Archinect - News 2024-05-04T19:06:03-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/117724661/the-problem-with-tiny-homes-they-can-get-stolen The problem with tiny homes - they can get stolen Archinect 2015-01-06T11:30:00-05:00 >2015-01-06T11:30:43-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8b/8b1b0efefa7f446c1c68fa8a1e7f0959?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A couple who spent $35,000 building a tiny house-on-wheels to live an eco-friendly life were stunned to find their home-to-be had been towed away by thieves. Casey Friday and his wife Jessica spent two and a half years building the house themselves from the raw materials so they could reduce their environmental impact. The 650sqft home... could run on rainwater, compost its waste and get by on 'very little' electricity - but was purloined from its custom-paved driveway in Spring Branch, Texas.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> https://archinect.com/news/article/104712137/romanian-andy-pascali-arrived-at-holiday-home-to-find-it-had-disappeared Romanian Andy Pascali arrived at holiday home to find it had disappeared Archinect 2014-07-21T14:34:00-04:00 >2014-07-21T14:35:36-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a230fdc94861b95cb2b0b70006b64fe4?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>He said the property that he had inherited from his parents who had built it in 1986 had also been fully furnished with a brand-new fitted kitchen and bathroom. He added: 'I had been worried about thieves maybe breaking in and stealing the television or something, and so I put a barbed wire fence up around the house for added security. But they stole that as well.'</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>