Episode-2281- James Burnette on Tiny Houses for Survival
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James Burnette of SuvivalPunk.com
James Burnette is the founder of Survival Punk. He has stated that Survivalpunk has become the most important thing in his life and the biggest achievement in his life so far. It has brought him more happiness, more friends, and more fulfillment in my life.
James takes a rational, creative approach to self-reliance, applying a punk DIY ethic to survivalism without any of the fear mongering or “tinfoil hattery” found in some other areas of the survivalist movement. His site and podcast were inspired strait out of the TSP community. He even previously visited me at my old homestead in Arkansas.
James joins us today to discuss tiny houses from a survival/prepper angle. He will discuss how he built his own tiny house and why he chose to do so. We will talk about how it fits modern survival living and how to do it with a family. Along with moving one that isn’t on wheels, what did and didn’t work and why you shouldn’t listen to anyone that says is can be done stupid cheap.
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Thanks for having me back on Jack. I had a blast
What James mentioned about the difficulty of having ‘alone space’ with a tiny house is probably the biggest reason I don’t think I could do it. If I was alone I’d be great, but with my family I would go crazy in short order… even with our medium-sized apartment now, not having a room all to myself drives me a little nuts. But while I’m not in or planning to live in a tiny house, I am fully onboard with everything he says about minimizing expenses… which, when you think about it, is one of the primary purposes behind what a tiny house SHOULD be. We chose this location and lifestyle partly for that reason; being able to live comfortably on less than $1000/month takes a lot of pressure off and gives us options we otherwise wouldn’t have. If we chose the ‘broke-ass redneck’ route, we could probably do it on less than $500/month… but having things like private kindergarten and imported fresh fruits & fish are pretty close to non-negotiable if we didn’t want to be miserable 🙂