Meanwhile, the mortgage would be $700 or $800 if these were actually intended to help people other than the developer.

A. Dover literally is a city. It's the City of Dover.

B. Would you rather population density increase in populous areas or sprawl and deforestation to occur in less populous ones?

It's one or the other as long as human population is exponentially increasing.

We're the infection.

Or just stop building mini mansions that are $600+ k. Just a thought. There's literally no true starter homes for people to buy. That's a good way to move into a bigger home eventually when needed.

As someone who now owns a home in Dover and is able to start a family specifically because I was able to rent a home very similar to this (~500 sqft) while in a transitional period in my life I just want to say that while these are not the perfect solution for every housing situation, there are absolutely people who this sort of arrangement is perfect for.

The people in the thread hating on this because it's not apartment buildings or they aren't for sale are entirely missing the purpose of these builds.

Kudos to the Randolphs for fulfilling an underserved niche.

I have a 3 bed 2 bath ranch, 1600 sq ft above ground and another 900 sq ft of finished basement. Triple pane windows throughout, attic and crawl space is blown in insulation. I have oil heat and hot water. This winter electricity has been about 150/month (2 adults working from home and a kid at home). Just about to get my 4th delivery of 180 gallons of fuel oil since October, think average price has been about 4.60 a gallon. Electricity in the summer months was around 300 running the central air.

Did you actually watch that segment? The issues laid out in it are specific to trailer parks where people own trailers and lease the land. Mobile homes actually can’t be moved once they’ve settled. People are stuck with the worst of both worlds.

Those issues aren’t relevant if the trailers are rented with the land, or if you put your owned trailer on land you own.

Also, this is a very recent grift, where parasitic hedge funds have decided to gouge trailer park owners. In the past, either they thought such things were beyond the pale, or they once feared prosecution. I don’t understand how that isn’t criminal, honestly.

Plan on a minimum of $250/month electricity if your heat is oil or propane. I use wood so I can’t comment on what typical heating costs are.

I’d have an appraiser do an inspection and then they’ll be able to give you a range of similar houses in your area to get a better idea of your properties actual current value.

I’d also not 100% trust a website to tell me something that nuanced.

If it may impact their school/local tax system (ie: local tax rate) or they’re an abutter, absolutely.

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I think I've seen a movie like that

the American way

How are these handicap accessible with lofts? (ie: most elderly cannot access those safely) Or even without to not exclude other seniors?

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Trailer parks can be predatory as fuck and have the habit of making poor people even more poor

Example

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384 sq feet and smushed like sardines. Hope your neighbor is quiet or you’re even more stressed out.

Yes but the fair market housing price is used for taxes and shit. I’m no tax expert so take this with a big grain of salt but I believe if you charge below you get hot with ridiculously high taxes and at that point it might not be profitable enough to keep building. Setting your price at the fair market price gives you the best tax benifits

Since accurate terminology has no meaning to you, I've decided your domicile is a cave. There's no shame in being a cave dweller, you just have to own it.

The average rent cost for a 1 bedroom apartment in Dover is $1500. The maximum rent for a tiny home is 1200 with it being closer to 1050 after adjusted income. Saving $300-$450 a month on housing in the same town is very appealing to many people.

This could vary from house to house, even if they use the same heating sources. Things like quality of windows and insulation can make a huge difference.

Best way is to find the place you are interested in, and then ask for the previous 3 month utility bill amounts. That will get you a realistic and fairly accurate estimate.

Yeah, good points. They wouldn't make it if there wasn't demand and financial feasibility.

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The rent of these tiny homes are based on the average yearly income of a Dover citizen while adjusted for the unusually high rent cost of living on the seacoast! We will be lower than the cost of an average place to rent in Dover and therefore helping people save money towards a future home. As for the space, there are many individuals both young and old who have expressed the minimal space as more of a benefit for their life than being able to have more space. For students or young adults, most do not have the need for extra space and would rather pay less for that commodity. As for seniors, many of them want to downsize from their single family home and find an affordable 1 level place to stay as they begin their retirement! These tiny homes weren’t designed for long term ownership as many people begin families and want to have money saved up to buy a home!

There is no law that a landlord needs to make their rental fair market price. They are allowed to charge whatever they like. Less even.

Had me until rent.

I thought these were being built for affordable housing. For the people that can't afford to buy a big old house.

If these were for sale, then the people that are currently renting while waiting to buy would move out of the rental, opening that rental unit up for the exact people that this project claims to be geared toward. That would be addressing the housing issue on 2 fronts.

This is just a money grab in the guise of 'helpful solution'.

Also, the rent is what my 2 BR apartment in Winchester Arms was. And it was double the size.

It seems because they need to meet the fair market housing price. It ls for taxes and shit