Travel nursing with a tiny house?

[DeenieRN]

So I was watching this TV show about tiny houses (basically houses on trailers) and there was an episode about this travel nurse who was essentially heading around the country taking assignments with her tiny house.

The concept sounds great, what do you guys think?

Those of you who have travelled, have you ever heard of this? Think its functional?

Worked with anyone who has done this?

[Argo]

Very few "tiny homes" are built for long multiple highway trips on regular basis. I travel with an RV which is a tiny home. Alot of people do.

[Emergent, RN]

They used to call tiny houses Mother-in-law cottages. Now they call them tiny houses and act like they are a totally new, rad concept. Very trendy, fun to look at on facebook, I agree. I have one on my property, I call it a studio, it has a tiny bathroom, kitchenette, and large room.

The movable ones are just tiny mobile homes.

[Julius Seizure]

They used to call tiny houses Mother-in-law cottages. Now they call them tiny houses and act like they are a totally new, rad concept. Very trendy, fun to look at on facebook, I agree. /QUOTE]

"History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new."

-Ecclesiastes 1:9

[blackribbon]

Go with a travel trailer if you like this lifestyle. They are easier to move. Easier to park (mobile home communities or RV sites). And easier to sell when you want a different option. I kind of wonder when I see women buying these for their retirement years and wonder what they are going to do when it becomes too hard or too dangerous to climb those ladders or steep, narrow stairs.

[lindseylpn]

I love watching tiny house hunters but, some of these people spend what I spent for my 2br house on a tiny home. That's crazy! Get a nice little travel trailer instead.

[momof3lv]

Go with a travel trailer if you like this lifestyle. They are easier to move. Easier to park (mobile home communities or RV sites). And easier to sell when you want a different option. I kind of wonder when I see women buying these for their retirement years and wonder what they are going to do when it becomes too hard or too dangerous to climb those ladders or steep, narrow stairs.

I was just watching a show yesterday and though the same thing. How they think that is practical at 75 or so is beyond me.

[bezany]

I am a travel nurse living in an RV. I love it. Cheap rent, so I take the stipend giving me more money in the bank. My husband can often get work for the park which makes our rent free. There is something to be said for getting rid of all your "stuff" and moving into a small space. Rv parks are notoriously friendly. Make sure you tell them you are a travel nurse. The park I'm in currently offers a discount for travel nurses.

[VerticalHorizon]

They used to call tiny houses Mother-in-law cottages. Now they call them tiny houses and act like they are a totally new, rad concept. Very trendy, fun to look at on facebook, I agree. /QUOTE]

"History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new."

-Ecclesiastes 1:9

I dont think that verse is applicable to this situation or implying that there are no new ideas, concepts or actions.

[NedRN]

I dont think that verse is applicable to this situation or implying that there are no new ideas, concepts or actions.

Many "new" ideas are recyled. And this certainly is one of them.

History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.

-Ecclesiastes 1:9

That said, there is certainly a lot of stuff that is new since the third century B.C.

[llg, PhD, RN]

I always wonder how happy the tiny house people will be with their "sleeping loft" up the little ladder when they are on crutches due to an injury ... or when they have to get up multiple times at night because they have vomiting and diarrhea (and no washer-dryer). Most of the ones I see on TV might be OK for a few weeks, but I couldn't see living in one for any length of time through bad times as well as good times.

I also wonder about the resale value.

[NedRN]

A tiny house may depreciate like an RV, especially if it is mobile. I doubt that is the case for fixed location installs, but no matter what, if you only spend 10K or whatever on a dwelling, it is not difficult to extract that value from simply living in it for a couple of years. That is always part of the value equation for home owners!

Fixed location tiny houses can also serve as a cheap tax home (another way to quickly recoup costs of ownership), and should fit a travelers lifestyle who are used to packing light (not so many possessions) and who often get itchy feet after a couple weeks anyway.