I’ve done a lot of research on tiny houses, that is my topic. This topic is something newer to the community, there is a lot of controversy over the topic because people want to know if tiny houses are a good idea or if they aren’t such a good idea. I’ve spent a semester in college gathering a lot of information on the topic and I want to share all that I’ve gathered. Before starting this project I was really wanting to build a tiny house and live in it through the rest of my college, when I started gathering information on the subject I found some good sources about tiny houses. From the information I’ve gathered I wanted to find sources that have owned tiny houses or have had experience with tiny houses because I feel like they would know more about them and know what the pros and cons actually are. For some people tiny houses are probably a good idea and for some people tiny houses seem like they just don’t fit right with them. This is something that I wanted to learn information on and actually interested me and may influence some decisions in my life. Where I’m in college I was thinking abut either moving into an apartment or building a tiny house in my parents back yard. My mom and dad don’t want me to move out so they talked about building me a tiny house so I wouldn’t have to “move out in the real world”, I want to have more freedom than I have right now is why i am wanting to move out. This research has made a huge impact on what my final decision is going to be.
One of the first sources I’m going to talk about is that tiny houses are cheaper for someone to buy. Cost for regular size home is pretty expensive and can put you where you have to pay on it your whole life. Tiny houses are cheaper for people if you are not looking to spend a ton of money. This is good for some people because some people can’t afford regular size homes. To me the cost of regular homes are outrageous unless you can find a really good deal. Most of the research that I’ve done, peoples main reasons for going “tiny” is the money situation. I understand where people are coming from and if there is a certain amount of money that you are limited too then I would go tiny because the overall price between a tiny house and a normal sized house is a pretty good chunk of money. If you can’t afford a house and want to downsize I think a tiny house would be a good option for you.
Another source I read said that by the square foot tiny houses are actually not cheaper. This source said that tiny houses square foot cost around 400 dollars per square foot and a regular sized home cost around 150 dollars a per square foot. In the overall price tiny houses would cost less because the size of a tiny house is drastically tinier than a regular sized home. If money is not a issue than I would go ahead and get a regular sized home. If you purchase a regular sized home you get more for your money in the long run. There are a lot of different ways to look at the situation, it really just depends on how much money you are wanting to spend on a house to decide the size of it .
One source I read stated that tiny houses have no room to grow in. I understand where she was coming from because she stated that her and her spouse got married and built a tiny house. She said that that was pretty much what they could afford to do at the time which that is understandable. She then ended up getting pregnant by accident and had her baby. The tiny house was not spacious enough for her and her husband let alone a kid that they were now bringing to life. The tiny house ended up being way too tiny for the three they ended up having to move back in with their parents because of the spacing issue. This to them was a major bummer because they had worked so hard on the tiny house for pretty much nothing because it was no use to them anymore. The couple said the tiny house was a pain in their butt because they now had to haul the tiny house wherever they went, it was just a burden to them at this point. They did however end up selling the tiny house and made a small profit off of it, so something good did come out of it.
Tiny houses have a lot of different opinions about if they are the right decision or not for people. One article I read was about how there was a woman and she was in some financial trouble and was older and she had a 2200 square foot house and she was sos stressed out all the time. She didn’t know what to do and didn’t really see any light at the end of the tunnel. She said she was tired, sick, and in turmoil from all the stress that her live was giving her. She ended up getting so busy and wasn’t able to take care of herself and her health started deteriorating. She ended up deciding to sell her huge home and go tiny and buy a tiny house. This for her was such a relief and helped her and her family so much. This gave her and her family so much financial freedom and freedom to go out and do more things. A tiny house for her was really a huge milestone and helped her and her family a lot. I feel like a tiny house can be good for some people.
After all the information that I’ve gathered I’ve came to the conclusion that tiny houses can be good for some people and for others not so much. If space is an issue then I don’t recommend tiny houses for them. If you are someone that doesn’t need a lot of space and want more freedom then I recommend that you should look into getting one. The point that I’m at right now in my life I don’t think a tiny house would be a good idea. I came into this thinking tiny houses were cool and that maybe id want to own one but now my opinion has changed and I don’t think I could live in one.
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