Tiny Homes was a disappointing project. I felt that it was not well fleshed out and the project lacked inspiration. I am just going to try and break it down to where the group went wrong because I don't know, it is an easy project to nitpick.
1.Tiny Homes already exist. There was no innovation in what felt like the core of the project. The project had an option to customize your home on the website, but that does not seem like innovation. Customization is something that would have been available regardless, and creating your "custom" tiny home on a website is not really changing anything.
2. Pricing was absurd. $20,000 for a small living space like that is not justified by the toys you install with it like smart climate control. Yes, smart climate control is wonderful, but it was pitched in a way that made it seem like a gimmick. Gimmicks are great, if they are not so obvious. But what makes these homes with very minimal advantages worth such a high price? Similar living situations, i.e. small domiciles out in unconventional areas can be had for much cheaper and you can simply install modern amenities for less than the cheapest Tiny Home would cost you. On top of that, pricing of the homes was inconsistent. The website showed different plans but they all came out to a different cost than was advertised. If this was not a fake project I would have believed this was set up to scam people who did not check the pricing carefully.
3. The groups presentation was probably the most damning thing to me. They seemed to lack enthusiasm, and you could see that people were not happy with the presentation. You could see it in some of the groups' eyes that they were disappointed in what the group came up with. As far as the actual presenting of the project, it was mostly good, but people were reading off the slides way too obviously and one of the group members did not even stand for her part of the presentation.
So the group did have some good ideas, namely the options for the homeless population. These would be decent for temporary living stations for people who cannot afford housing or rent. That was a solid idea and I thought it was probably the best part about the presentation. Beyond that, UberMoves seemed like a kind of joke, I thought it was clever enough, but as an actual business strategy, I cannot see that existing, but I don't think that really hurt the presentation.
So yeah, I feel bad for ripping into them for this, but let's be honest. I need to hit a word count requirement and I'm writing this late because I'm sick and I forgot to do it on time. Guys if you're reading this, don't take it too personally. Anyone else reading, take this into consideration for your presentation and memorize the slides most of all and act like you care.
3 comments:
I agree with some of your points, I did like this idea, but it seemed to lack creativity. As you said, designing homes, and tiny homes are already a thing. I would have liked them to present some cool thing we weren't expecting. Although it was unoriginal, I thought the presentation part was great, they all had their slides printed which I liked, and they all took turns talking and expressing views.
I love tiny homes and I want one but this project was lacking in various areas. Like you said, the pricing was not very realistic. The group did not seem passionate or simply interested in the project at all.
I also love tiny home and the project did touch base on a major issue in our society. However, realistically it would most likely not work.
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