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Fenton Twp. — The tiny home built on a WATCH THE Technically, this is a trailer, and it would trailer on North Road rocks as large vehicles be registered this way with the state. It would pass. Inside it feels small, but rich, with arti- be insured through the vehicle that tows it, san woodworking and modern appliances and VIDEO Brian said. This would change if it becomes hardware. permanent. In that case, the local municipal- It took Brian Fox and his father, Jack Fox, ity would have a say in what houses can be eight months to build the home, practically on AT TCTIMES.COM placed, and where. a whim. Jack built the structure, while Brian WITH THIS STORY The city of Fenton’s minimum home size is built the cabinets and countertops out of luxuri- 950 square feet. Many tiny houses, such as the ous woods like live ash, cedar, black walnut, unit built by the Fox’s are about 200 square feet. cherry, and 110-year-old heart pine out of a house in In Fenton, Linden and Holly, the homeowner would Linden. “We built this to meet or exceed all our local have to seek a variance from the Zoning Board of codes,” Brian said. “We want to build it as if we’re Appeals, and the home must firstmeet Michigan Pre- going to keep it ourselves.” Manufactured Housing approval. They were looking for a project to do together, along None of these municipalities have yet received an with Brian’s son, and this simply seemed like fun. application for a tiny house. The tiny home is for sale, and they said there has See LIVING TINY on 2B already been a lot of interest from passersby — some are just curious because of what they saw on TV, oth- TRI-COUNTY TIMES | TIM JAGIELO ers are actually thinking about a tiny house lifestyle. Brian Fox of Fenton Township stands in the This home has a self-contained toilet and shower 200-square-foot tiny house that he built with his father stall. It’s also cedar-lined with Delta hardware. over a period of eight months. It features handmade Brian said the materials cost between $17,000 and wood cabinets, high quality hardware and a self- $20,000. It’s listed for $29,750, and a percentage contained cooking and water system. Expires: August 31, 2018 TCT 2B Sunday, August 5, 2018 LOCAL LIVING tctimes.com [email protected] Opinions offered in Just Sayin’ are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect the Just sayin’... opinion of the Tri-County Times or its staff. Email Vera at [email protected]. When the bus arrived, the doors would was too young to be alone, I had to go costume I had ever seen, was stand- Memories of my fly open and there would be John Fox home with her. When we went outside, ing next to it stirring hot chocolate. to greet us with a cheery “good morn- there was John Fox with the big school They served hot chocolate and caramel wonderful bus driver ing, girls” and big warm smile. bus ready to take us home. Seemed like apples to all of us kids. I remember the daily ride to school kind of a limo ride to be able to ride the Mr. and Mrs. Fox truly loved chil- Seeing that big yellow school bus like it was yesterday. Some kids hate big bus by ourselves. He was so nice dren and I will never forget them. facing Owen Road with the “bus drivers riding the bus but I loved it, about Monika being sick I learned recently that John Fox died needed” sign at Fenton schools brings back even in the winter. We were and told her not to worry if in a nursing home in April of 2006 at some very fond memories, memories of my on the bus for about 45 min- she had to (ick) throw up or the age of 83. In his obituary it says he old school bus driver, John Fox. utes on a good weather day, anything. He had a big bucket was a custodian and bus driver at Bon- Before my family moved to the Chi- picking up kids throughout handy just in case. field Grade School for nearly 30 years. cago area after my eighth-grade school the farming countryside. I Halloween also was very Mrs. Lorene Fox, who I only knew year, we lived outside of a very small remember sitting close to the special in Bonfield, and es- from their Halloween celebrations, died town (at the time) called Bonfield, just window so I could see all the pecially at John Fox’s house. in January of 2007 at the age of 85. She about 12 miles west of Kankakee, Il- big farms, with the barns, He lived in a big, beautiful was a very nice lady, who had a riot of linois. My younger sister, Monika, and silos, farmhouses, cows, old house with his wife and beautiful red hair in her younger years. I attended the one and only elementary horses, pigs and much more. VERA HOGAN family, right in the middle of My heart is heavy right now just school called Bonfield Grade School. I was amazed by it all. town. Their front yard was thinking about them. I hope that ev- Monika and I rode the school bus John Fox was our school completely decorated for the ery Fenton student will benefit from a every day. We would stand out on the bus driver the entire time we were in occasion. They had a big black caldron wonderful bus driver, one that they will side of the road in front of our house that grade school. One time my little hanging over a real fire pit and Mrs. Fox, lovingly remember 50 or more years into and wait for about five to 10 minutes. sister got sick at school and because she who dressed in the most authentic witch the future. nnn HOT LINE CONTINUED WE DON’T WANT to confiscate all THE REASON THE stop sign’s working your guns. We just want to make sure so well at Shiawassee and Owen is that people who are unstable and don’t because during the day not a lot of cross deserve to have a gun don’t have a gun. traffic is there. So when you reinstall a Besides how safe are our streets with everybody having a gun? light city of Fenton, just make it operable nnn between 6:30 and 9 a.m., and again from IS IT JUST coincidental that Fox News 3 until 6 p.m. Other than that just leave it a and fake news both start with an F? four-way stop. nnn nnn HERE WE GO again, Charter stealing WE DON’T HAVE a second chance in life. from the people that keep your cable But we have a chance to get forgiveness running, barely running. Why is cable and change to a new life and drop those going out? Why does my little black box, old habits. Stay on the good line. No the blue and light go on and off by itself? matter what, you can set a good example How come, Charter? How come the for others and yourself. cable’s out again, Charter? End of the season TRI-COUNTY TIMES | COURTESY PHOTO Alexander Weyer took a tiny house building seminar in Detroit in 2017. He’s SUNSET SAIL currently building his own tiny home, piece by piece. 2018 Avalon Trilogs LIVING TINY to accumulate a ton of things in my Continued from Page 1B life, which ended up taking a lot of energy from progressing in my life,” Why live in a tiny home? he said. “I could be developing my studies or my businesses or working Alexander Weyer, 30, is building Only in communities.” his tiny home, by hand, and mostly His goal is to be done in early 2020. by himself. He started building it in He’s working on it when he can afford Chelsea, but recently moved it to the to buy materials. He also guesses it Brighthmoor neighborhood of Detroit. will cost between $15,000 and $20,000 He hopes to have it closed in against once completed. the weather this fall. His home will be classified as an 2 “Having to be mobile is a huge RV, which he will haul behind a rented ‘Come Sea’ priority for me,” said the astrologer truck. left! and herbalist. He’s on a friend’s land He said he would rather build it him- us for a currently, and is paying through a work self, as opposed to buying a trailer or trade.