Tiny but inviting!
With the economic downturn, many people are cutting costs and downsizing. A smaller home can mean a smaller rent or mortgage, less of an incentive to accumulate and the possibility of living debt free. Recently, on CNN, we noticed a video tour of the homes of two Californians who shared their small homes and why they made the change...
Check out the video and the full story here
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Comments (5)
Downsizing is great...assuming you can find someone in a bigger house that wants to downsize into yours.
Re the Tiny Tumbleweed House guy: I LOVE these little houses. But he's living on land that belongs to a friend, right? I think I've seen him interviewed before. Unless you're living on a friend's land (or inherited some) I don't see where you put it without making a significant investment in land.
He also has the biggest jar of rubber bands I've ever seen!! He must use them in his business. If I'd downsized to 100 sq. feet I'd have fewer rubber bands and more something else ;-))
The tiny houses are cute, but I don't think they can be psychologically healthy for most people. There is a reason humans don't willingly living in closets unless there's some ideological/financial reason driving such a lifestyle.
I, too, would relocate my life into a Tumbleweed in a hot second - but, like many here, cannot find a spot to park. LA has "recently" legislated that it's cool to build an assortment of small homes on one larger property - I think it's far past due for the Bay Area to follow suit and let us avoid the curse of renting until we die.
I also wish that Jay would add to his ladder selection one suited for older people with side railings that can be flattened for storage, and a wider tread to walk upon. (This is also my grumble for loft beds, another fave I can't enjoy!)
I love the tiny homes. There is a 225 square footer that would be absolutely perfect for me, and I seriously considered it. Ultimately, though, I needed to provide for several family members, and a big multi-unit house was more economical than several tiny ones (at least out here in the hinterlands!).
Still, Big is a burden to take care of. You can bet that a roof for a 225 sq ft structure would not cost $11,000!!!!