The addiction to the tiny houses on the wheels has been approaching Europe, although the laws of transportation of trailers are more stringent than in the United States. It is especially problematic to make French, decided to change the usual real estate for mini-apartments. The laws of residence and towing limit not only the dimensions of the mobile home, but also its weight, which complicates the task of designers and those who want to create an alternative housing. Although there are pretty quirky developers who manage to squeeze everything necessary for living one or two people in a completely miniature space.
Given the modern realities of life, it is not surprising that more and more people are solved on moving to a tiny house, because to buy full-fledged housing becomes simply unreal. And if another ten years ago, residents of quite prosperous European countries tried to pay loans for the house or apartment, now many people think to temper their ambitions and settle in the mini-apartments that will certainly get rid of the roster rental or mortgages. But not everything is so simple, as it seems at first glance.
Although this is exactly what Ann-Claire was received, the owner of a small block of land in the Department of Man and Loire (Fr. Maine-et-Loire), which in the west of France. She decided to acquire his own home on wheels, joining the trendy current Tiny House. For the embodiment of his dreams to reality, the girl appealed to Baluchon designers specializing in the construction of small houses on wheels, which know all the subtleties of French legislation in towing trailers with various designs.
An interesting fact from the editorial office novate.ru: Despite the fascity of the French by mobile homes, in the country on a permanent basis, they will not work in them. It is prohibited at the legislative level, because by definition, the mobile home is temporary housing. Although quite recently in your own sections or special sites of Cepers, Avtomoma, AvtoFug, road trains, etc. It is allowed to establish, which provided some loopholes of those who really have nowhere to go. True, no difficulties do not cost.
If this is not an autonomous unit, but requires connecting to electricity, water supply and sewage, then permission will need permission for all engineering communications, as well as for stationary houses, and this is long and expensive. In addition to all during the transportation of the above trailers, it is necessary to strictly adhere to the rules adopted. The driver must have permission to drive with a trailer permitted to towing a passenger car (Category B), the weight of which, with a complete configuration, cannot exceed 3.5 tons. At the same time, the auto-volume size is also limited - no more than 2.55 m wide, 8 m Length and 4.10 m in height.
Given the above, French designers are really driven into a rigid framework, forcing the most efficiently use rather limited space. But they are people experienced, so to issue a house for Ann-Claire did not make difficulty. A two-axis trailer, having a length of only 6 m, was taken as the basis, but due to the maximum allowable height, they managed to equip all the necessary residential zones.
The outer sheath of the house is made of natural wood, because the company tries to use only environmentally friendly local materials and fillers for heat-sound insulation of the structure. When assembling these miniature apartments, which the hostess called La Mésange Verte ("Green Title"), used the planed boards of the red cedar, and as a heater - cotton, wool, flax and hemp. The inner space was lined with light natural pine, with splashes of oak and ate, which made a house warmer and stylish.
At the request of the hostess, the roof was painted in a green color so that the house would harmoniously look at the background of violent vegetation on her site, as well as the entrance installed a spacious box in which she planted flowers.
Directly from the threshold, the hostess of the house enters the living room, which has a sofa with built-in secret storage boxes. If necessary, he will be able to become a sleep zone for the guilty friends, well, and the rest of the time it will be a holiday destination. Also in the living room there is a narrow table from the opposite wall from the sofa, which can be a dining area and a home office. Such optimization of space made it possible to free the place for more free movement, while the functional was not injured at all.
In order not to clutter the living space, the cabinets decided to establish open racks that would also cope with the storage of things, but visually will not reduce the room, although problems for the hostess and add.
Next to the living room is a kitchen, which is equipped with all the rules, so the owner will be able to prepare his favorite dishes. There was a small headset with a built-in sink, a brass cabinet, a mini-fridge with a freezer and a two-component propane plate. In the same zone there is a tiny wood-burning furnace for the heating of the house in cold times.
Despite more than the modest dimensions of the mobile house, it found a place for a full-fledged bathroom, albeit very tiny. Nevertheless, the hostess will always be able to take a shower with hot water, because a boiler was installed, the wicker, toilet, a spacious cabinet and storage boxes, was also installed.
Due to the fact that La Mésange Verte has high ceilings, it was possible to equip two attic, the truth would be climbing along the sub-stairs. Little attic is above the living room, it can be used to store seasonal things, and the second is above the bathroom and kitchen, it serves as a sleeping area. This is typical (for mobile homes) bedroom with low ceiling, double bed and small storage chest. Despite the fact that the ceiling hangs over the bed, due to two windows, occupying almost completely lateral walls of mezzanine, and finishing with light shades of wood, this room seems more spacious.
The authors of the project from Balucchon reported that the charming house La Mésange Verte in the summer was delivered by his happy owner, which in it managed to live with her beloved cat Milku. Although it was not possible to find out about the cost of the project.