowners
Enjoy a higher quality of life in a smaller living space with the aid of Little House on a Small Planet, which teaches how to make the most of living small. From remodeling and rethinking needs to living more simply and scaling down in an existing structure, case history examples of those who succeeded in increasing energy efficiency without sacrificing lifestyle make for an inspirational set of 'small living' ideas perfect for any general-interest library catering to homeowners.
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4: Not a how-to, it is a guide of how you need to think about ...
The book present a different point of view than others that I have here to compare. This one help you "re-think" why small house fit your necessities, with simple design, space and materials. The book is not full read yet, but the few chapter all ready read, really represent this. If you are interest on green, alternative material house construction, I recommend read this book to find a new way of thinking and maybe, living, your new small, green and efficient new house.
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5: Great ideas and well written
This book really hit home. In Fall 2008 the wisdom of small homes is really becoming clear with our present mass economic crunch in the US. Take this book to heart and start living it.
-Matt Whiting
Provo, UT
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