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<br><div><div>Joyce, </div><div><br></div><div>Every one I know that has taken the leap and built small homes on spec has found a ready, even eager, market segment ignored by the conventional real estate thinking: the single professionals and Twinkies ( two income, no kids ) who want a detached home, but scaled to their needs. </div><div><br></div><div>Couple the small footprint with the streetcar suburb infill setting they are generally located in, and you have a good low energy alternative to sprawl, that is still recognizably within the American Dream. </div><div><br></div><div>Ross Chapin has just put out a book on his niche within this market, <i>Pocket Neighborhoods. </i></div><div><br></div><div>So, yes, it's very real. </div><div><br></div><div>Bob</div></div></body></html>