Adorable! These would make a great cabin getaway.

$42,000 to $155,000 for a 170 square foot house? Made out of salvaged and recycled materials? I'm assuming that it doesn't cover the cost of the plot to put it on either.

They're adorable, but that price seems a little steep to me. This girl managed to build hers for a quarter of the price: http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/yale_students_tiny_house-59847
Sure it might not look as nice, but why does this cost 4 to 10 times as much?

A series of 6 or so of these on a plot of land out back of an old ranch house in the Texas Hill Country would make for the perfect B&B.

The photo of the second-hand doors reminds me of the hanging door scene from Monsters, Inc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9SnHOyyOdU

Otherwise, I have nothing constructive to contribute ;-P

Don't they have tornados in Texas? Not to mention the occasional hurricane? Looks fun if you want to play Dorothy!

did anyone ever think this may be a good solution for our growing homeless population?

Homeless population? For $450 a sq ft? That's more expensive than high end homes.

They are cute and awesome but you really have to want to have a house made from salvaged materials to pay that much for it.
It's a great idea and she has an awesome talent but this isn't a solution for the rest of us.

"Sure it might not look as nice, but why does this cost 4 to 10 times as much?" i guess because she is making a living of it. it will take quite some time to build all that from scratch, so i am not surpised. (couldn't afford them myself, either.)

they are lovely, and i want them all :-D

proving that not EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas...
sorry i had to go there. i'm a Texas native, so it's okay...right? :D
these are really wonderful though, like domestic hors d'oeuvres! i'd love to see a whole suburb... (just thinking about an SUV parked next to one of these babies cracks me up)

Post-Katrina a number of companies jumped in with replacement/temp housing designs. I don't recall their prices but the dominant company was doing business through a link on Lowes Hardwares website.

We have tornados, but no basements. If a big one hits, we're all dead, tiny house or not.

The is the link for the architect that is selling through Lowe's I read about her in Country Living Magazine and never forgot her work. http://www.cusatocottages.com/howtoorder.php
Here is more info and the interior on the Katrina cottages. They can be moved and reused as well as put in the back fo the property for other members of the family like a Mom or older children when the house is build back. Personally I think we need to just plan on living small from now on. I miss all the old Route 66 motels with the tiny cabins--
http://www.ra.hw.net/design/marianne-cusato.aspx

meh, not impressed!